Civilcad

Surveying and Engineering Software

Drainage
Course Manual

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Drainage Workshop
Outline
This is a one day course designed for existing civilcad users who have a good knowledge of
the survey module. The aim of this course is to enable the trainee to fully utilise civilcad 6
drainage design functions.

Method of Teaching:
This is a hands-on course with each participant using a computer to work through a series of
exercises, supplemented by training notes.

Course Content:

Setting up of a drainage network in the survey view.

Setting up the drainage library

Entering the required data in the drainage module.

Calculation of surface runoff.

Designing and analyzing the pipe.

Plotting and printing of reports.

Course Files:
Drain.cc6
Drain-2-Final Catchment.cc6

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Contents
CHAPTER 1..........................................................................................................................
1
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INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................1
CREATING THE PIPE NETWORK.........................................................................................................1
DEFINING THE SURFACE PROFILE.....................................................................................................2
CONTRIBUTING AREAS.......................................................................................................................2
OBSTRUCTIONS..................................................................................................................................2
DRAINAGE LIBRARY...........................................................................................................................3
EXERCISE 1.......................................................................................................................................4

CHAPTER 2..........................................................................................................................
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DRAINAGE VIEW................................................................................................................................7
LIBRARY DATA...................................................................................................................................8
LIBRARY>DEFAULT DATA..................................................................................................................8
LIBRARY>FFY FACTORS....................................................................................................................8
LIBRARY> RAINFALL DATA.................................................................................................................9
LIBRARY>GUTTER PROFILE...........................................................................................................10
LIBRARY>PIT INLET......................................................................................................................11
LIBRARY>PIPE SIZES.....................................................................................................................12

CHAPTER 3........................................................................................................................
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DATA INPUT....................................................................................................................................13
DATA->NETWORK SETTINGS............................................................................................................13
DATA->EDIT PIT DATA....................................................................................................................14
FULL AREA OR PART AREA............................................................................................................16
.EXERCISE 1 (CONT)........................................................................................................................17
EXERCISE 1 (CONT).........................................................................................................................18

CHAPTER 4........................................................................................................................
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4........................................................................................................................20
COMPUTATIONS.............................................................................................................................20
PIPE DESIGN................................................................................................................................23
PIPE ANALYSIS..............................................................................................................................25

CHAPTER 5........................................................................................................................
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5........................................................................................................................26
REPORTS.......................................................................................................................................26
PLOT CALCULATION SHEET...........................................................................................................27
LONG SECTION PLOT SETTINGS.....................................................................................................28
PLOT LONG SECTION....................................................................................................................29
CUSTOMISING REPORTS AND PLOT CALCULATION SHEETS.............................................................31

APPENDIX..........................................................................................................................
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APPENDIX..........................................................................................................................32

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Introduction
Thischapterwillguideyouthroughthesetupforcivilcadurbandrainagedesign.Itis
assumedthatyouhaveagoodunderstandingofAustraliaRainfall&Runoff1993(AR&R
1993)asthesoftwarepackageadheres as closely as possible to it. All pipe analysis is done by
the hydraulic grade line method.
Thecivilcad6drainagemoduleallowsyoutoperformthefollowingbasicfunctions:

Tocreateanurbandrainagenetworkwithoneoutfall.

Performhydrologicalcalculationstocalculatesurfacerunoff,gutterflowandpipe
flow.

Interactivelydesignthepipestoobtaintheoptimalcombinationofpipediameter,
slope&depth.

Performabackwaterchecktoensuresatisfactoryhydraulicperformance.

Print or plot reports of calculations, and plot longitudinal sections.

Creating the Pipe Network

Drainage lines are created as strings in the Survey View. The string name becomes the line
name in the drainage module. Point numbers (alphanumeric) or point codes become pit
names. Every point must be given an initial elevation and the height of each point becomes
the gutter invert level for the pit. The string defines the order of pits in a line and must start
from the upstream pit.

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Defining the Surface Profile

When a drainage network is created from survey data, long sections may be generated for
each pipe line from surface models. The surface view will enable you to view or edit the
profile and any obstruction along the selected pipe line.

