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Transcript
00:04
The evolution of geographical information systems has led to
00:07
the availability of comprehensive data sets including land use,
00:11
water meter locations and demand area polygons.
00:15
These data when properly processed can be effectively used
00:19
to create system demands throughout a hydraulic network model.
00:23
In this exercise, you allocate demands using the closest junction method
00:27
working in conjunction with meter data.
00:29
The closest junction method assigns demands to
00:32
the junctions closest to the water meter
00:35
to begin
00:36
double click the desired project dot APR
00:38
file to open
00:40
Agis Pro.
00:42
Once the project starts,
00:43
click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon
00:48
in the project panel, click initialize
00:52
first, you need to add the meter sales data necessary for the allocation
00:59
from the ARC G
00:60
I S ribbon
01:00
on the map tab
01:02
in the layer panel,
01:03
click add data,
01:06
navigate to and double click the dot GDB file for this exercise,
01:12
select the meter sales shape file and then click OK to add it to the table of contents.
01:20
If you do not want it visible in the map,
01:22
then you can turn off the meter sales layer in the contents panel
01:27
on the info water pro ribbon
01:28
in the allocator panel, click allocation manager
01:33
to configure the target demand set for the allocation
01:36
in the demand allocation manager. Click options,
01:41
the demand allocator options, dialogue opens
01:45
a data set should always be cloned so that all the base data is contained in it.
01:49
And you can make changes from there
01:53
to make a clone of the base demand set. Click the target demands set browse button
01:58
in the demand set. Pop-up, select the base base demand set and click clone.
02:06
Enter a new id of base underscore meter comma base demand from meter data and click.
02:11
Ok,
02:14
click ok. To close the demand set window.
02:17
Be aware that while you are creating a new
02:19
demand set through the demand allocator options window,
02:22
you could have created the demand set
02:24
before opening the demand allocation manager,
02:27
expand the target demand set dropdown and select
02:30
the base meter demand set you just created
02:34
then click purge all demands to remove all demands from the base meter demand set.
02:39
So they are all effectively set to zero
02:43
in the confirmation pop-up. Click ok to confirm and close it
02:48
when the purge process is complete.
02:49
Click ok to close the demand allocator options window
02:54
back in the demand allocation manager in the allocation method group,
02:58
select closest junction
03:02
in the meter configuration group,
03:03
expand the meter layer dropdown to select the meter sales layer you added earlier.
03:10
If you cannot see the full file path in the field,
03:13
you can hover the cursor over the field or drag the
03:16
edge of the demand allocation manager window to expand it.
03:20
Next, expand the demand field drop down, scroll down and select D MD.
03:26
This signifies that the D MD field in your
03:29
meter layer contains the demands to assign to your model
03:33
in the junction ID field group, click new field.
03:37
And then in the new field pop-up specify HX underscore
03:41
J N T as the new field and then click,
03:44
OK.
03:45
This populates the idea of the junction that each meter is assigned to
03:50
in the junction ID field, drop down, select the HX JNT field that you just created
03:57
on the allocation tab set the allocation scaling factor to one
04:02
because the meters are using the same units as the model.
04:05
In this exercise, gallons per minute,
04:08
you do not need to scale your demands.
04:10
You would need to change the allocation scaling factor if
04:13
there is a difference between the model and meter units.
04:17
For example,
04:17
many customer meters read in 100 cubic feet or CCF while the model is in GPM,
04:24
click allocate demand and wait for the allocation
04:27
report and water duty calculator window to appear.
04:31
This may take a few minutes
04:34
when it does.
04:35
You can see that the total demand is 1471.80 GPM for this exercise
04:43
when you are finished, click OK,
04:45
to close the allocation report and water duty calculator window
04:48
then click close to exit the demand allocation manager.
Video transcript
00:04
The evolution of geographical information systems has led to
00:07
the availability of comprehensive data sets including land use,
00:11
water meter locations and demand area polygons.
00:15
These data when properly processed can be effectively used
00:19
to create system demands throughout a hydraulic network model.
