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How to model and analyse a water network with a borehole in Civil 3D with Devotech iDAS
In Devotech iDAS 12 we implemented the boreholes as water resources. It is basically the combination of a reservoir (the EPANET engine...
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Jan 28, 2022
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Import pipe network from Land XML to Civil 3D
When users want to import a network from Land XML to Autodesk Civil 3D, they need to specify the import settings. Use the Civil 3D...
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Dec 14, 2021
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Find connected pipes and structures
When running a pipe network analysis you might encounter a system ill-conditioned error: Most of the time the system provides the name of...
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Oct 1, 2021
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New Water Reticulation Training Videos
We are happy to announce that we have released fourteen new water reticulation training videos for Devotech iDAS v12. These videos are...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Bulk Water - Rename the structures in the chainage direction
We streamlined the workflow to rename the Bulk Water pipes and structures in the chainage direction. This workflow supports multiple...
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Mar 12, 2021
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Display pipe nominal diameter in structure table
Autodesk® Civil 3D® structure tables can only display limited properties of the connected pipes. The table excludes user-defined fields...
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Feb 26, 2021
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Pipe Manager mapping does not save automatically
If you need to adjust Pipe Manager mapping every time you open the Pipe Manager then you might not have the write access to the following...
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Jan 22, 2021
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Analysis with a break pressure tank
If you need to reduce the pressure in a water network, you can either use a break pressure tank or a pressure reducing valve . The...
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Sep 15, 2020
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Flow direction arrows for water reticulation networks
The pipe flow direction can vary during the water reticulation network analysis. There might be situations where the flow direction for...
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Sep 4, 2020
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Display crossing pipes in profile view
It is often required to display crossing pipes or services in the profile view (longitudinal section). The workflow in the video below...
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Aug 11, 2020
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Rotate multiple structures at once
Autodesk Civil 3D structures must often align with other objects for instance road edges, alignments etc. Civil 3D only allows users to...
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May 18, 2020
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Tank with atmospheric inflow
The following video demonstrates how to model a water tank with an atmospheric inflow: This video can also be found in our Training on...
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Apr 29, 2020
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Pipes not extending to the structure symbol
This is a fairly common issue which occurs when changing the drawing scale. Generally it can be fixed using the Audit command,...
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Apr 20, 2020
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Run water network analysis with parallel pumps
We created a new video on how to run a water network analysis with two parallel pumps. The video explains how to find the required pump...
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Nov 29, 2019
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Change pipe colour as per pipe diameter
Designers often need to visually check the pipe sizes in plan. Using different colours for different pipe diameters is a very efficient...
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Oct 25, 2019
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Improve the performance of Autodesk Civil 3D when editing a pipe network vertically
Pipe network editing in Autodesk® Civil 3D® tends to be very slow, especially when the plan production longitudinal sections are in the...
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Jul 30, 2019
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How to create a Civil 3D table for a specific structure type
In certain instances you need to create a structure table for a specific structure type, e.g.: air valves, scour valve, manholes, house...
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Apr 16, 2019
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