Surface Profile

Contributing Areas
The contributing areas for each pit are required for hydrological calculations. Polygons
defining the contributing areas can be created in the Survey View using the Create Polygon
option.
The area of each of these polygons can be read by the drainage module

Obstructions
Civilcad 6 allows you to specify obstructions crossing a given pipe reach at certain depths,
with a specified clearance. Obstruction points are generated if a network is created with
Compute Obstruction option ON and crossing service strings selected. The service strings
may be defined in the Survey View using the Create String option.
When the strings are
created, tick the check box labeled Service in the string editing dialogue box and enter the
size and clearance parameters by pressing the Service Detail button. The obstruction details
will be transferred to the network data when the network is created or updated.

Electricity conduit crossing two pipes.

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Drainage Library
Before you can proceed with any drainage design, you need to set up your library parameters.
Once the library is setup, it can be used in any related drainage job. You will not need to do
the same thing every time you enter the drainage module. The drainage library data is stored
in a file such as DRAINLIB.LDR in the Library directory.
Alternatively, you can create a new library and import a civilcad version 5 drainage library
data by using the option File -> Program Setup. Select the Libraries tab, then select the
drainage library entry and click Edit.

Import the version 5 drainage

library file, DRAIN.BFL. This
contains all your previous
rainfall, pit, gutter ID and pipe
size data.

Libraries can be edited from Program Setup or from the drainage module
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Exercise 1
The aim of this exercise is to ensure that you create the pipe network correctly and import the
required data into the drainage module.
Open the job called DRAIN.CC6

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LINE1 Pit1, Pit2, Pit3, Pit4, Pit5, Pit6, Pit8

Pit10, Pit11, Pit13, Pit14, Pit15.
LINE2 Pit7, Pit9, Pit10.
LINE3 Pit12, Pit13.
1. Create a new Layer Network1.
2. Using the option Survey->Drainage->Create Drainage String. Start from the
upstream pit and create a string linking the pits listed above for Line 1. The string
defines the order of pits. Once you have joined the appropriate pits, right click the
mouse to insert a string. Enter a name (eg. LINE1). The string name will become
the pipe reach name in drainage. Repeat this option for Line2 and Line3.
3. Select the strings to form the network by one of the following selection methods:
o Select All if the job contains a single network
o Drag a rectangle around the network
o Select each line by multiply selecting the strings.
Important: Make sure the Electricity string is not selected. You may de-select it by
holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the string
4. Select the option Survey->Drainage->Create Network.
A dialog box is displayed which allows you to enter the network name, select the network
settings (default settings) from the library, select DTMs to generate the surface profiles, and
select the service strings to generate obstructions.

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Field Name

Descriptions

Network Name

Enter the name of current Network.

Network Settings

This is general data to all pipes and pits to

be loaded into the current network. Refer to
Default Data in Library section.

Primary & Secondary DTM

Select the required DTM for the design to

be loaded into the current Network.

Compute Obstructions

Select any obstruction strings listed to be

loaded into current network.

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Go to View->Drains (Select Network1 and then Click Open)

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Chapter 2
Drainage View
When you enter the drainage module, the pipe network will be displayed in a drainage view.
Press the Hot Button to set the display settings.

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Library Data
Library forms can be accessed from the Library menu of the Drainage view.

Library>Default Data
This is general data which is copied to a new network when it is created. It contains the data
used to initialise pits and pipes. The user may select from the default data sets when creating a
new drainage network.

Default data dialogue box

Library>FFy Factors
Fill out the following screen if you wish to use the FFy factors (Flood Frequency factors for a
given ARI) to adjust the runoff coefficient. You may select the FFy factors with the Rainfall
Data for the pipe network.

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For more information, see Australian Rainfall and Runoff A Guide to Flood
Estimation, Volume 1, pages 99-103 (The Institution of Engineers Australia, 1993).

Library> Rainfall Data

This is where you specify the rainfall intensity for a given area for various recurrent storms
via either the MAP, or the LOG, or the IFD method. You can obtain copies of rainfall data in
any format in any location of Australia from the Bureau of Meteorology.
Following are the examples of three different types of data entry screen.

Map Format

Log Format

IFD Format

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If you select the show button in any rainfall data screens, you will see the IFD curve for the
data that has been entered.

IFD Data graphically shown

Library>Gutter Profile
Gutter profiles are used to calculate the flow time, width and depth in the gutter.
If you wish to add a new point into the gutter profile, type a new offset and level into the
table. The software will automatically re-sort the data.

