AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Calculating Capacity Of Rectangular Pipe (not A Culvert)
May 7, 2013
In Land Desktop using the Hydrology tools, we could get capacities for rectangular pipes based on slope, size, etc.
I have tried using the Hydraflow Express tools for this, but cannot figure out how to use them for a RECTANGULAR pipe (i.e. 10x4) box. Saw the circular option, but couldn't change where it says circular.
This is not a culvert analysis because we have inlets, multiple slopes, etc. It is part of an entire system.
I use these tools to layout the system before I want to put it into the analyses software we are using.
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Oct 30, 2013
I notice issues using spanning pipe labels for the first time recently after having used them for years. The slope calculated by the spanning pipe label is completely wrong. I've attached a picture in which Labeled two pipes connected by a null structure. The two labels on the bottom are the pipes labeled individually at 3.53% and 3.34%. When labeling them as a spanning pipe, if I choose the downstream pipe first and them the upstream pipe it shows me a slope of 0.48%. If I choose the upstream pipe first, then it gives me 2.88%. Either way it's wrong.
As I was writing this I decided to check and see if the pipes were flowing the same direction (Start to End or End to Start). Turns out they weren't. After flipping one of the pipes around so that they both are laid out in the same direction (Start to End from Upstream to Downstream) the label now reads 3.37%, which is correct.
Seems like an the label should honor the flow direction of the pipe, no matter if they have been laid out in opposite directions or not.
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See attached files.
Even Spacing
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Rectangular Spacing
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Version Civil 3D 2013....
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Below I have included a couple of screen shots.
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