Pipe networks: Edit pipe and structure styles

You will create pipe and structure styles,

setting up the color and hatching for
components.

Learning Objectives:

• Edit pipe and structure styles.

The completed exercise

1. In the Start tab, click Open. In the Select File

dialog, in the Iowa City 07_08/04 Design Models
folder, select Drainage Design.dwg. Click Open.

2. In the plan view, select the structure. Right-click

and choose Select Similar to select all the
manhole structures. Right-click again and
choose Properties.

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 3. In the Properties palette, you can see that 15
structures are selected. Change the Style to
Storm Sewer Manhole.

4. The style updates in the drawing.

5. In the Toolspace palette, Settings tab, expand

Structure > Structure Styles. Select the Storm
Sewer Manhole style, right-click and choose
Edit.

6. In the Style dialog, Plan tab, select Use outer

part boundary and Enable part masking.

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 7. Review the options in the Profile tab and Section
tab.

8. In the Display tab, verify that the View Direction

is set to Plan. Set the Structure Hatch visible
and set the color to blue. Set the Structure
Hatch pattern to solid. Click Apply to see the
modifications.

9. Change the View Direction to Profile. Turn on

the Structure Hatch and set it to blue with a
Solid pattern. Click Apply.

10. Change the View Direction to Section. Repeat

the process with the same options. Click OK

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 11. In the Toolspace palette, Settings tab, expand
Pipe > Pipe Styles. Select the Double Line
(Storm) style, right-click and choose Edit.

12. In the Style dialog, Information tab, change the

Name to Storm.

13. In the Plan tab, Pipe hatch options section,

select Hatch walls only. In the Pipe centerline
options select Specify width and set it to Draw
to inner walls.

14. In the Display tab, verify the View Direction is

set to Plan. Turn off the Inside Pipe Walls and
Pipe End Line layers. Turn on Pipe Centerline.
Click Apply.

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 15. Review the Profile and Section tabs. In the
Display tab, set the View Direction to Profile.
Set the Inside Pipe Walls, Outside Pipe Walls,
and Pipe hatch visible. Turn off other layers.
Set the Pipe Hatch to blue and set the Pipe
Hatch Pattern to Solid.

16. Set the View Direction to Section. Set the

Crossing Pipe Inside Wall, Crossing Pipe
Outside Wall, and Crossing Pipe Hatch visible.
Turn off other layers. Set the Crossing Pipe
Hatch to blue. Click OK.

17. Review the changes in the viewports. Set the

plan viewport current and set the view to Single
Viewport.

18. Save the project.

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