Is there an easy way to model double broken pipes into openroads? I'm looking to draw an underdrain below a ditch berm.
It seems like a lot of the modeling of pipes is done with top down with station and elevation. But having to put bends in pipes from a top down view is quite tricky when I can't fully rely on just the station and elevations. Sue I can get the proper elevation for the outlet and inlet of the pipe but the proper heights and stationing for the bends are harder. I'd like to be able to just draw it in a cross section but that doesn't work. I don't necessarily even need the data from the pipe since I've already calculated it. I just have to show it on the plans and cross sections.
I can look at it through the profile. But I cant really draw something on this.
Here is a dynamic cross section I've drawn some smart lines in as a way to model it. but nothing shows up on the plans.
Hi Christian,
Perhaps you can do what you're describing by inserting a node between the start and stop node? Refer attached snip. I've placed a dummy node in between my headwalls, which allows me to make intermediary changes to the conduit inverts in profile view.
Ashwin
Have you tried using Extract From Graphic tool to create a 3D model of the underdrain?
1. Draw a line in plan view.2. Create a profile model for it.3. In the profile model, create your profile, and then make it active. This will create a 3D linear feature in your 3D model view.4. Use Extract From Graphic to select the 3D feature in the 3D model view to create a 3D model of the underdrain.
All this assumes that you have the necessary workspace resources (feature definitions, etc.). Now that you have a 3D model of your underdrain, it will appear in cross sections and (via a 3D cut) in profiles.
Karl Dauber, PEAdvance ConsultingLaurens County, SCkarldauber@advconsult.netwww.advconsult.netwww.linkedin.com/in/karldauber