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Chapter 7 Designing Pipe Runs

To draft a conceptual profile pipe run (continued)

Steps

Use

to look up

7 You can edit the pipes and nodes of the conceptual

profile view from the Pipes menu, by choosing

Conceptual Profile ➤ Edit Graphical.

If you prefer to edit data using a tabular editor,

then from the Pipes menu, choose Conceptual

Profile ➤ Edit Data.

Edit Conceptual Pipe

Runs in Profile View

Edit Conceptual Pipe

Runs in Profile View

Using the Pipe Run

Editor

Editing Pipe Runs Graphically

There are two ways to edit your pipe run in plan and profile views

after you lay it out. You can edit it on screen, adjusting the entities

that make up the pipe run, or you can edit it in tabular editors. This

section describes how you can use the Edit Graphical command to

edit a plan view pipe run visually in your drawing.

Key Concepts

■

You can edit the pipe run in plan view. You can add, delete, or

move pipe run nodes, and you can edit all the associated database

information for each node, including rim and sump elevations.

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You can edit the pipe run in profile view. You can edit nodes or

pipes using this method. You can edit the slope of a pipe,

starting and ending elevations, and you can edit all the

associated database information for the pipe. You can also use

the Graph option to graphically edit the pipe run by selecting a

point to pass the pipe through.