Long Section Properties dialog

This dialog allows you to:

The dialog is opened in one of the following ways:

Content tab

This tab allows you to change the way in which a long section is displayed in the Long Section window.

Content tab of the Long Section Properties dialog

Item Description
Vertical Scaling

You can set manual vertical scale limits for the Long Section View or allow InfoWorks WS Pro to manage the view scaling itself. You can set options for use with automatic scaling.

Auto Scale

Select this option to enable automatic scaling, then check one or more of the following:

Re-scale on zoom and scroll - adjust the scales to display the currently visible data at the largest possible scale.

Include Results - adjust the y-axis scale to include display of simulation results.

Include Ground Level - adjust the y-axis scale to include display of ground level.

Include Pressure Rating - adjust the y-axis scale to include display of pressure rating envelope, with base level of pipe elevation and height equal to Pressure Rating specified for the pipe.

Manual Limits Select this option if you want to set your own height limits for the data displayed on the view. In the Upper and Lower boxes, you enter the height above datum for the top and bottom of the display.
Pipe Exaggeration

Default is 1. Valid values are 0.01 to 100.

Adjusts the scale of the pipes on the long section relative to the other dimensions depicted.

As you increase the value above 1, the pipes become more obvious.

Relative Pipe Exaggeration If checked, the degree of pipe exaggeration will change depending on the zoom level.
Long Labels
Show Link Shows link labels at the bottom of the Long Section window.
Show Node Shows node labels at the bottom of the Long Section window.
Setup Displays the Network Label Field Settings dialog, which you can use to change the data that is shown on labels.
Show Strip Plan Shows the simple plan, running along the top of the display. The strip-plan identifies the relative position of nodes along the section.
Show pressure rating Shows the pressure rating of pipes. With the box checked, the pressure rating will shown as a single red line.
Show Ground Model Shows the line representing heights from the currently loaded ground model.
Show Min/Max HGL lines Shows the minimum/maximum hydraulic grade lines (for example, the minimum and maximum head during the simulation). These are two lines that show the minimum and maximum head/pressure.
Show Highest Property Shows the line representing the highest property.

Layout tab

This tab allows attributes including colours and fonts to be edited.

Option

Description

Colours

Link line colour - colour of lines displaying links

Link fill colour - link fill colour

Ground line colour - colour of line displaying ground level determined from connected node ground level values

Ground fill colour - colour of fill beneath ground line

Ground model colour - colour of line displaying ground level determined from currently loaded ground model

Highest property colour - colour of the highest property line (if shown)

HGL colour - HGL colour of the base result

Min HGL colour - minimum HGL colour of the base result

Max HGL colour - maximum HGL colour of the base result

Alt HGL colour - HGL colour of the alternate result

Min Alt HGL colour - minimum HGL colour of the alternate result

Mas Alt HGL colour - maximum HGL colour of the alternate result

Use 3D effect Applies a visual 3D effect to pipes.
Show horizontal gridlines Displays dashed horizontal lines for each tick mark.

Axis font

This section allows customisation of the axis labels font on the Long Section window. The attributes that can be edited are:

Typeface

Text size

Grid font

This section allows customisation of the grid labels font in the Long Section window. The grid labels are displayed at the bottom of the window.

By default, the labels display the IDs of the objects contained in the long section. See Content tab to learn how to change the data shown on the labels.

The attributes that can be edited are:

Typeface

Text size

Text background- can be set to:

  • None - no background applied
  • Flag - every grid data will have a background corresponding to the object's flag
  • User - enables the Text Background Colour palette to allow you to choose a colour. In this case, the whole grid will have the selected colour as the background throughout the grid.

Text background colour - enabled only if Text background is set to User

Reference font

This section allows customisation of the autolabels displayed on the Long Section window. The attributes that can be edited are:

Typeface

Text Size

The autolabels are usually in the form of vertical text indicating the node IDs.

Buttons on the dialog

Button

Description

Load Displays the Load Network Editor Properties dialog, which is used to load a previously saved set of section window settings.
Save

Displays the Network Editing Properties - Save Options dialog which is used to save the current section window settings.

OK

Closes the dialog and applies changes to the Long Section window.

Cancel

Closes the dialog and does not apply any changes to the Long Section window.

Apply

Applies changes to the Long Section window without closing the dialog.