Hi Everyone, I'm in the process of building a sewer collection system model. Our client has shapefiles for their gravity conduit and their manholes but the gravity conduit shapefile does not have any information regarding which manhole is upstream and downstream of the pipe. When using ModelBuilder, I'm required to designate a start and stop field for the pipe. Is anyone aware of how I can work around this? Do I need to do some form of joining in GIS prior to uploading? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
HI Adam,
ModelBuilder is able to establish connectivity spatially (you don't need to specify the start/stop fields).
Use the option I highlight below (ModelBuilder will connect to the closest node within the specified tolerance).
Best regards,
Rob.
p.s.
More details about the various ModelBuilder options are documented here:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/hydraulics___hydrology/w/hydraulics_and_hydrology__wiki/2821/using-modelbuilder-to-import-external-data
Answer Verified By: Sushma Choure
Thank you! This worked!