SU Sump Depths in ORD

Question

When placing features in SU in ORD, the feature definition carries a property for a desired sump depth of 2 Feet. When the link is placed some show up in the profile view with No sump, some are 1 foot and occasionally some show up correctly. What drives how the sump depth shows up in the profile view for SU? if it is not in the attached feature properties where should I look?

Jonathan Smith · Answer

The "Desired Sump Depth" property only applies when you compute the hydraulics, and it is "Desired" - not enforced. If you want more information on this, post a question to the OpenFlows Community site. 
 If you always want a sump of a certain depth for a particular kind of node - i.e. a particular feature definition - then you need to look at the cell that's used for the bottom of the node in the 3D model. Assuming you are using a CONNECT Edition product, then you should check the cell being used by: 
 
 In the Project Explorer, opening the properties of the feature definition, and noting the feature symbology that's used for the solid 
 In the Project Explorer, o pening the properties of the solid feature symbology, and noting the 3D bottom element template 
 Opening the Element Template dialog, locating the 3D bottom element template, and noting the name of the cell that it uses 
 Open the cell library that contains the cell, then open the model for the cell 
 
 The cell will contain a construction class, line style 5 point. This point will be at the invert level of the node when it's placed in the model. If you want the node to always have a sump, then raise this point above the top of the base slab of the node by the sump depth. 
 This change will apply to all node feature definitions that use this cell, so you might want to consider having two versions of the cell - one for a sump, and one for no sump, depending on where the cell is used.