00:23
In this exercise, you allocate demands using the closest junction method
00:27
working in conjunction with meter data.
00:29
The closest junction method assigns demands to
00:32
the junctions closest to the water meter
00:35
to begin
00:36
double click the desired project dot APR
00:38
file to open
00:40
Agis Pro.
00:42
Once the project starts,
00:43
click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon
00:48
in the project panel, click initialize
00:52
first, you need to add the meter sales data necessary for the allocation
00:59
from the ARC G
00:60
I S ribbon
01:00
on the map tab
01:02
in the layer panel,
01:03
click add data,
01:06
navigate to and double click the dot GDB file for this exercise,
01:12
select the meter sales shape file and then click OK to add it to the table of contents.
01:20
If you do not want it visible in the map,
01:22
then you can turn off the meter sales layer in the contents panel
01:27
on the info water pro ribbon
01:28
in the allocator panel, click allocation manager
01:33
to configure the target demand set for the allocation
01:36
in the demand allocation manager. Click options,
01:41
the demand allocator options, dialogue opens
01:45
a data set should always be cloned so that all the base data is contained in it.
01:49
And you can make changes from there
01:53
to make a clone of the base demand set. Click the target demands set browse button
01:58
in the demand set. Pop-up, select the base base demand set and click clone.
02:06
Enter a new id of base underscore meter comma base demand from meter data and click.
02:11
Ok,
02:14
click ok. To close the demand set window.
02:17
Be aware that while you are creating a new
02:19
demand set through the demand allocator options window,
02:22
you could have created the demand set
02:24
before opening the demand allocation manager,
02:27
expand the target demand set dropdown and select
02:30
the base meter demand set you just created
02:34
then click purge all demands to remove all demands from the base meter demand set.
02:39
So they are all effectively set to zero
02:43
in the confirmation pop-up. Click ok to confirm and close it
02:48
when the purge process is complete.
02:49
Click ok to close the demand allocator options window
02:54
back in the demand allocation manager in the allocation method group,
02:58
select closest junction
03:02
in the meter configuration group,
03:03
expand the meter layer dropdown to select the meter sales layer you added earlier.
03:10
If you cannot see the full file path in the field,
03:13
you can hover the cursor over the field or drag the
03:16
edge of the demand allocation manager window to expand it.
03:20
Next, expand the demand field drop down, scroll down and select D MD.
03:26
This signifies that the D MD field in your
03:29
meter layer contains the demands to assign to your model
03:33
in the junction ID field group, click new field.
03:37
And then in the new field pop-up specify HX underscore
03:41
J N T as the new field and then click,
03:44
OK.
03:45
This populates the idea of the junction that each meter is assigned to
03:50
in the junction ID field, drop down, select the HX JNT field that you just created
03:57
on the allocation tab set the allocation scaling factor to one
04:02
because the meters are using the same units as the model.
04:05
In this exercise, gallons per minute,
04:08
you do not need to scale your demands.
04:10
You would need to change the allocation scaling factor if
04:13
there is a difference between the model and meter units.
04:17
For example,
04:17
many customer meters read in 100 cubic feet or CCF while the model is in GPM,
04:24
click allocate demand and wait for the allocation
04:27
report and water duty calculator window to appear.
04:31
This may take a few minutes
04:34
when it does.
04:35
You can see that the total demand is 1471.80 GPM for this exercise
04:43
when you are finished, click OK,
04:45
to close the allocation report and water duty calculator window
04:48
then click close to exit the demand allocation manager.
The evolution of geographical information systems has led to the availability of comprehensive data sets, including land use, water meter locations, and demand area polygons. These data, when properly processed, can be effectively used to create system demands throughout a hydraulic network model.
To add the meter sales data necessary for the allocation:
A data set should always be cloned so that all the BASE data is contained in it, and then changes can be made from there. To make a clone of the BASE demand set:
Back in the Demand Allocation Manager, set up the allocation:
Note: Because the meters are using the same units as the model in this tutorial—gallons per minute—you do not need to scale your demands.
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