Associating a control with a network

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Which of the following is an optional process that allows you to open a network so that the associated control and demand diagram are already associated with it?

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Step-by-step Guide

You can associate a control and/or a demand diagram with a network. That way, when the network is opened, the associated control and demand diagram will already be applied to it.

To open a transportable database:

  1. Click File > Open > Open transportable database.

In the InfoWorks WS Pro interface, the File menu expanded, with the Open flyout displayed and Open transportable database selected.

  1. In the file browser, open the Session 3 folder.
  2. In the Session 3 folder, open the Data folder.
  3. Select “Session3.wspt”.
  4. Click Open.
  5. On your keyboard, press and hold SHIFT.
  6. In the transportable database window, click the Session 03 model group.
  7. Click the Session 03 – Lock model group.

The transportable database window with Transportable Database expanded in the file tree, and with the Session 03 and Session 03 - Lock model groups selected.

  1. Right-click the selected model groups and select Copy.
  2. In the Model Group window, right-click Database and click Paste all.

In the Model Group window, the Database shortcut menu with Paste all selected.

  1. Close the transportable database window.
  2. In the Model Group window, expand the Session 03 model group.
  3. Drag-and-drop BridgeNet! into the workspace to open it in the GeoPlan.

In the Model Group window, the BridgeNet network selected under Session 03, and the BridgeNet GeoPlan open in the workspace.

To associate a control and a demand diagram with the network:

  1. In the Model Group window, right-click the BridgeNet! Network and select Associate control.

In the Model Group window, the BridgeNet shortcut menu with Associate control selected and called out.

  1. From the Model Group window, drag the BridgeCon! control into the Associate Control dialog box and drop it into the Control group box.
  2. In the Model Group window, expand the Demand Diagram Group.
  3. Drag BridgeTown ADAW into the Associate Control Dialog box and drop it into the Demand Diagram group box.
  4. Click OK.

The Associate Control dialog box for BridgeNet, with BridgeCon in the Control group box and BridgeTown ADAW in the Demand Diagram group box.

  1. Close the GeoPlan window.
  2. From the Model Group window, drag-and-drop BridgeNet! into the workspace to open the GeoPlan again.
  3. Notice at the top of the GeoPlan window that the control is now linked with the network.

The upper-left corner of the updated GeoPlan, displaying “BridgeNet + BridgeCon [Target]” to indicate that the control is now linked with the network.

Note: This is an optional process. You do not have to associate a control with a network. Also, this feature is available only for networks using the merge method of version control.