Collision Conflicts Check

When there are two or more sewer networks in one area, it's very important to know if there are any collisions among pipe lines. The Collision Conflicts Check command performs a three dimensional check on unlimited sewer networks. If any portions of the these systems are too close to each other, i.e their distance is closer than the safety buffer, the conflicting pipes and their collision locations would be reported. The program also checks for any collisions within the same sewer network. Besides checking unlimited sewer networks, the Check Pipe 3D Polylines option will check for collisions with 3D polylines that have been tagged as pipes with the Assign Pipe Data To Polyline command.

From the Network > Check Sewer Network menu in the Hydrology Module, select Collision Conflicts Check. In the dialog, select two or more network files that you want to check the collisions and/or turn on the Check Pipe 3D Polylines toggle. In the Conflict Tolerance box, specify the value of the distance buffer that any two of the sewer systems shouldn't violate. The Use Collision Navigator toggle provides an Data Problem Log dialog to navigate you to the location of every collision, otherwise the collisions would reported in Carlson standard report format. Draw Collision Symbols and Draw Crossing Symbols option would draw a symbol at each collision or crossing. The Report Crossings and Report Collisions buttons would show all the pipe crossings and collisions in a formatted report.

Sewer Network Collision Conflict Check

Report Crossings   

Opens the Report Formatter Options Dialog Box. The user can select from the Available List and Add the to the Used list to customize the report, ans select output options. For more information on using the Report Formatter see Report Viewer in this manual.

Report Collisions   

Opens the Report Formatter Options Dialog Box. The user can select from the Available List and Add the to the Used list to customize the report, and select output options. For more information on using the Report Formatter see Report Viewer in this manual.

Data Problem Log dialog

When the Use Collision Navigator toggle is on, an Data Problem Log is generated if there are any collisions. Clicking to the "+" sign beside the Collisions Total will display the individual collisions. When a collision item is selected, click on Zoom To button and the drawing is centered to the exact location of the highlighted collision. Zoom In button zooms in on the highlighted collision for a closer inspection. Zoom Out zooms out away from the collision. Report All/One button between One and All depending on whether a single collision or all collisions are selected from the Log. An error Report is generated listing the positions of the entities in conflict. 

Collision Navigator

Collision Example

Collision Report Example

Prompts

Collision Conflicts Check dialog: Fill in values.

Pulldown Menu Location: Network > Check Sewer Network > Collision Conflicts Check
Keyboard Command: chkmswr
Prerequisite: two to four sewer files (.SEW)