Drainage Tool - Design Line Example

Utilizing the Drainage Tool Application

  1. Co-ordinate the Public Health Drainage System utilizing the Design Line functionality. Refer to example model : "Public Health System" Note : Falls do not need to be applied, when co-ordinating the system throughout the Building.

    "Public Health System" - Schematic Layout



    "Public Health System" - Design Line Co-ordinated



  2. Within the Design Line functionality, Select "Line Tab" this contains the "Drainage Tool" application.

  3. Select "Define Source", select the design line end node at the lowest point of the "Public Health System", as indicated below. T he "Source Node" location has been re-positioned so all the flow arrows within the system will automatically orientate to the correct direction of flow.



  4. The public health system has been co-ordinated to flow to the lowest point of the stack. Consideration must be taken in account for the furthest point to fix, for all the corresponding connections to fall correctly as required. To achieve this the utilization of the "Run height" tools.

    Within the "Drainage Tool", Select "Auto Fix index Run" then "Select All Open Ends And Base Stacks", the system will now highlight all "Open Ends & Base Stacks. By selecting "Enter" the command will calculate the furthest distance from the inserted "Source Location" once automatically determined this will be set to "Fixed" to maintain the previous set height of that fitting.

    Note a manual selection of fixing "Open Ends And Base Stacks" can be user applied. Please refer to " Drainage Tool - Run Heights for various options.

  5. To apply a fall on the entire drainage system, select from the drop down menu "Fall (1:??) 40.0. This will raise or lower all the "Open ends" and "Stack Bases" fittings to the appropiate height required. Any fittings manual selected to be fixed will maintain the height previously configured.

  6. To finalise and apply the configured drainage system settings, select "OK". The system will now be co-ordinated as illustrated below: