Input - Edit Trench Template
This command lets you create a new trench template or modify an
existing trench template. It prompts you the Input-Edit Trench Template Dialog. If
you are modifying a trench template, click the Load button on the dialog to open a
trench template file and display the template data on the dialog.
Enter the dimensions of the trench: bottom offset, trench width and
vertical side height. The Edit Trench Benches button will bring up
the below dialog, and allows you to enter in up to four benches
into your trench.
There are three methods for entering the cut slope, Percent, Ratio
and Degree. Choose one of the methods and enter the slope value.
Display Sewer Structure allows you to see your pipe or manhole as
part of the trench. This is for display purposes only, calculations
will be drawn from the pipe size you set in the Trench Network
Structure commands. Add Pipe Diameter To Trench Width will increase
the size of your trench by the diameter of your different pipe
sizes. The Add Pipe Diameter To Backfill Thickness will increase
the thickness of backfill material either by half the pipe diameter
or the full pipe diameter. For example, when set to Half #1, the
backfill thickness for #1 material is increased by half the pipe
diameter.
If there is a Top Backfill, enter the Material
Name, Thickness and if needed Shrink Factor. The thickness of the
Top Backfill is assessed from the top of the trench down. There are
three trench Bottom Backfill layers that can be defined. Enter the
layer label in the material name field, the depth of the layer in
the thickness field. The thickness of these values are assessed
from the bottom of the trench up. The Middle Backfill Material is
any volume between the Top and Bottom Backfills and can fluctuate
depending on the depth of the trench. No set thickness can be
applied to the Middle Backfill. Click Save or SaveAs to save the
template information in a .tch file, and Click Exit to quit this
command.
Prompts:
Input-Edit Trench Template
Dialog
Enter the dimensions of the trench template, save the information
to a template file (.tch).
Pulldown Menu Location: Trench
Prerequisite: None
Keyboard Command: make_trench_tpl
