• InfoWater Pro

Locating and fixing crossing/intersecting pipes

Locate and fix unconnected crossing intersections that should be connected.


Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:


00:03

Pipes sometimes cross in a water distribution system without connecting.

00:08

However, such areas could also have an actual cross connection.

00:12

The locate slash fix,

00:14

crossing slash intersecting pipes tool is an optional

00:17

step depending on your model that allows you

00:19

to view all crossing pipe candidates in the

00:21

network and automatically create the intersection where necessary

00:26

to begin.

00:27

Double click the desired project dot APR X file to open Argi

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Pro.

00:34

Once the project starts,

00:35

click the info water pro tab to open the info Water Pro ribbon

00:40

in the project panel, click initialize

00:44

from the command center tab in the model explorer, expand the utilities,

00:49

network review slash fix folders and then double click,

00:53

locate slash fix crossing slash intersecting pipes.

00:58

Make sure that add to domain is selected and then click OK.

01:03

In this example, one location is found

01:06

to zoom in on the location on the info water pro ribbon domain panel,

01:11

select the zoom to domain tool.

01:14

When you examine the network configuration,

01:16

notice that one pipe seems to cross back to the west for no apparent reason.

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You can then redraw the pipe between the two nodes.

01:25

It may be helpful in these cases to turn on the labels to see the node ids

01:31

from the contents panel, right, click junction and select label

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on the ribbon in the edit panel, click the edit drop down

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and select redraw pipe.

01:42

Select the pipe to be redrawn.

01:44

You can see that it flashes blue, signifying that it is selected to be redrawn.

01:50

Click the starting node, then click to add intermediate vertices away from the pipe

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and finally double click on the end node to finish redrawing the pipe.

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It is important to pay attention when you are making your pipe selection to make

02:04

sure that the pipe you intend to redraw is indeed the one that flashes.

02:09

If you accidentally select another pipe and it flashes blue,

02:13

you will consequently redraw the wrong pipe.

02:16

However, this is very easy to fix by simply reelecting the correct pipe.

02:23

Also be aware that if you do happen to redraw the wrong pipe,

02:26

then there is no one doing it.

02:28

You would need to draw it again or reimport it

02:33

finally be aware that these types of pipe changes cause a

02:36

disconnect in the 1 to 1 relationship with the G I S

02:40

and therefore could be flagged to your G S department to fix.

Video transcript

00:03

Pipes sometimes cross in a water distribution system without connecting.

00:08

However, such areas could also have an actual cross connection.

00:12

The locate slash fix,

00:14

crossing slash intersecting pipes tool is an optional

00:17

step depending on your model that allows you

00:19

to view all crossing pipe candidates in the

00:21

network and automatically create the intersection where necessary

00:26

to begin.

00:27

Double click the desired project dot APR X file to open Argi

00:32

Pro.

00:34

Once the project starts,

00:35

click the info water pro tab to open the info Water Pro ribbon

00:40

in the project panel, click initialize

00:44

from the command center tab in the model explorer, expand the utilities,

00:49

network review slash fix folders and then double click,

00:53

locate slash fix crossing slash intersecting pipes.

00:58

Make sure that add to domain is selected and then click OK.

01:03

In this example, one location is found

01:06

to zoom in on the location on the info water pro ribbon domain panel,

01:11

select the zoom to domain tool.

01:14

When you examine the network configuration,

01:16

notice that one pipe seems to cross back to the west for no apparent reason.

01:22

You can then redraw the pipe between the two nodes.

01:25

It may be helpful in these cases to turn on the labels to see the node ids

01:31

from the contents panel, right, click junction and select label

01:36

on the ribbon in the edit panel, click the edit drop down

01:40

and select redraw pipe.

01:42

Select the pipe to be redrawn.

01:44

You can see that it flashes blue, signifying that it is selected to be redrawn.

01:50

Click the starting node, then click to add intermediate vertices away from the pipe

01:55

and finally double click on the end node to finish redrawing the pipe.

02:01

It is important to pay attention when you are making your pipe selection to make

02:04

sure that the pipe you intend to redraw is indeed the one that flashes.

02:09

If you accidentally select another pipe and it flashes blue,

02:13

you will consequently redraw the wrong pipe.

02:16

However, this is very easy to fix by simply reelecting the correct pipe.

02:23

Also be aware that if you do happen to redraw the wrong pipe,

02:26

then there is no one doing it.

02:28

You would need to draw it again or reimport it

02:33

finally be aware that these types of pipe changes cause a

02:36

disconnect in the 1 to 1 relationship with the G I S

02:40

and therefore could be flagged to your G S department to fix.

Step-by-step:

The Network Review/Fix utilities are a network of tools used to identify and automatically correct any network topology problems, including disconnected nodes and data flaws, such as duplicated pipes or nodes.

The Locate/Fix Crossing/Intersecting Pipes tool is an optional step, depending on your model, that allows you to view all crossing pipe candidates in the network and automatically create the intersection, where necessary.

  1. Open the appropriate .aprx file in ArcGIS Pro.
  2. From the ribbon, InfoWater Pro tab, click Initialize.
    The InfoWater Pro tab of the ribbon with Initialize called out as being selected
  3. From the Model Explorer, Command Center tab, expand Utilities > Network Review/Fix.
  4. Double-click Locate/Fix Crossing/Intersecting Pipes.
    Model Explorer, Command Center tab, Network Review/Fix folders open, with Locate/Fix Crossing/Intersecting Pipes highlighted
  5. In the Locate Crossing Pipes dialog box, ensure that Add into Domain is selected.
    The Locate Crossing Pipes dialog box with Add into Domain enabled
  6. Click OK.

All pipe candidates are added to the domain. The Message Board reports that one location is found.

The Message Board reporting the results of the Locate Crossing Pipes operation

  1. To zoom in on the location, on the InfoWater Pro ribbon, Domain panel, select the Zoom to Domain tool.
    The InfoWater Pro ribbon, Domain panel, with the Zoom to Domain tool highlighted
  2. When you examine the network configuration, notice that one pipe seems to cross back to the west for no apparent reason.
    The Network map displaying the pipe crossing

You can then re-draw the pipe between the two nodes.

  1. Turn on the labels to see the node IDs. From the Contents panel, right-click Junction and select Label.
    The Contents panel with Junction > Label highlighted
  2. On the ribbon, Edit panel, expand the Edit drop-down and select Redraw Pipe.
    The Edit panel with Edit > Redraw Pipe highlighted
  3. Select the pipe to be redrawn; it flashes blue, signifying that it is selected to be redrawn.
    The Network map showing the selected pipe in blue, signifying it is to be redrawn
  1. Click the starting node.
  2. Click to add intermediate vertices away from the pipe.
  3. Double-click the end node to finish re-drawing the pipe.
    The Network map showing the vertices of the redrawn pipe

IMPORTANT: When selecting a pipe, make sure that the pipe you intend to re-draw is indeed the one that flashes. If you accidentally select another pipe, and it flashes blue, you will consequently redraw the wrong pipe. To fix this, simply re-select the correct pipe. If you do happen to redraw the wrong pipe, then there is no undoing it—you would need to draw it again or reimport it.

IMPORTANT: This fix causes a disconnect from the one-to-one relationship with the GIS, and could be flagged to your GIS department to fix and re-import.

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