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Manually Assigning Material Combination

Shows step-by-step how to manually assign material combinations to pipes in Rohrnetzberechnung Quartiersnetze .

Before you begin

You want to manually assign material combinations to pipes in the drawing that will be used in the calculation.

Requirements

  • The pipe network is closed an can be calculated.
  • The pipe network is detected.
  • The desired material combination has been created.
Note:

Make a manual material assignment only if the available automatisms do not lead to the desired result.

Navigate to

Discipline District NetworksAnalyse TabCommand group AnalyseMaterial DataPipes and Connection Sets …

Dialog "Pipes and Connection Sets" of the Discipline District Networks in the LINEAR Solutions for Autodesk AutoCAD

Procedure

  1. Decide which material combination you would like to assign and activate it by clicking on the corresponding row.
  2. Click on Assign ….
  3. In the context menu that appears, select which area is to receive the assignment.
    Context menu of the Assign button ...
  4. Select the pipes in the drawing that are to receive the material combination and confirm your selection with Enter.
    Note: When assigning, please note that material changes can only be carried out after T-pieces and after built-in parts with dimension changes. If required, you can use trench sections or use components as section separator (see task: “Performing a Manual Material Change”).
    Selection of Pipes in Drawing
    A message indicates how many sections the material combination has been assigned to.
  5. Close the message with OK.
  6. If necessary, repeat the process for additional pipes that may have different material combinations.
  7. Close the Pipes and Connection Sets dialog with OK to save the configurations in the project.

Results

The material combinations have been assigned and can be displayed using the Visualization ... function.

Visualization of Material Combinations in the Drawing