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My WaterCAD version has a specific limit of 10,000 pipes for computing a scenario. I currently have 10,966 pipes. Due to the nature of the GIS model that was imported in the model builder, many of these same diameter pipes were made up of multiple polylines…

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…

Our organization is just starting to use the ORD Drainage & Utilities package for storm sewer design. We have laid out a storm sewer system and performed an analysis on the system using the software. We also used calculations in our organization's design…

I am trying to determine the total storage available in the network in case of pump failure / shutdown at peak dry weather flow before overflowing from lowest point in the network. My model is currently set-up with Implicit Solver and there are multiple…

I'm trying to model a connection of pipes that has a Ductile Iron Pipe 12'' diameter (20M LENGTH) connected to a Increaser to connect a 20'' diameter pipe(4.97 M LENGTH) that is conected to a reducer for a connection of a 16'' diameter pipe. How can i…

I am still learning how to work with drainage and utilities and have to put the current sewer pipes in OpenRoads. Now I noticed this also depends on the library we have too, since our library or feature definition is not up to date, late on i'll have…

While building the model many pipes are crossing each other and I need to split them at the crossing point using junctions.

I have shapefiles for the model, When opened in GIS the whole model is available, and when tried building the model with shapefiles in model builder pipelines is missing. Can anyone guide me through it? I would be glad.

Hello, one of the colleagues in my office has an issue with Open Rails it is lagging very hard when he is designing the pipes, changing angle can take up to 30 sec and he constantly is getting errors. Other colleague is working with the same file, has…

We use PowerCivil V8i version 08.11.09.878. To design subsurface utilities we use "Components" commands. For clash detection we use Navisworks Manage 2019. Opening the DGN-file directley in Navisworks we miss the components. Is there any work around to…

I am a new user to WaterGEMS, and I am trying to build a system from scratch. I have figured out a number of shortcuts, but this one is per plexing to me. When the program assigns valves to the nearest pipe, it assigns them at the midpoint of the…

When I try to use the command "place a lateral" it does not work out for me. I use an existing stormwater pipe, adding a new pipe and node with the same type as the existing pipe. The only product of the command is a point on the correct level, but no…

Hello, When I use a command chain as follows, the conduits direction cannot be change. How can I solve this? I create a line going from point A to point B (direction from A to B). Then I use the command "Extract Utilities from Graphic" command creating…

Hi! I am modelling a sewage pipe system where I cannot place a node / lateral connection on an existing conduit. The placement of my pipe system is obtained using the "Extract utilities from graphics"-command whereas the end and start point of the graphic…

I've been asked to change someone else's M&E model. Aecosim pipe. When I stretch pipe it changes the diameter and symbology. I just want a "dumb" stretch - nothing clever. Also, I'm keen to see some "how-to" guides and tutorials on various topics - clip…

I've built a model that has a lot of pipes and hydrants so when I zoom out the pipe labels overlap the hydrants and make it impossible to see the hydrant labels. I tried turning them off by going to Tools>Options then to the "Labeling" tab and unchecking…