Gutter
Profile

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Library>Pit Inlet
This allows you to enter the capacity of a kerb inlet. A pit inlet has a limited capacity
depending on the flow. As the flow from the upstream gutter increases, eventually some water
will fail to enter the pit, this becomes the bypass flow.
The kerb inlet behaviour can be described by a relation between Qu and Qi.
Qi = A + B * (Qu - A)
Qi = flow entering the pit.
Qu = flow arriving from upstream.
A = the maximum inlet capacity (before bypass occurs).
B = a dimension-less coefficient. A fraction of excess entering pit (Qu-A)
The term (Qu - A) represents the excess flow arriving at the pit and the coefficient B
represents the fraction of this excess that will enter the pit (in addition to the quantity A).
Alternatively, you may enter a complete set of Qu/Qi values that specify the desired inlet
behaviour.
The table is given an Inlet ID, which is referred to during the hydrological calculations. The
ID is an alphanumeric string of 1 to 8 characters.
The kerb inlet form allows you to specify which method (AB or CURVE) is to be used. If the
AB method is selected, then the A & B values are entered and the CURVE data is ignored.
If the CURVE method is selected, then Qu/Qi pairs are entered. They are entered from L to R
across the upper row then L to R across the lower row. When a pair is entered, the software resorts the data based on increasing Qu, and then re-draws the curve. This serves as a check for
any obvious errors. To delete an entry, select the row and press the Delete button.
If values of 0,0 and .5, .5 are entered, it describes a line at 45 degrees. In this case, all flow
arriving at the pit will enter the pit and there will be no bypass. For more information on inlet
capacity, see Australian Rainfall and Runoff A Guide to Flood Estimation, Volume 1, page
303 (The Institution of Engineers Australia, 1993).

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Pit Inlet Profile

If you have a pit where there is no inlet (closed), you will need to nominate the
pit inlet as *NONE

Library>Pipe Sizes
This screen allows you to enter or edit pipe details. The data for a new pipe may be entered in
any blank line, and, when completed (when the cost is entered), the software will re-sort the
table by nominal diameter. To delete an entry, select the row and press the Delete button.

Pipe sizes

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Chapter 3
Data Input
The next stage is to enter pit and pipe data for the hydrological and hydraulic calculations.

Data->Network Settings
This option allows the user to set the default design parameters to be applied for the current
network.

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Data->Edit Pit Data

This screen allows editing of pit data. The initial settings are from the Default Data dialogue
box when the drainage network is created.
You can double click on a pit in the drainage view to display the Edit Pit dialog box.

Field Name
Name
Design Freq (yrs)

Type
Comment

XY coords (m)

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Description
This is the name of the pit
This allows selection of the ARI (Average
Recurrence Interval) for this pit. Each pit is
designed for its own ARI, so the ARI can vary
from one pit to another. The ARI can only be
chosen from the list of standard ARI.
The pit type (eg. Letterbox, Gutter1)
This is used for annotation of plots but is
otherwise ignored
These are not used for any drainage
calculations, but they are used for displaying a
plan view of the drainage network, and they are
used to calculate the distance between pits
(chainages) for the generation of longitudinal
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Length & Width
(m)
Full Area
Part Area
User inputalternative to
contributing area
Ilsax flow, Qpipe

Min. & Max. Tc

(min.)

Gutter ID

Inlet ID

Flow fract. (%)

Gutter Slope (%)

Bypass pit

Inflow (cumecs)

Missouri Chart
Drop

Invert lim (m)

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Pit size details

This allows entry of Full Area contributing
areas for this pit. See below for more detail.
This allows entry of Partial Area contributing
areas for this pit. See below for more detail.
Entry of user defined flow data.

This field is currently not used.

