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Editing Pipe Networks using Editing tools
Another way to edit a pipe network is to use the Network Layout Tools toolbar,
which is the same toolbar you used initially to create the pipe network. To launch
the toolbar in editing mode instead of creation mode, you use the Edit Pipe
Network command.
In addition to the Network Layout Tools toolbar, there are several commands
located on the ribbon and in a context menu that give you even more function-
ality. These include the following:
Swap Part
This command calls up the current parts list, and it enables
you to select a part and replace it with any part in the parts list.
Disconnect Part
This command disconnects a pipe from a structure,
enabling you to connect it to a different part or move it independently of
other parts.
Connect Part
This command connects a pipe to a structure to reestablish
the dynamic behavior of connected parts.
Split Network
This command divides a network into two separate
networks.
Merge Networks
This command combines two or more networks into a
single network.
Exercise 14.5: Edit Pipe Networks using
Editing tools
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If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 14 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
In this exercise, you'll use the ribbon commands and Network Layout Tools
toolbar to edit the storm and sanitary networks in your drawing.
1.
Open the drawing named
Editing Pipe Networks Using Editing
Tools.dwg
located in the
Chapter 14
class data folder.
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2.
Click any storm pipe or structure in the drawing, and then click Edit
Pipe Network on the ribbon.
This opens the Network
Layout Tools toolbar.
3.
On the Network Layout Tools toolbar, do the following:
a.
Choose the structure Cylindrical Junction Structure NF (SI)
➢
Storm Manhole.
b.
Click the small black triangle to expand the button to the right
of the pipe drop-down list. Select Structures Only.
