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Transcript
00:03
When working on a calibrated hydraulic model in InfoWater Pro UDF,
00:08
there are a couple of methods available for associating hydrants and valves with pipes:
00:12
you can choose to have InfoWater Pro do it automatically, or you can assign pipe IDs manually.
00:18
Note that when existing InfoWater junctions are used as hydrants or valves, no association is necessary.
00:24
Then, hydrants are connected to the system via laterals that are InfoWater pipes,
00:29
and pipes are already broken at the location of valves or junctions.
00:33
To begin, open a calibrated hydraulic model with hydrant and valve layers already added in the map.
00:39
When hydrants are imported from an external node layer, laterals are not imported.
00:45
To associate the hydrants automatically, from the InfoWater Pro ribbon, UDF panel,
00:50
expand the More drop-down and select Auto Associate Hydrant.
00:55
In the Auto Associate Hydrants dialog, you can specify a maximum Searching Distance to the nearest pipe.
01:01
In this example, 200 is entered (with feet as the active unit in InfoWater Pro).
01:08
Then, click Auto Associate Pipe.
01:11
A confirmation popup appears, informing you that the program is about to associate hydrants with pipes automatically.
01:18
Click OK.
01:19
When the auto association process is done, in the Auto Associate Hydrants dialog, click Close.
01:26
To view laterals between hydrants and associated pipes as red lines,
01:31
from the More drop-down, select the Draw Hydrant-Pipe Linkage option.
01:35
These are for visualization only and do not impact a UDF simulation.
01:41
When an external valve layer is imported,
01:44
valves float over, but do not break the underlying pipe.
01:47
To associate valves automatically, select More > Auto Associate Valve and repeat the same process as for hydrants.
01:56
UDF associates valves with the underlying pipe, and the pipe is segmented, or broken, only during UDF simulations.
02:04
You can also associate hydrants or valves with pipes manually—for example, to fix auto-association errors.
02:11
To change the pipe that is linked to a hydrant, from the Model Explorer, select the UDF tab.
02:18
In the Attribute Toolbar, enable the UDF Select tool.
02:22
Pick the hydrant in the map, and then click Assign Pipe ID.
02:27
With the tool active, select the pipe that you want to associate the hydrant with.
02:32
The new Pipe ID appears in the hydrant attribute table.
02:37
To update the map with the link to the new pipe, select More > Draw Hydrant-Pipe Linkage.
02:43
Like hydrants, you can manually assign pipe IDs to valves with the Assign Pipe ID tool.
Video transcript
00:03
When working on a calibrated hydraulic model in InfoWater Pro UDF,
00:08
there are a couple of methods available for associating hydrants and valves with pipes:
00:12
you can choose to have InfoWater Pro do it automatically, or you can assign pipe IDs manually.
00:18
Note that when existing InfoWater junctions are used as hydrants or valves, no association is necessary.
00:24
Then, hydrants are connected to the system via laterals that are InfoWater pipes,
00:29
and pipes are already broken at the location of valves or junctions.
00:33
To begin, open a calibrated hydraulic model with hydrant and valve layers already added in the map.
00:39
When hydrants are imported from an external node layer, laterals are not imported.
00:45
To associate the hydrants automatically, from the InfoWater Pro ribbon, UDF panel,
00:50
expand the More drop-down and select Auto Associate Hydrant.
00:55
In the Auto Associate Hydrants dialog, you can specify a maximum Searching Distance to the nearest pipe.
01:01
In this example, 200 is entered (with feet as the active unit in InfoWater Pro).
01:08
Then, click Auto Associate Pipe.
01:11
A confirmation popup appears, informing you that the program is about to associate hydrants with pipes automatically.
01:18
Click OK.
01:19
When the auto association process is done, in the Auto Associate Hydrants dialog, click Close.
01:26
To view laterals between hydrants and associated pipes as red lines,
01:31
from the More drop-down, select the Draw Hydrant-Pipe Linkage option.
01:35
These are for visualization only and do not impact a UDF simulation.
01:41
When an external valve layer is imported,
01:44
valves float over, but do not break the underlying pipe.
01:47
To associate valves automatically, select More > Auto Associate Valve and repeat the same process as for hydrants.
01:56
UDF associates valves with the underlying pipe, and the pipe is segmented, or broken, only during UDF simulations.
02:04
You can also associate hydrants or valves with pipes manually—for example, to fix auto-association errors.
02:11
To change the pipe that is linked to a hydrant, from the Model Explorer, select the UDF tab.
02:18
In the Attribute Toolbar, enable the UDF Select tool.
02:22
Pick the hydrant in the map, and then click Assign Pipe ID.
02:27
With the tool active, select the pipe that you want to associate the hydrant with.
02:32
The new Pipe ID appears in the hydrant attribute table.
02:37
To update the map with the link to the new pipe, select More > Draw Hydrant-Pipe Linkage.
02:43
Like hydrants, you can manually assign pipe IDs to valves with the Assign Pipe ID tool.
When working on a calibrated hydraulic model in InfoWater Pro UDF, there are a couple of methods available for associating hydrants and valves with pipes:
Note that when existing InfoWater junctions are used as hydrants or valves, no association is necessary. Then, hydrants are connected to the system via laterals that are InfoWater pipes, and pipes are already broken at the location of valves or junctions.
When hydrants are imported from an external node layer, laterals are not imported. To associate the hydrants automatically:
To view laterals between hydrants and associated pipes as red lines:
These are for visualization only and do not impact a UDF simulation.
When an external valve layer is imported, valves float over, but do not break the underlying pipe. To associate valves automatically:
UDF associates valves with the underlying pipe, and the pipe is segmented, or broken, only during UDF simulations.
Hydrants or valves with pipes can also be associated manually—for example, to fix auto-association errors. To change the pipe that is linked to a hydrant:
The new Pipe ID appears in the hydrant attribute table.
To update the map with the link to the new pipe:
Like hydrants, pipe IDs can be manually assigned to valves with the Assign Pipe ID tool.
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