Draw Sewer Network Profile

This command will read the active sewer network (.SEW) file, which contains invert 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 Profile Editor 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 Tributary Pipe Connections draws ellipses at the profile structures for any branch pipes that connect to the structure.
Draw Pipe Lateral Connections draws ellipses at the profile structures or pipes for lateral pipe connections.
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 options record 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.
Draw Critical Flow Depth Line: Critical depth is defined as the depth of flow where energy is at a minimum for a particular discharge.
Draw Normal Flow Depth Line: Normal depth is the depth of flow that would occur if the flow was uniform and steady, and is usually predicted using the Manning's Equation.
Draw Existing Ground Surface and Draw Design Surface options would extract a profile from the surface to draw with the network profile. The Set button sets the surface files and the program stores the file names in the settings for redraw. If the files are not set on the dialog, the program would prompt for a surface file.
Prompt for Additional Profiles to Draw allows you to draw other profiles, such as a road profile, along with the network as a reference.
Extend Network Centerline lengthens the sewer network centerline by the specified amounts for extracting the surface profile for the existing and design surfaces. The Pick Start/End option allows users to pick start/end points that are not on the extension of sewer pipe lines.

Draw Sewer Network Profile Dialog

Consider the Storm Drainage Line shown in the plan view below:

When this network main storm drainage line is entered using Locate Sewer Structure, starting at the upstream rim elevation of 364.47 and running downhill to 1328.54, a new .SEW file is created. Prompting asks you to select a starting structure. If you created 8 structures named CB 1 through CB 5, you could choose CB 1 to plot all 5. This file will then plot, in profile view, as shown below (this example was drawn with ground surface and 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.

Profile view of Sewer Network

Prompts

Draw Sewer Network Profile dialog: Fill in values

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

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