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catchment area

is there any automatic method for input Tc, or assign the outflow element to the catchment area to save time ?

thanks

  • Ahmed,

    Yes, there are 3 methods for inputting these values for the Tc that might make your job a little easier and 1 way to do it for outflow elements. For the Tc what you can try is opening your catchment flextable and adding the Time of Concentration field to it. If you don't know how to do that you can read the wiki technote below or you can go to the help topic in your software titled "Editing FlexTables ".

    communities.bentley.com/.../16684.how-can-i-customize-flextable-reports-b-solution-500000067636.aspx

    Once you get the field in there you can then use a CTRL +  C function to copy and paste that information from another source that you have. The copy and paste would probably work best if the information you're copying is in an excel spread sheet, but it can be copied and pasted from any source. The other option is to use our modelbuilder tool to import the data you'd like to add. Modelbuilder can use a few different input sources of which CAD files, shapefiles, excel spread sheets, and access databases are some of the more popular choices. Modelbuilder is a tool that allows you to use field mapping from your data source origin and map it to the specific fields in our software that you'd like to add information to. You can have a look at this wiki below that shows you how to update a model using modelbuilder:

    communities.bentley.com/.../2674.aspx

    There are also links on the bottom of this wiki that show you how you can use modelbuilder to build your entire model using the tool as well as using it for a few other functions.

    If you have multiple catchments that are going to use the same Tc value the last thing that you can use is our prototype tool. This tool will allow you to have certain default values preset in your elements when you place them on your drawing pane.  Note that this option will only work if you are laying out new catchments and would not apply to existing catchments that you have already placed in your model. This wiki technote will explain how prototypes work:

    communities.bentley.com/.../7756.changing-the-default-property-values-when-creating-model.aspx

    For quickly updating the outflow element you cannot use the copy and paste method or prototypes, but you can use the modelbuilder option.

    Regards,

    Mark

    Mark

    Answer Verified By: Sushma Choure