These are the minimum & maximum times of
concentration for this pit. If the calculated time
of concentration for this pit is outside this
range, it will be adjusted so it is in the range.
The time includes all three components of the
flow: runoff + gutter + pipe
This is the ID of a gutter profile, which has
been entered in the library. If there is no
contributing area or flow length (in full and
partial areas) then this field is automatically set
to 'none'.
This is the ID of a kerb inlet that was entered in
the library
For the purposes of calculating gutter flow
velocities and widths, the flow in the gutter is
first multiplied by this percentage. This would
apply at a street corner where two gutters meet
at one pit. Normally this field is 100% before
doing calculations but may be less. This field is
likely to change after computing the design.
This is the gutter slope at the pit. This quantity
is used in conjunction with the gutter type
selected to determine depth and width of flow.
This is the ID of another pit that is to receive
bypass. If this name is blank then bypass from
this pit will be lost.
This is water entering the pit from some other
system. It is assumed to enter the pit
completely and is added to the downstream
pipe discharge. It has no effect on the pit
entry/bypass calculations.
This field is currently not used.
This is the invert drop from the upstream pipe
to the downstream pipe. If there are two or
more upstream pipes then the drop will be
measured relative to the lowest upstream invert
These are the highest levels that the pipe invert
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U/S Obvert lim

(m) &
D/S Obvert lim
(m)
Gutter Invert (m)

Freeboard (m)

Loss Factor (K)

is allowed to rise to (U/S & D/S).

These are the highest levels that the pipe
obverts (U/S & D/S) are allowed to rise to. The
U/S limit applies to pipes flowing INTO this pit
and the D/S limit applies to the pipe leaving the
pit. If either limit is set to 0.0 it will be ignored.
This is the RL of the gutter invert
This is the distance from the gutter invert down
to a safe water level. Most authorities require
that the drainage be designed to ensure a
minimum freeboard. It is used during the pipedesign and back-water processes. If the pit is
closed, however, this value will be ignored.
Enter a pit loss coefficient, which can be
changed when running the pipe design.

You may have the software calculate the Loss Factor K in the pipe analysis.

Full Area or Part Area

The RATIONAL method uses the equation Q=CIA/360 to calculate the runoff, where Q is the
runoff or the design flow rate (m3/s), C is the runoff coefficient, I is the rainfall intensity
(mm/h) and A is the catchment area (ha).

Full Area Screen

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Full Area, Partial Area or Both

The full-area method is most commonly used. It uses the total catchment area, which is
considered pervious. The time of concentration equals the time required for runoff to travel by
the longest available flow path to the catchment outlet.
When entering data for the Full Area method, the first three rows will be inactive.
Part area calculations compute time of concentration based on the impervious areas of a
catchment only, and results in a shorter Tc and higher intensity. In some cases, this will give a
higher flow. For example, the impervious areas in flat regions may contribute less of the
critical flow than steeper regions.
If you enter data in both Part Area and Full Area dialogue boxes, the software will calculate
the largest flow rate to the pit.
You have two choices as to how the time of concentration (Tc) for the pit is calculated.
You can calculate the Tc yourself and enter the value in the Tc (mins) column and set the
check box beside it.
You can have the software calculate Tc using the Kinematic Wave Equation see
technical note 3 in AR&R 1993, Vol. 1, pages 300-301. To do this, enter the length of flow
path, the average slope of flow path and estimated surface roughness n, and set the check
box beside the length field.
The software adjusts Tc so that it is in the range between Min Tc and Max Tc specified in the
Pit Details dialogue box
.

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Exercise 1 (cont)
1. Enter the catchment area details (Full Area or Part Area) for the following pits by
double click each pit in their respective order.

Note: Leave the catchment area for pit 4 and pit 5 for the following exercise.
2. Return to the Survey View and turn on the layers Area4 & Area5.
3. Insert> Polygon. Click on the following enclosed boundary lines (Area P4 and then
Area P5) as shown.

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4. Return to the drainage view.

5. Data>Specify Area for Pit. Select the pit, select Full or Part Area.
6. Press the Polygon button and select the polygon representing the catchment for the
selected pit. Then set the cursor on the area field which the polygon area will enter.
Make sure that you display the survey data including polygons from the Hot Button.
7. In order to speed up the exercise, please open the job called Drain-2-Final
catchment, which has all the catchment data.

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Chapter 4
Computations
When the data is ready, you can proceed with the hydrological and hydraulic calculations.
Before the calculations, you must sort the pits. Run the following options:
1. Calcs-> Sort Pits Select the start upstream pit (e.g. Pit1).
2. Calcs>Hydrology
Note: You must sort the pits before you use PREV or NEXT to move around the pits when
entering the pit data.
Hydrology calculates runoff, gutter flow and bypass flow and the resulting peak flow in the
pipes. It assumes that the pipes have sufficient capacity to carry the flows in the network.You
have three choices for flow calculation:

In the first choice, the software uses the areas entered in the Pit Area Data Part Area
and/or Pit Area Data Full Area dialogue boxes to calculate the flows.

