To Run a Network Trace

To run a network trace in an industry model drawing or project

  1. Open an industry model project or drawing.
  2. Generate graphic.
  3. In the industry model explorer, expand the Topologies item.
  4. Right-click the topology to trace and click Network Tracer.
  5. In the Network Tracer dialog box, in the Tracing Template list, select a template.
  6. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Features section. Depending on the tracing template, there are various workflows.
  7. When you finish, click Trace.
  8. The resulting features are highlighted in the map and listed in the Tracing Result dialog box.

    The Tracing Result dialog box displays the features in an explorer tree, from which you can process the features. Expand the items, select a feature and use the buttons on the toolbar.

    Tracing Result Dialog Box

    Description

    Opens the feature class form and shows feature information.

    Highlights the selected feature in the drawing.

    Unhighlights the feature.

    Zooms to the selected feature.

    Removes the selected feature from the explorer tree.

    Tracing Template

    Specifies a predefined tracing model (propagation). Tracing templates can be defined in the data model administrator.

    Start Features

    Specifies a start node where the tracing begins.

    If you are tracing an attributive topology, you can specify the start and end features in the attribute feature class form.

    Visit/End Features

    Specifies an end node for the shortest path analysis.