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Chapter 6 Working with Pipes
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You can change values in this dialog box by highlighting the appropriate field,
then entering the changes in the Edit text box. This editor is dynamically linked
to the drawing. If you do make changes in the Edit Table dialog box, clicking
OK results in the pipe run being redrawn to reflect those changes.
Defining Polylines as Pipe Runs
Use the Define By Polyline command to define a polyline as a pipe run, using
the node and pipe data values set with the Edit command from the Settings
menu. Before you can define the polylines as pipe runs, you must first confirm
the following:
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A polyline must exist in the drawing for selection and definition as a pipe
run.
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To retrieve surface elevations for node rim elevations, you must first set a
current a surface with the Set Current Surface command.
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If you selected a surface, the rim elevations are extracted from the surface.
The pipe, invert, and conceptual sump elevations are automatically
calculated based on the data settings established using the Edit (Settings)
command.
To define polylines as pipe runs
1 From the Pipes menu, choose Define Pipe Runs
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Define By Polyline.
The following prompt is displayed:
Select Polyline to define as a run:
2 Select a point on the existing polyline.
If a surface file exists, then the Select Surface dialog box is displayed and you
can continue with step 3 below.