In the second choice, the software uses the flows entered in the User inputalternate
to contributing areas (Analysis) input field in the Pit Details dialogue box.

In the third choice, the software uses the flows calculated by ILSAX program.

You need to specify the flow velocity for calculating the travel time in pipes. You may assume
the velocity (1 to 3 m/s) or have the software take the velocity from the last pipe calculation.

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3. Calcs>Pipe Design and select Re-Design

Once the hydrology has computed the design flows for the pipes, you can do the pipe design
calculation similar to the procedure described in AR&R 93, Vol. 1, pages 327-29.

If the drainage network has previously been designed, you can modify the design by selecting
the Modify Design option.

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The Pipe Design Options dialogue box allows you to run the hydraulic design exactly as you
like. You may decide how HGL should be calculated (no higher than the gutter invert minus
freeboard or continued as it is).You may decide how the joining pipes should be aligned at the
pits (along the invert, obvert or by a drop). You may select the pipe diameters, inverts and K
factors yourself or you may have the software calculate and select them for you. You may
have the minimum cover and obstruction checked in the run (default on) or you may leave the
checks to later stage. If you want to re-design the pipes from the scratch, tick Reset all
inverts (default off).

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Pipe Design

The Pipe Design dialogue box shows the pit and pipe data as well as the results of calculation
reach by reach. You can examine the HGL lines, the surface profile and the obstructions along
the pipe reach. You may use the HOT Button to select the display colours.
The first value in the DISCHARGE field is the actual flow through the pipe and the second
value is the design flow calculated by the hydrology. If the pipe capacity is enough to handle
the design flow, the actual flow will equal to the design flow. Otherwise, overflow (the
difference between the actual flow and the design flow) occurs. The design flow remains
constant during the pipe calculation.
The fist value in the VELOCITY field is the Equivalent Pipe Full Velocity (Q/A), which is
used to calculate the pit entry loss, and the second value is the flow velocity at the pipe
capacity, which may be used to check against the velocity limit in the design codes.
You may traverse through the network using NEXT (in downstream direction) or PREV (in
upstream direction) function. You may go to a particular pipe reach by SELECT PIPE
function.
You may pick the pipe diameter using SET DIAM function. You may set the pipe inverts
using one of the MOVE functions:
SET SLOPE - set the pipe at a given slope and thus the DS invert.
MOVE PARALLEL - move US and DS inverts by the same increment.
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MOVE US INVERT - move US invert.
MOVE DS INVERT - move DS invert.
You may repeat the previous invert adjustment using one of the REPEAT functions. You may
restore the invert using one of the CLEAR functions. The reason for setting the invert will
appear in the INV field, for instance, USER indicates that the invert was set by the user. A
warning message may also appear in the MSG fields while you adjust the inverts.
The inverts of joining pipes will be updated automatically according to the SMOOTHING
requirement. If you dont want this to happen, tick Update this pipe only. The hydraulic
quantities are automatically updated when the pipe parameters are changed.
If you dont want the inverts to be changed, set the LOCK flag on.
You may have the software calculate the K value according to the relevant Missouri Chart by
ticking Calculate K. Alternatively you calculate a K factor of your own and apply it by
selecting SET K function.

This dialogue box displays all the

relevant ratios, Missouri Chart chosen
and the resulting K factor.

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You may do backwater analysis to check if surcharge would occur in the pipe system when
HGL is calculated from the tail water level at the outfall. Press Calc BW button and enter the
receiving HGL in the dialogue box

The backwater view shows the backwater HGL lines. If surcharge occurs at a pit, the pit label
will be circled (as shown on pit 1, pit4 & pit6) and the level of the calculated surcharge will
be shown. You then need to modify the pipe design.

Pipe Analysis
Pipe analysis allows you to evaluate if a pipe system (existing or new design) is sufficient for
a given ARI without changing any pipe diameter or invert. You follow the same procedure to
set up the pipe network, do the hydrological calculation and then the hydraulic analysis. You
examine the results in the same dialog as the pipe design with the modification functions
disabled.

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Chapter 5
Reports
As shown in the dialogue box, you can generate four types of reports listing detailed
hydrological and hydraulic data and the results of calculation. You may save the reports as
text files and customise the reports using SHEET.DR in the civilcad 6 LIBRARY directory
Select Reports->Printed Reports to generate reports.

