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Transcript
00:03
Once you have imported elements such as pipes, valves and tanks,
00:08
you can have info water pro automatically create junctions at all pipe end
00:12
points that do not already have a current connection to a node.
00:16
The direction that a pipe is drawn is critical to the overall flow of your system.
00:21
The tools in this lesson,
00:22
save you time by adding connections based on the tolerance level that you set
00:29
to begin.
00:30
Double click the desired project dot APR
00:32
file to open Argi
00:34
pro.
00:36
Once the project starts click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon
00:44
in the project panel, click initialize
00:48
from the model explorer command center tab expand the
00:52
utilities connectivity folders and then double click fill pipe connectivity
01:00
in the fill pipe connectivity.
01:01
Dialog box set the searching distance map unit to 0.5.
01:07
So that the closest junctions within this tolerance
01:10
are assigned as the start or end node
01:14
in the method group.
01:15
Make sure that effective neighborhood search fill one and node at a time is selected
01:22
click fill and then close the dialog box. If it does not close on its own,
01:29
be aware that the pipe fill connectivity tool
01:31
does not create nodes that are missing.
01:34
For this functionality. You can use the append nodes tool
01:39
in the command center, expand the exchange folder and double click append nodes.
01:45
This tool depends nodes to the end points of the imported pipes.
01:51
For the searching distance.
01:52
With this tool, you can start with your shortest pipe length divided by two
01:56
and then iterate by increasing the value once or twice more.
02:02
For this example, set the searching distance map unit 20.5.
02:08
Make sure that automatic mode is enabled and set the node type to junction
02:13
and link type to pipe.
02:17
Click a pen and then close the dialog box. If it does not close on its own.
02:23
At this point,
02:24
you can review the network connectivity and geometry for
02:27
potential errors by looking for orphan nodes and pipes.
02:32
An orphan node is a node that is not listed in the
02:35
start node or end node fields in the pipe connectivity database table.
02:40
An orphan pipe is a pipe with no value in one or both
02:44
of the start node and end node fields in the pipe connectivity database table
02:51
on the info water pro ribbon
02:53
in the domain panel, click domain manager
02:57
in the domain manager enable special query
02:59
and then expand the two drop down lists and select pipes and orphan respectively.
03:06
Click add
03:09
in the message board. You can see the results
03:12
in this case, the message reports, no change,
03:16
repeat the special query but change the dropdown lists to nodes and orphan
03:21
and then click, add
03:24
the message board again states no change.
03:28
With this example,
03:30
there are no orphan nodes or pipes as the append
03:33
nodes tool was used to place junctions in the model.
03:37
But it is important to know that when junctions are imported from G I S,
03:42
there are generally some orphan nodes or pipes
03:44
that can be addressed with these queries.
Video transcript
00:03
Once you have imported elements such as pipes, valves and tanks,
00:08
you can have info water pro automatically create junctions at all pipe end
00:12
points that do not already have a current connection to a node.
00:16
The direction that a pipe is drawn is critical to the overall flow of your system.
00:21
The tools in this lesson,
00:22
save you time by adding connections based on the tolerance level that you set
00:29
to begin.
00:30
Double click the desired project dot APR
00:32
file to open Argi
00:34
pro.
00:36
Once the project starts click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon
00:44
in the project panel, click initialize
00:48
from the model explorer command center tab expand the
00:52
utilities connectivity folders and then double click fill pipe connectivity
01:00
in the fill pipe connectivity.
01:01
Dialog box set the searching distance map unit to 0.5.
01:07
So that the closest junctions within this tolerance
01:10
are assigned as the start or end node
01:14
in the method group.
01:15
Make sure that effective neighborhood search fill one and node at a time is selected
01:22
click fill and then close the dialog box. If it does not close on its own,
01:29
be aware that the pipe fill connectivity tool
01:31
does not create nodes that are missing.
01:34
For this functionality. You can use the append nodes tool
01:39
in the command center, expand the exchange folder and double click append nodes.
01:45
This tool depends nodes to the end points of the imported pipes.
01:51
For the searching distance.
01:52
With this tool, you can start with your shortest pipe length divided by two
01:56
and then iterate by increasing the value once or twice more.
02:02
For this example, set the searching distance map unit 20.5.
02:08
Make sure that automatic mode is enabled and set the node type to junction
02:13
and link type to pipe.
02:17
Click a pen and then close the dialog box. If it does not close on its own.
02:23
At this point,
02:24
you can review the network connectivity and geometry for
02:27
potential errors by looking for orphan nodes and pipes.
02:32
An orphan node is a node that is not listed in the
02:35
start node or end node fields in the pipe connectivity database table.
02:40
An orphan pipe is a pipe with no value in one or both
02:44
of the start node and end node fields in the pipe connectivity database table
02:51
on the info water pro ribbon
02:53
in the domain panel, click domain manager
02:57
in the domain manager enable special query
02:59
and then expand the two drop down lists and select pipes and orphan respectively.
03:06
Click add
03:09
in the message board. You can see the results
03:12
in this case, the message reports, no change,
03:16
repeat the special query but change the dropdown lists to nodes and orphan
03:21
and then click, add
03:24
the message board again states no change.
03:28
With this example,
03:30
there are no orphan nodes or pipes as the append
03:33
nodes tool was used to place junctions in the model.
03:37
But it is important to know that when junctions are imported from G I S,
03:42
there are generally some orphan nodes or pipes
03:44
that can be addressed with these queries.
Once you have imported elements such as pipes, valves, and tanks, you can have InfoWater Pro automatically create junctions at all pipe endpoints that do not already have a current connection to a node.
The direction that a pipe is drawn is critical to the overall flow of your system. The tools in this lesson save you time by adding connections based on the tolerance level that you set.
Be aware that the Fill Pipe Connectivity tool does not create nodes that are missing. For this functionality, you can use the Append Nodes tool.
This tool appends nodes to the endpoints of the imported pipes. For the searching distance with this tool, divide your shortest pipe length by two, and then iterate by increasing the value once or twice more.
At this point, you can review the network connectivity and geometry for potential errors by looking for orphan nodes and pipes. An orphan node is a node that is not listed in the Start Node or End Node fields in the Pipe Connectivity Database Table. An orphan pipe is a pipe with no value in one or both of the Start Node and End Node fields in the Pipe Connectivity Database Table.
In the Message Board, you can see the results. In this case, the message reports no change.
The Message Board again states no change.
With this example, there are no orphan nodes or pipes, as the Append Nodes tool was used to place junctions in the model. But it is important to know that when junctions are imported from GIS, there are generally some orphan nodes or pipes that can be addressed with these queries.
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