• Calculating headloss through a hydrant lateral

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i (08.11.04.57 and later) Area: Calculations Problem How do WaterCAD and WaterGEMS calculate head losses through a hydrant lateral, when using the lateral option…
    • 8 months ago
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  • "Lateral has a customer meter as its stop node" User notification

    Chetan Topre
    Chetan Topre
    Hi, I am using Bentley Connect Edition 10.01.01.04. I used modelbuilder for importing the taps, laterals and customer meters. Using tools, the taps were assigned to the links. For laterals, I am getting user notification as "Lateral has a customer…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Error opening profile in Storm-Sewer products: Index out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.

    Sushma Choure
    Sushma Choure
    Product(s): SewerGEMS, CivilStorm, SewerCAD, StormCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Modeling Problem When opening an existing profile in the storm-sewer products, the following error message is generated: Index out of…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • How to manually make changes to assign Property Connection laterals after using LoadBuilder?

    Jose Ortiz
    Jose Ortiz
    So I have imported geolocated water meters (and associated flow data) as Property Connections using the ModelBuilder tool. Then I used LoadBuilder to assign those Property Connections to the nearest link. However, some of the laterals were assigned to…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • How are flow results reported for a pipe when using taps and laterals on a customer meter element?

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Editioin Area: Modeling Problem How is the flow in a pipe calculated when using taps and laterals with a customer meter element? Solution This will depend on the placement…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Disconnection error with hydrant connected to lateral

    Scott Kampa
    Scott Kampa
    Product(s): WaterCAD, WaterGEMS Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Layout and Data Input Problem Hydrants connected to a lateral link element are shown as being isolated/disconnected: "Node is not connected to, or is isolated…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Finding customer meters not connected via a lateral

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): WaterCAD, WaterGEMS Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Modeling Problem Some of my customer meters elements are not connected to a pipe via a lateral link element. How can I identify such cases so they can be fixed…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Customer Meter Elements and the External Customer Meter Data Manager

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Applies To Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i Area: Modeling Original Author: Scott Kampa, Bentley Technical Support Group Customer Meter Element Customer Meter elements provide…
    • 10 months ago
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  • How can I reduce the number of pipes in my model?

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition, V8i Problem How can the number of pipes be reduced in a WaterCAD or WaterGEMS model? Solution - Skelebrator To reduce the number of pipes in a model try to combine…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • How to turn on and off dashed lines associated with taps or customer meters

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): SewerGEMS, StormCAD, CivilStorm, SewerCAD, WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, HAMMER Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Layout and Data Input Problem When a tap node is placed, a dashed line appears to show which link the tap…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Modeling Property Connections in the Storm-Sewer products

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): SewerGEMS, CivilStorm, SewerCAD, StormCAD Version(s): 10.00.00.40 and later Area: Layout and Data Input Introduction The Property connection element was introduced in the CONNECT Edition (10.00.00.40) and is used…
    • 4 months ago
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  • Using LoadBuilder to assign Customer Meters to the nearest pipe using taps and laterals

    Larry Abla
    Larry Abla
    Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Modeling Introduction In earlier versions of WaterGEMS and WaterCAD, LoadBuilder could be used to assign Customer Meter elements to the nearest junction…
    • 3 months ago
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  • What's New with HAMMER CONNECT Edition

    Yashodhan Joshi
    Yashodhan Joshi
    Product(s): HAMMER Version(s): 10.00.00.49, 10.00.00.50, 10.00.00.55 Overview The CONNECT Edition release of HAMMER introduces improvements and features to help you be more successful. Let's explore each of these in detail. …
    • over 4 years ago
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  • How do Taps and Laterals work in the storm and sewer products?

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Product(s): StormCAD, SewerCAD, SewerGEMS, CivilStorm Version(s): 08.11.05.xx and higher Area: Modeling Problem How do Taps and Laterals work in the storm and sewer products? Video Solution - Purpose of Taps…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: Issues with Laterals???

    Craig Calvin
    Craig Calvin
    Hello Erik, Taps and laterals are not supported in the Dynamic Wave solver. Also note: With the SWMM solver, Laterals are treated as "dummy" conduits. The SewerCAD (GVF-Convex) solver does not do any hydraulic calculations in the lateral pipe…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • Including multiple invert elevations in a profile

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Applies To Product(s): StormCAD, SewerCAD, SewerGEMS, CivilStorm Version(s): 08.11.05.58 Area: Output and Reporting Original Author: Scott Kampa, Bentley Technical Support Group Problem Is…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • Re: Is there any difference on location of fire hydrant in the model?

    Jesse Dringoli
    Jesse Dringoli
    Hello Eelhard, If you're using WaterCAD V8 XM or V8i, I would recommend using the Fire Hydrant node element - you can reduce the number of pipes in your model by placing the hydrants inline with the pipes (like "Case #1" in your diagram) and still…
    • over 13 years ago
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