Use the Create Alignment From Pressure Network command to extract the centreline from a part-based pressure network and convert it into an alignment.
The initial level data for a pressure network is created during the plan layout. To refine the vertical design, you work in profile view. To generate the profile view, you can create an alignment from the pressure network and then generate a profile and profile view from that alignment.
Note: Alignments in path-based pressure networks are represented in their pipe runs. Creating an alignment is only necessary for part-based alignments.
Select points along the pressure network to define the alignment path.
Note: An alignment must be associated with part-based pressure networks in order to generate the pressure network profile, however, it is not required that the alignment be created directly from the pressure network using the
Create Alignment From Pressure Network command. You can also add pressure network parts to an existing profile. For more information, see
To Add a Pressure Network to Profile Views.
The alignment and pressure pipe are dynamically linked. When pressure network components are added, moved, modified or erased, or if existing pressure network parts are replaced with new parts that may be different from the original parts, the alignment will automatically update.
Important: An alignment created with the Create Alignment From Pressure Network command is not intended to be a tool for editing the pipe network geometry. If the alignment geometry is directly manipulated, it will be disconnected from the pressure network.