Hello , I recently surveyed my college pipe network and wanted to make it in water cad and analyse it. I got all the surface elevations , contours etcMY DOUBT is when we connect a pipe to a tank to another tank. When there is a vertical downward/upward bend in pipe how to represent it in water cad.
I tried a lot but bend is happening only horizontally. Please help me with it.
Elevations are entered in the properties of the nodes. If you have a junction at either end of the pipe, open the properties of the junction and you will see an elevation field.
Let's say you have a 100 ft tall pipe and you want to see the pressure halfway up. To do this, you would insert a junction (you can split the pipe automatically by placing the junction on top) in the middle of the pipe, with an elevation corresponding to the halfway point. The elevation of the upstream node would be the bottom of the 100 ft high pipe and the elevation of the downstream node would be the top of the 100 ft high pipe. You would also set the length of each pipe to 50 feet.
Regards,
Jesse DringoliTechnical Support Manager, OpenFlowsBentley Communities Site AdministratorBentley Systems, Inc.
Hi Jesse (and sorry ADR for hijacking), in regards to modeling everything is typically in x,y coordinates when drawing it out but in a high rise if you put demand nodes on each floor or top and bottom (whatever the case may be) the nodes would be stacked on top of each other. Why would someone do this? Some situations I encounter is fire suppression availability in the worst case scenario or top floor, vacation units versus full time units, businesses, laundry/wash facilities, etc. which would necessitate different demands and conditions on a per floor basis. That is what I mean.
Hi Jesse Dringoli,
Please could you tell me where to enter those elevation points I did choose the 'true' option .But from there i don't know how to proceed. Please help me. :)
If there are bends and no junctions at the vertical section of a pipe. Then ?
>>If there are bends and no junctions at the vertical section of a pipe. Then ?<<
Then you will not be able to report the pressure, HGL, etc at the desired elevations. You'll need to insert a junction at the bend points.
>>Please could you tell me where to enter those elevation points I did choose the 'true' option .But from there i don't know how to proceed. Please help me. :)<<
The elevations are entered in the nodes (such as junctions, hydrants, tanks), not the pipes. At any point along the pipe where you want to report pressure, etc, you will need to insert a junction and enter the elevation. See attached.