Will constraint-based design change or size pressure elements, such as pressure pipes or pressure junctions?

Product(s): SewerCAD, SewerGEMS
Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i
Area: Modeling

Problem

Will constraint based design change or size pressure elements, such as pressure pipes or pressure junctions?

Solution

Only gravity elements will be designed when you use the constraint based design feature in SewerCAD (or SewerGEMS using the GVF-Convex solver). Any changes to the pressure elements would need to be done manually. If you have access to WaterGEMS, the pressure part of the network could be modeled and the Darwin Designer tool could be used to help design pipe sizes based on the Genetic Algorithm approach.

See Also

Troubleshooting constraint based design results

Can constraint based design size open channels?

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