I am currently using OpenRoads Designer to lay out some drainage networks. We have a few flumes in our system. The flumes need to extend behind sidewalk, however the default length of the node placed cannot be edited.
Would we have to create new nodes to display the back of the flume in the correct location? Or is there a way to edit it in the properties dialog? I am unsure of the process to create a new node.
Thanks
Hello Emely, Karl and Dustin, I found this forum and I had a very similar question. I have some open flumes that are going under a sidewalk. I placed in the FDOT cell for a closed flume; however, it is very short. I hand drew the flume to make it longer to go pass the sidewalk. However, I would prefer that the flume in 3D is longer. Mainly because I want to cut a cross section there and then has the flume appear in my cross section. I would imagine that this would involve a custom feature definition, but I am not sure exactly how I would go about that. It would be nice to have this look ok in the 3d model. I am more concerned over the appearance than the modeling of the structure.
So basically I would like to edit the cell to make it longer and have it look ok when I cut the cross section.
I would recommend making 2D cells and 3D cells for this since it is going to probably be in a plan view at some point. First you are going to need to create custom 2D and 3D cells in your cell libraries to the needed sizing. (If you dont have write access to the .cel library, see if your CADD manager can make the cell per your needed specs and add it in)
To make the cells, in your cell library, copy over the standard flume cell model, rename it, and extend it as needed. You will need to do this in 2D and 3D cell libraries. Make sure your origin point and alignment line are in the same orientation as the original cell. (0,0 for 2D and 0,0,0 for 3D)
1. Place a normal sized flume node in your drainage model, if you have not already done so.
2. In your element templates dialog, copy over your original flume node element template for Top and bottom, rename it and attach your custom cells to the corresponding element templates.
3. Next go to your OpenRoads Standards for the Design file in the Project explorer dialog.
4. In the point symbology section, copy the point symbology from the original flume and name it "Flume Custom" (or whatever you want). Then change the element template to the one you previously created.
5. In the solid symbology section, copy the solid symbology from the original flume and name it "Flume Custom" (or whatever you want), Attach the 3D cell top and bottom to the new flume.
6. In the feature definition section, copy the feature definition from the original flume and name it "Flume Custom" (or whatever you want). Attach your point and solid symbology in the element information dialog.
7. Place a flume with the new feature definition and the new cells should attach.