Hi all,
I've been using Watercad V8 and there's an emerging problem that all pipe lengths are scaled up 3 times after I exported Watercad file into Epanet. Although the length value performed on each pipeline in Epanet is true but i know that all the epanet pipelines are longer 3 times than their watercad origins because when I export epanet pipelines back into Autocad file, I can see the whole network is larger than the original network. How can i fix this problem, please advice. Tks.
Hello Hienvous,
This tool "MAY" work for you. The reason I am saying may, is because you are not on the supported version of the tool. If you can upgrade to supported version you WILL be able to fix the issue very easily.
Run this tool and enter scale factor = 0.3048. You have to scale down, right? Hence factor is less than 1. And 0.3048 = 1 / 3.28084
http://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/akshayas_blog/archive/2013/04/30/change-scale-of-a-hydraulic-model-using-waterobjects-net.aspxEven though the tools say "move to the right location", it most likely will be in right location already so move is not required.
HTH,
Answer Verified By: Hien Vo
I did it. I've changed to Watercad V8i and there's no problem anymore. Thank you :)