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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?  

  • 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".



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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".



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