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Transcript
00:03
Depending on your model,
00:04
you may have pipes that legitimately run in
00:06
parallel between nodes in your water distribution system.
00:11
But sometimes parallel pipes can occur as a result of duplication.
00:15
So it is important to review these areas.
00:19
Parallel pipes are identified as pipes sharing the same start and
00:22
end nodes and are not required to share identical vertices.
00:28
You can use the locate slash fix parallel pipes
00:30
tool to review these locations and fix any errors
00:35
to begin. Double click the desired project dot APR X file to open Argi
00:40
Pro.
00:42
Once the project starts,
00:43
click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon
00:49
in the project panel, click initialize
00:53
to add all parallel pipes to the domain from
00:56
the command center tab in the model explorer,
00:58
expand the utilities network review slash fix, locate parallel pipes,
01:03
folders and then double click show as domain.
01:09
The location of the parallel pipes is found
01:13
to zoom in on the location
01:15
on the info water pro ribbon
01:17
domain panel, select the zoom to domain tool.
01:21
When you examine the network configuration,
01:24
notice that one pipe is highlighted in red,
01:27
you can then redraw the pipe with false vertices. So you can see the parallel pipes.
01:33
It is helpful in these cases to turn on the labels to see the node ids
01:39
from the contents panel,
01:40
right, click junction and select label
01:44
on the info water pro ribbon
01:46
in the edit panel, expand the edit dropdown and select redraw pipe.
01:53
Select the pipe to be redrawn.
01:55
You can see that it flashes blue, signifying that it is selected to be redrawn.
02:01
Click the starting node, then click to add two false vertices away from the pipe
02:06
and finally double click the end node to finish redrawing the pipe.
02:12
It is important to pay attention when you are making your pipe selection to make
02:15
sure that the pipe you intend to redraw is indeed the one that flashes.
02:20
If you accidentally select another pipe and it flashes blue,
02:24
you will consequently redraw the wrong pipe.
02:28
However, this is very easy to fix by simply reelecting the correct pipe.
02:34
Also be aware that if you do happen to redraw the wrong pipe,
02:37
then there is no one doing it.
02:38
You would need to draw it again or reimport it.
02:43
You can now look at the attributes of each pipe
02:46
on the info water pro ribbon
02:48
in the edit panel. Click the select tool,
02:51
then select your redrawn pipe.
02:54
Notice that attributes exist in the model explorer for this pipe.
02:59
Now select the original pipe
03:01
this time there is no attribute data associated with it.
03:06
After investigation, you determine that This pipe does not exist and can be deleted
03:13
on the info water pro ribbon in the edit panel,
03:15
click the edit drop down and select delete pipe.
03:19
Then select the pipe to delete and click. OK. To confirm,
03:24
you can now redraw the pipe to remove the false vertices that you added
03:28
on the info water Pro ribbon
03:30
in the edit panel, expand the edit dropdown and select redraw pipe.
03:37
Click the start junction and then double click the end node.
03:41
The pipe is now straight.
03:44
You can switch back to select mode in the edit panel to avoid editing other pipes.
03:49
This change could be flagged to your G
03:51
S department to fix but it may not really be a problem as the
Video transcript
00:03
Depending on your model,
00:04
you may have pipes that legitimately run in
00:06
parallel between nodes in your water distribution system.
00:11
But sometimes parallel pipes can occur as a result of duplication.
00:15
So it is important to review these areas.
00:19
Parallel pipes are identified as pipes sharing the same start and
00:22
end nodes and are not required to share identical vertices.
00:28
You can use the locate slash fix parallel pipes
00:30
tool to review these locations and fix any errors
00:35
to begin. Double click the desired project dot APR X file to open Argi
00:40
Pro.
00:42
Once the project starts,
00:43
click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon
00:49
in the project panel, click initialize
00:53
to add all parallel pipes to the domain from
00:56
the command center tab in the model explorer,
00:58
expand the utilities network review slash fix, locate parallel pipes,
01:03
folders and then double click show as domain.
01:09
The location of the parallel pipes is found
01:13
to zoom in on the location
01:15
on the info water pro ribbon
01:17
domain panel, select the zoom to domain tool.
01:21
When you examine the network configuration,
01:24
notice that one pipe is highlighted in red,
01:27
you can then redraw the pipe with false vertices. So you can see the parallel pipes.
01:33
It is helpful in these cases to turn on the labels to see the node ids
01:39
from the contents panel,
01:40
right, click junction and select label
01:44
on the info water pro ribbon
01:46
in the edit panel, expand the edit dropdown and select redraw pipe.
01:53
Select the pipe to be redrawn.
01:55
You can see that it flashes blue, signifying that it is selected to be redrawn.
02:01
Click the starting node, then click to add two false vertices away from the pipe
02:06
and finally double click the end node to finish redrawing the pipe.
02:12
It is important to pay attention when you are making your pipe selection to make
02:15
sure that the pipe you intend to redraw is indeed the one that flashes.
02:20
If you accidentally select another pipe and it flashes blue,
02:24
you will consequently redraw the wrong pipe.
02:28
However, this is very easy to fix by simply reelecting the correct pipe.
02:34
Also be aware that if you do happen to redraw the wrong pipe,
02:37
then there is no one doing it.
02:38
You would need to draw it again or reimport it.
02:43
You can now look at the attributes of each pipe
02:46
on the info water pro ribbon
02:48
in the edit panel. Click the select tool,
02:51
then select your redrawn pipe.
02:54
Notice that attributes exist in the model explorer for this pipe.
02:59
Now select the original pipe
03:01
this time there is no attribute data associated with it.
03:06
After investigation, you determine that This pipe does not exist and can be deleted
03:13
on the info water pro ribbon in the edit panel,
03:15
click the edit drop down and select delete pipe.
03:19
Then select the pipe to delete and click. OK. To confirm,
03:24
you can now redraw the pipe to remove the false vertices that you added
03:28
on the info water Pro ribbon
03:30
in the edit panel, expand the edit dropdown and select redraw pipe.
03:37
Click the start junction and then double click the end node.
03:41
The pipe is now straight.
03:44
You can switch back to select mode in the edit panel to avoid editing other pipes.
03:49
This change could be flagged to your G
03:51
S department to fix but it may not really be a problem as the
Depending on your model, you may have pipes that legitimately run in parallel between nodes in your water distribution system. But sometimes, parallel pipes can occur as a result of duplication, so it is important to review these areas.
Parallel pipes are identified as pipes sharing the same start and end nodes and are not required to share identical vertices. You can use the Locate/Fix Parallel Pipes tool to review these locations and fix any errors.
Two parallel pipes are found in this example and displayed in the Message Board.
Notice that one pipe is highlighted in red. To correct this, re-draw the pipe with false vertices so you can see the parallel pipes.
IMPORTANT: When selecting a pipe, make sure that the pipe you intend to re-draw is indeed the one that flashes. If you accidentally select another pipe, and it flashes blue, you will consequently redraw the wrong pipe. To fix this, simply re-select the correct pipe. If you do happen to redraw the wrong pipe, then there is no undoing it—you would need to draw it again or reimport it.
Notice that attributes exist in the Model Explorer for this pipe.
This time, there is no attribute data associated with it. After investigation, it is determined that this pipe does not exist and can be deleted.
You can now redraw the pipe to remove the false vertices that you added.
The pipe is now straight.
IMPORTANT: This fix could be flagged to your GIS department to fix and re-import; however, that may not be necessary, as the one-to-one relationship between the unique IDs and features is maintained.
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