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Chapter 6 Working with Pipes
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Creating Finished Draft Runs Using a Symbol
Line Type
To create finished draft runs using a symbol line type
1 From the Pipes menu, choose Finish Draft Plan ä Special Lines to display the
Special Lines dialog box.
2 From the Description box, choose the appropriate special line name, then click
OK to continue. You can also double-click on the appropriate icon slide.
These special lines are similar to the AutoCAD Land Development Desktop
special lines, and are useful for drafting existing pipe run features.
3 Click OK to exit the dialog box.
Restoring the Appearance of a Profile After
Erasing a Pipe Run
Use the Restore Text Areas command to restore the text area in a profile after
you delete a run. If you do not use the Restore Text Areas command, then the
next time a run is imported in the profile, the text is offset from the area where
the previous text was located.
To restore the appearance of a profile after erasing a pipe run
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From the Pipes menu, choose Finish Draft Profile ä Restore Text Areas. The
command restores the appearance of a profile.
The following illustration shows restored profile text areas:
Restored profile text areas
Creating Hydraulic Gradelines in Profile View
Use the Hydraulic Gradeline command to draw the hydraulic gradeline of the
current pipe run in profile view. The hydraulic gradeline is a graphical
representation of the sum of the static and dynamic heads versus the position
along the pipeline. In a closed system, the gradeline is a line connecting the
total head in the pipe from structure to structure.
The values used by the Hydraulic Gradeline command are calculated in the
Pipes Run Editor, which you can modify to suit various needs.