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Calculating headloss through a hydrant lateral
Jesse Dringoli
Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i (08.11.04.57 and later) Area: Calculations Problem How do WaterCAD and WaterGEMS calculate head losses through a hydrant lateral, when using the lateral option…
8 months ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
How to turn on and off dashed lines associated with taps or customer meters
Jesse Dringoli
Product(s): SewerGEMS, StormCAD, CivilStorm, SewerCAD, WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, HAMMER Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Layout and Data Input Problem When a tap node is placed, a dashed line appears to show which link the tap…
over 1 year ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
How are flow results reported for a pipe when using taps and laterals on a customer meter element?
Jesse Dringoli
Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Editioin Area: Modeling Problem How is the flow in a pipe calculated when using taps and laterals with a customer meter element? Solution This will depend on the placement…
over 3 years ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
Disconnection error with hydrant connected to lateral
Scott Kampa
Product(s): WaterCAD, WaterGEMS Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Layout and Data Input Problem Hydrants connected to a lateral link element are shown as being isolated/disconnected: "Node is not connected to, or is isolated…
over 3 years ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
Finding customer meters not connected via a lateral
Jesse Dringoli
Product(s): WaterCAD, WaterGEMS Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Modeling Problem Some of my customer meters elements are not connected to a pipe via a lateral link element. How can I identify such cases so they can be fixed…
over 1 year ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
Customer Meter Elements and the External Customer Meter Data Manager
Jesse Dringoli
Applies To Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i Area: Modeling Original Author: Scott Kampa, Bentley Technical Support Group Customer Meter Element Customer Meter elements provide…
10 months ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
How can I reduce the number of pipes in my model?
Jesse Dringoli
Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i Problem How can the number of pipes be reduced in a WaterCAD or WaterGEMS model? Solution - Skelebrator To reduce the number of pipes in a model try to combine…
over 1 year ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
Using LoadBuilder to assign Customer Meters to the nearest pipe using taps and laterals
Larry Abla
Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Modeling Introduction In earlier versions of WaterGEMS and WaterCAD, LoadBuilder could be used to assign Customer Meter elements to the nearest junction…
3 months ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Wiki
Re: Is there any difference on location of fire hydrant in the model?
Jesse Dringoli
Hello Eelhard, If you're using WaterCAD V8 XM or V8i, I would recommend using the Fire Hydrant node element - you can reduce the number of pipes in your model by placing the hydrants inline with the pipes (like "Case #1" in your diagram) and still…
over 13 years ago
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure
OpenFlows | Water Infrastructure Forum
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