Draw Sewer Network Profile

This command will read the active sewer network (.SEW) file, which contains inverts elevations, rim elevations, pipe sizes and structure dimensions, and draw the network as a profile, using the standard prompting in Draw Profile. In the options dialog, you can select the structure names for the start and end of the profile and set the profile direction as either upstream or downstream. The Save To Profile File option will save the sewer profile to a .pro file in addition to drawing the profile. When the Save option is active, there is an option available to Link Profiles To Sewer Network. This Link option will update the sewer profile drawing whenever the sewer network is modified. Also, this link option will update the sewer network if the profile is changed. For example, if Input-Edit Profile is used to change an invert elevation and the link option is active, then the invert elevation will also be updated in the sewer network. If you have a road and want to use it to reference the sewer network, you can choose the Station by Another Reference Centerline to do that. When not using a reference centerline, the Starting Station value is used for the beginning station of the sewer profile. Draw Pipe Lateral Connections will draw ellipses at the profile structures for any additional pipes that connect to the structure. Label Flow Along Pipes option pulls out the total flow that runs through each pipe and labels it on the profile. Draw Hydraulic and Energy Grade Line option records the hydraulic flow calculation result and draw hydraulic and energy grade lines with network profile. You may choose to draw HGL/EGL for multiple storm events. The Draw Existing Ground Surface and Draw Design Surface options will prompt for a surface file and then extract a profile from the surface to draw with the network profile. If you have other profiles to draw along with the network as a reference, such as a road profile, turn on the Prompt for Additional Profiles to Draw option. Extend Network Centerline lengthens the sewer network centerline by the specified amounts for extracting the surface profile for the existing and design surfaces.

Draw Sewer Network Profile Dialog

Consider the Sewer Trunk Line shown in the plan view below:

When this network main sewer line is entered using Locate Sewer Structure, starting at the upstream rim elevation of 1369.73 and running downhill to 1328.54, a new .SEW file is created. Prompting asks you to select a starting structure. If you created 5 structures named A1 through A5, you could choose A1 to plot all 5. This file will then plot, in profile view, as shown below (this example was drawn without ground surface or hydraulic grade lines).  If you pick Draw Existing Ground Surface, you will be prompted for the grid or triangulation file for the ground surface, and similarly if you turn on Draw Design Surface.

Prompts

Pulldown Menu Location: Network->Draw Sewer Network
Keyboard Command: drwswrpro
Prerequisite: Sewer network (.SEW) file