Visualizing chlorination models

Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:

iwsp2023M07U03_Visualizing_Chlorination_Models.wspt - (16 mb)

Step-by-step Guide

InfoWorks WS Pro allows you to create contour themes for simulations that have been run. Contour themes allow you to color-code a range of values—in this case, those of concentrations of a dissolved substance—to create a color-graded visual representation of those values in a network.

From the Model Group window, under the Water Quality-Chlorine run, drag-and-drop the Water Quality results into the GeoPlan.
In the Docking windows toolbar, click Thematic Key window.

The Info Works WS Pro interface, Docking windows toolbar with Thematic Key window selected and called out, and in the workspace, the Water Quality GeoPlan open.

To remove some visual clutter in the GeoPlan:

In the Thematic Key, right-click Polygons and deselect Display.

In the Thematic Key, the Polygons drop-down with Display highlighted for deselection.

Right-click Node and deselect Display.
Right-click Hydrant and deselect Display.

To create a new theme:

Right-click an empty part of the GeoPlan and select Properties & Themes.

The Water Quality GeoPlan shortcut menu with Properties & Themes selected.

In the GeoPlan Properties and Themes dialog box, Contours row, Theme column, click Edit.

The GeoPlan Properties and Themes dialog box, Contours row, Theme column, with <strong>Edit</strong> selected.

In the Contours: Base Theme dialog box, in the toolbar, click Add New.
In the Name field, enter the name “Concentration”.
Expand the Field drop-down and select sim.conc01 (Concentration01) as the source result for the theme.

The Contours: Base Theme dialog box with Add New highlighted in red, the name “Concentration” entered and in the Field drop-down, Sim.conc01 (Concentration01) selected.

The other properties in the dialog box populate with options.

In the Ranged Themes group box, click the plus symbol (+) repeatedly to set the Value count to 10.

Notice each added value gets its own color, with a concentration range of between 1 and 100.

The Contours: Concentration dialog box with the Value count set to 10, and under Ranged Themes, a table of ten values in mg/l and corresponding fill colors.

To customize these colors:

Expand the palettes on both ends.
Click Auto-Theme to re-grade the colors in between.

In this example, orange and blue now represent the low and high concentrations, respectively.

The Contours: Concentration dialog box, Ranged Themes section with new fill colors, ranging from orange for the lowest concentration to blue for the highest.

Click Apply.
In the GeoPlan Properties and Themes dialog box, click OK.
In the notification asking if you want to save the new settings to the network, click No.

The GeoPlan now has a contour theme with a color gradation representing high and low areas of chlorine concentration. To view the concentration level each color represents:

In the Thematic Key, expand Contours [1].
Expand Concentration: sim.conc01.
In the Replay toolbar, click Play to see how concentration changes over time.

The Replay toolbar with the Play command called out, and in the Thematic Key, the contour theme expanded to display concentration levels by color.

Zoom in to various parts of the network to see how concentrations vary. In the Thematic Key, display the nodes and graph one of them to see how concentrations change over the course of the simulation.

To save the Contour Theme:

In the Model Group window, right-click Session 02 and select New > Theme Group.

The Model Group window, Session 02 shortcut menu with New selected, and in the drop-down, Theme Group selected.

In the New Name – Theme Group dialog box, click OK to accept the default name of Theme Group.
Right-click an empty part of the GeoPlan and select Properties & Themes.
In the GeoPlan Properties and Themes dialog box, click Save.
In the Network editing properties dialog box, ensure Save to database object is selected.
Click OK.

The Network editing properties dialog box with Save to database object enabled and OK selected.

In the Save Theme As dialog box, expand Session 02.
Click Theme Group to highlight it.
In the type box at the top, enter the name “WQ Contours”.
Click Save.

The Save Theme As dialog box with the name “WQ Contours” entered, in the file tree, Theme Group selected, and Save selected.

In the Select Properties to Save dialog box, deselect Properties and Themes.
Click the plus symbol (+) to expand Themes.
Under Contours, select Concentration.
Click OK.

The Select Properties to Save dialog box with Themes expanded, under Contours, Concentration selected and OK selected.

In the GeoPlan Properties and Themes dialog box, click OK to close it.

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