Tick the Spread Sheet

Format box to output the
report in spreadsheet format.

Below is an example of the PIT SCHEDULE report.

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Plot Calculation Sheet

You may generate the reports as drawings, or calculation sheets. Similarly, you may customise
the sheets using SHEET.DR.
Select Reports->Plot Calc to generate calculation sheets.

Field Name
Title Block
Offset X & Y

Description
Select a title block from the list.
Sets the coordinate of the plotting position.

Below is an example of PIT SCHEDULE calculation sheet.

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Long Section Plot Settings

You may generate the longitudinal section plot of pipe design.
Use the option Reports->Long Section Plot Settings to set the parameters for the
longitudinal section plot.

Field Name

Description

Title

Job description.

Line

Select the drainage line you wish to plot.

Start Pit

Choose the upstream pit that you wish to

plot to from the start. Only the pit in the
nominated line will be displayed.

End Pit

Choose the downstream pit that you wish to

plot to from the start. Only the pit in the
nominated line will be displayed.

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Horizontal Scale

Set the horizontal scale for long section

plotting.

Vertical Scale

Set the vertical scale for long section

plotting

Start Position X

Set the X coordinate of the starting position

Start Position Y

Set the Y coordinate of the starting position

Minimum Level

Set the minimum distance of the profile line

from the datum line. Unless the datum level
is set.

Maximum Level

Set the maximum distance of the profile line

from the datum line

Bottom Spacing

Set the bottom row text spacing in mm for

plotting.

Top Spacing

Set the top row text spacing in mm for

plotting.

Circle Diameter

Circular size for pit labels.

Max Plot Length

Set the maximum length of the plot in mm

Start Chainage

Set the chainage of the starting pit for

plotting.

Datum Level

Set the datum level. If blank the minimum

datum level is used.

Datum Rounding

This will round the datum to the nearest

multiple of the entered value. (eg. Enter 1.0
and the datum will be to the nearest metre)
This field will have no effect if the datum
level is filled in.

Title Block

Select the title block.

Show scale info.

Plot the horizontal & vertical scales on each

sheet.

Show titles (to LH

side)

Plot the title on the left hand side of the

linework.

Show second surface

Plot the second surface if there is one.

Plot Reverse

This will plot the long section from the

downstream to the upstream (i.e. Uphill).
The default is downhill or upstream to
downstream.

Show HGL
(Backwater)

The HGL can be shown or omitted by the

use of this option. Currently the only HGL
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Limit to Obvert level
Actual water level

that is plotted is that resulting from the

backwater calculations.

Plot Depth to invert

Plot the invert level of the pipe.

Plot Capacity and

Velocity

Plot both the flow rates and velocity that the

pipe can hold at the slope.

Plot All lines

Plot all the drainage network lines on each

sheet.

Text Table

Select the required text table for the labels.

Justification Table

Number style selected for level value.

Colours

Set colours.

Load Default

This allows the user to load the previous

long section setting from the library.

Save Default

Save the current long section settings to the

library.

Plot Long Section

When you have set the plot settings, select Reports->Plot LongSection to generate the
longitudinal section plot of pipe design.

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Customising Reports and Plot Calculation Sheets

The file SHEET.DR, located in the library directory, may be used to customise the format of
the Calculation Sheets and the reports. The file may be edited using a text editor.
A section of SHEET.DR sample file is listed as follows:
[PLOTCALC] SAMPLE "Sample calc sheet"
TEXTTABLES 1 1 1 1 1
TITLE "DRAINAGE CALCULATION SHEET"
TABLE
FIELD name "PIT" "" F=4
FIELD designfreq "ARI" "yrs" F=3
FIELD I_crit "Intensity" "mm/hr" F=3
SECTION "Overland flow"
FIELD area1 "Impv.area" "Ha" F=6.3
FIELD area_length1 "length" "m" F=6.3
FIELD area_manningsn1 "manning" "" F=5.3
FIELD area4 "Perv.area" "Ha" F=6.3
FIELD area_length4 "length" "m" F=6.3
FIELD slope4 "slope" "%" F=4.1
FIELD area_manningsn4 "manning" "" F=5.3

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Appendix
Manning Surface roughness

Hydrologic Soil group

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