Importing Named Views from Polygons or a Sequence of Points

  Product(s): Bentley WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, HAMMER, SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, StormCAD, CivilStorm
  Version(s): 08.11.06.113
  Environment: N\A
  Area: Layout and Data Input

Problem

Is it possible to automatically create Named Viewed based on defined areas such as pressure districts stored in a table of sequenced points?

Solution

  1. If you have a polygon DXF or Shapefile, skip to step 2. If you have a table of sequenced points, use an external application to convert the points/database into a polygon Shapefile. You may find a free application on the internet that can convert from CSV to SHP.

  2. Import the Shapefile in ModelBuilder (Tools > Modelbuilder) using "ESRI shapefiles" as the source file type.
    1. For WaterCAD, WaterGEMS or HAMMER: use "Pump Station" as the element type in the field mapping step (because it is a polygon feature), and mapping the label (or some other column that stores the pressure zone or other label) to the label field.
    2. For SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, StormCAD or CivilStorm: use "Low Impact Development" (or Catchment if you don't have any in the model already) as the element type in the field mapping step (because it is a polygon feature), and mapping the label (or some other column that stores the pressure zone or other label) to the label field.

  3. Open the pump station flextable, right click on each row header, choose Zoom To, then create the named View (View > Named Views > New)

  4. Repeat step 3 for each row in the table.

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