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15.
Repeat steps 11-13, this time selecting Sanitary-3 in the first dialog box.
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16.
Save and close the drawing.
All sanitary sewer
networks have been
merged into one;
therefore, only one
sanitary sewer network
is listed in Prospector..
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by opening
Editing Pipe Networks Using Editing Tools - Complete.dwg.
Editing Pipe Networks using Properties
Many of the values you need to change when editing pipes and structures can be
found in their
properties
. There are two ways to access the properties of a pipe
or structure: the Civil 3D method and the AutoCAD method. To use the Civil 3D
method, you select a pipe or structure and then click Pipe Properties or Structure
Properties on the ribbon. This method provides extensive information about the
pipe or structure, much of which can be edited to change the design. The one dis-
advantage of this method is that you must launch the Pipe Properties or Structure
Properties command separately for each pipe or structure you want to edit.
With the AutoCAD method, you select the pipe or structure and then use the
Properties command from the ribbon or the context menu. Here you're given
access to a limited number of properties, but the advantage is that you can
modify multiple pipes or structures simultaneously.
If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 14 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
Exercise 14.6: Edit a Pipe Network using
Properties
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In this exercise, you'll fix the issue with the sanitary pipe that is located far
below the others. You'll use properties to complete this task.
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1.
Open the drawing named
Editing Pipe Networks Using
Properties.dwg
located in the
Chapter 14
class data folder.
In this exercise, you'll focus on the sanitary sewer pipes that lie in
Madison Lane. In the profile view on the top right, notice that the
pipe beginning at the intersection with Logan Court and ending at
the Madison Lane cul-de-sac has been incorrectly placed at a very
low elevation.
The problem with the
incorrect pipe eleva-
tion was brought to
your attention during
the first exercise in
this chapter, when the
sanitary sewer pipe
networks were first
created.
2.
In the upper-right viewport, zoom in to the Madison Lane profile and
note the label at the right end that reads ELEV = 180.972 (55.160).
This elevation corresponds with the center point of the cul-de-sac,
which is also the location of the manhole.
3.
Click in the left viewport, and then zoom in and click the manhole
located at the center of the Madison Lane cul-de-sac. Click Structure
Properties on the ribbon.
