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Chapter 7 Designing Pipe Runs

To draw and define a pipe run (continued)

Steps

Use

to look up

11 Select an alignment option. You can create an

alignment from the pipe run you just drew, or you

can associate the pipe run with an existing

alignment or the current alignment.

If you select the Create an Alignment from Run

option, then you will be prompted to select the

alignment start point and the entities that make up

the pipe run alignment, just like when you define a

roadway alignment. This alignment will be saved to

the alignment database.

You can use this alignment for drafting the pipe run

in profile view.

Importing Plan View Pipe Runs

You can import existing pipe runs from the pipe database into the

drawing. For example, if you delete the entities in your drawing that

make up the pipe run, you can import the pipe run back into your

drawing. Or, you can import the pipe run into another drawing that is

associated with the same project.

Key Concept

 A defined run must exist in the database prior to importing.

To import a plan view pipe run

Steps

Use

to look up

1 From the Pipes menu, choose Conceptual

Plan ➤ Import Run to display the Defined Runs

dialog box.

Import Conceptual Pipe

Runs into Plan View

2 Select the pipe run that you want to import.

3 Click OK to import the selected pipe run into

the drawing.