Chapter 13: Pipe Networks and Part Builder
Create a pipe network by layout. After you’ve created a parts list for your pipe network, the first step toward finalizing the design is to create a Pipe Network By Layout.
Master It Open the MasteringPipes.dwg file. Choose Pipe Network Creation Tools from the Pipe Network drop-down in the Create Design panel on the Home tab to create a sanitary sewer pipe network. Use the Finished Ground surface, and name only structure and pipe label styles. Don’t choose an alignment at this time. Create 8″ (20.32 cm) PVC pipes and concentric manholes. There are blocks in the drawing to assist you in placing manholes. Begin at the START HERE marker, and place a manhole at each marker location. You can erase the markers when you’ve finished.
Solution
1. From the Home tab’s Create Design panel, select Pipe Network Pipe Network Creation Tools.
2. In the Create Pipe Network dialog, set the following parameters:
Network Name: Mastering
Network Parts List: Sanitary Sewer
Surface Name: Corridor FG
Alignment Name: <none>
Structure Label Style: Plan (Sanitary)
Pipe Label Style: Name Only
3. Click OK. The Pipe Layout Tools toolbar appears.
4. Set the structure to SMH and the pipe to 8 Inch PVC. Click Draw Pipes And Structures, and use your Insertion osnap to place a structure at each marker location.
5. Press ↵ to exit the command.
6. Move the structure labels. Select a marker, right-click, and choose Select Similar. Click Delete.
Create an alignment from network parts and draw parts in profile view. Once your pipe network has been created in plan view, you’ll typically add the parts to a profile view on the basis of either the road centerline or the pipe centerline.
Master It Continue working in the MasteringPipes.dwg file. Create an alignment from your pipes so that station zero is located at the START HERE structure. Create a profile view from this alignment, and draw the pipes on the profile view.
Solution
1. Select the structure labeled START HERE to display the Pipe Networks contextual tab and select Alignment From Network on the Launch Pad panel.
2. Select the last structure in the pipe run. Press ↵ to accept the selection.
3. In the Create Alignment dialog, name the Alignment Mastering and make sure the Create Profile And Profile View check box is selected. Accept the other defaults, and click OK.
4. In the Create Profile dialog, sample both the EG and Corridor FG surfaces for the profile. Click Draw In Profile View.
5. In the Create Profile View dialog, click Create Profile View and choose a location in the drawing for the profile view. A profile view showing your pipes appears.
Label a pipe network in plan and profile. Designing your pipe network is only half of the process. Engineering plans must be properly annotated.
Master It Continue working in the MasteringPipes.dwg file. Add the Length Description And Slope style to profile pipes and the Data With Connected Pipes (Sanitary) style to profile structures. Add the alignment created in the previous exercise to all pipes and structures.
Solution
1. Change to the Annotate tab and select Add Labels.
2. In the Add Labels dialog, change Feature to Pipe Network, and then change Label Type to Entire Network Profile. For pipe labels, choose Length Description And Slope; for structure labels, choose Data With Connected Pipes (Sanitary). Click Add, and choose any pipe or structure in your profile.
3. Drag or adjust any profile labels as desired.
4. Expand Pipe Networks Networks Mastering and select Pipes.
5. Select all pipes in Prospector, right-click on Reference Alignment, and select Edit.
6. Choose the Mastering alignment.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 but choose Structures.
Create a dynamic pipe table. It’s common for municipalities and contractors to request a pipe or structure table for cost estimates or to make it easier to understand a busy plan.
Master It Continue working in the MasteringPipes.dwg file. Create a pipe table for all pipes in your network.
Solution
1. Change to the Annotation tab, and select Add Labels Add Tables Add Pipe.
2. In the Pipe Table Creation dialog, make sure your pipe network is selected. Accept the other defaults, and click OK.
3. Place the table in your drawing.