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How to insert vertical pipes in water cad

I have a situation.
I need to provide a vertical pipe from the ground level to the top level where the tank is situated. I'm attaching my water cad file.

Please review it and tell whether my drawing according to this situation is correct or not.

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  • ADR,

    I noticed, you are using 8.11.1.32 version which is not the latest, it's always a good idea to update to the latest.

    1) In this forum post, created by you, it was suggested to make one equivalent tank rather than having multiple tanks in the same location. Having multiple tanks in the same location may give you some challenges during simulation.
    2) Placing elements just on top of each other may not allow you to select the element underneath so you may want to place them apart. (Make sure to use the User Defined Length so that pipe length remains constant otherwise the results may vary.)
    3) You will need a pump curve for the pump otherwise you will not be able to run. (User Analysis > Validate to see for missing/required information).

    You are making a good progress.
    (In this thread you were saying you have a complex network for the Hardy Cross method, is this the network you were referring to?)

    HTH



  • Akshaya -  So in a situation like this where you do want to model key features in a vertical pipe in conjunction with a site layout, the preferred method is to "flatten" it so to speak correct?  

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  • nkg2,

    No matter how hard we try, we cannot create a 3D drawing as WaterCAD (or it's database) is 2D so we have to be "creative" to display a varying Z coordinate in 2D plane. I think this is just a matter of "displaying" elements in the drawing because from hydraulic point you can easily model the vertical pipe or raised structure.

    One can be little creative and draw, Isometric or Orthographic views of their network in 2D plane and model it. In the picture below, it does feel like P-20 is parallel to Z axis but it's purely parallel to Y axis and it does feel like it's vertical.  If you know how to model a vertical structures then displaying things in the drawing is a pure "Art".



  • What's the difference between BEND and JUNCTION in WATER CAD

  • When you place a junction, your pipe stops (or starts) right at the junction. With the bends, it's continuous. In the picture below, you can see the highlighted pipe is a single pipe starting from J-1 to J-2, however in the inner circle there are 11 pipes that's because of the junction in between.

    1) Junction facilitates connection, bend does not
    2) At junctions, pipe will either start or end, that's not the case with the bends
    3) You can see hydraulic results at Junctions, not at the bends
    4) Bend defines pipe geometry/appearance, junction does not. 



  • Thank You Akshaya.

    I have been thinking and i think i got a solution. As you told we can vary the pipe length in the other post. So If we have to nodes at different elevations say 250 and 265. So we can connect these by pipes and add a 15 m pipe, Now we put the 265 elevation Node on top of it . This resembles a vertical pipe right.?

    Please verify this. either creating a sample drawing on waterCAD. Please :)

  • ADR - Could you do something like this? In my mind, this is how I would approach it, because like you in some cases I need to examine items of concern where those items of concern are in a vertical condition like you propose.