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3.3. Playground

3.9. iDrawlix Shop

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3.3. Playground

3.9. iDrawlix Shop

3.3. Playground

3.9. iDrawlix Shop

3. The Menu Bar

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3.4. The Graphics Menu

3.4.1. Manhole Command

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Pressing the Menu Command "Manhole", Users select the Graphic Element Manhole.

As explained in the previous Chapter 2.5. concerning the Network Layout, Manholes are the main Graphic elements of the Network as, within iDrawlix 2k18, other Graphics and Non Graphics objects are linked to Manholes.

After the Menu Command "Manhole", Users are allowed to Draw, Select, Erase and Move Manholes (and other Graphic elements linked to them).

iDrawlix®

#theArtOfSewering

stormwater sewer network road map

1.

Set the Spatial Domain

Load

Bitmap

Physical Boundaries

2.

Import 3DPoint Cloud

Load

CSV File from:

- Google Earth

- CAD

- GIS

- Field Survey

3.

Create the DEM

Build

Spatial Domain

3DPoint Cloud

4.

Define Stormwater Loads

Set

Stormwater quality

Rain model

Return period

Runoff distribution

Drainage areas

5.

Sketch a Preliminary planimetric Layout

Check

Manholes:

are readily accessible?

Conduits:

serve drainage areas?
are perpendicular to contour lines?
follow natural drainage patterns?

6.

Get a Preliminary sewer sizing

Run

Stormwater Loads

Preliminary Layout

Sewer Catalogue

7.

Set a Preliminary longitudinal Layout

Check

- Pipes depth (cost)

- Pipes parallel to the ground surface

- Pipes depth fit with the outfall depth

- Avoid pumps if possible

- Revise Drainage Areas

8.

Try the Ultimate Layout

Run

Preliminary Layouts

9.

Revise the design

Check

Building costs:

- depth

- length

- size

Max velocity

Loop from step 5

until satisfactory

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