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Editing Pressure Networks using the Profile
layout tools
As you may have noticed in Figure 15.8, there is also a
Profile Layout Tools
com-
mand. The editing tools available for pressure networks in profile view are a bit
more numerous when compared to gravity networks. For example, with pressure
networks, you can add new pipes, add fittings, extend pipes, and perform several
other functions that aren't possible with gravity pipes. When you click the Profile
Layout Tools command, the Pressure Network Profile Layout ribbon tab opens (see
Figure 15.9); it provides many useful editing commands that are carried out in
profile view.
If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 15 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
FiGuRE 15.9
The specialized ribbon tab for pressure pipe layout in profile view
Exercise 15.6: use the Profile layout tools
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In this exercise, you'll use the Profile Layout Tools to design the portion of
the Jordan Court waterline that connects to the existing water main. You'll
add vertical bends as well as a valve.
If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 15 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
1.
Open the drawing named
Editing a Pressure Network Using
Profile Layout Tools.dwg
located in the
Chapter 15
class data folder.
2.
Click the new pipe that runs from circle H to circle F2 and the tee fit-
ting at Circle F2. Click Draw Parts In Profile on the ribbon, and click
one of the grid lines in the Jordan Court profile view.
The new pipe and fitting are drawn in the profile view. Notice the tee
connection and the short pipe stub located down from and to the left
of the new pipe. This is the location where the new waterline will con-
nect to the existing waterline.
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A new 45
°
bend should
appear. It may look odd
in profile view because
of the vertical exaggera-
tion. If you zoom in to
the new fitting in the 3D
view, it will look more
like you would expect.
3.
With one of the pipes or fittings selected, select Edit Network
➢
Profile Layout Tools on the ribbon.
4.
Next to Add Bend, select 6 INCH (150mm) ELBOW 45 DEG. Then
click Add Bend.
▶
5.
In the upper-right viewport, place your cursor near the right end
of the short pipe segment located just below the red circle. When
the glyph appears, as shown in Figure 15.10, click the pipe. Click
Counterclockwise on the command line.
