Carlson Software Forum

Is there a way to automatically label the plan part of the sewer with
manhole No.s, rim and invert elevations?

Should the plan part be drawn first
and then used to create the profile or the other way around?

Why, when you
enter use mh center and type in the slope you want does it slightly change
the slope to something smaller, i.e.: .40% to .39%? and how can this be
avoided?

"Vince Popish" <vpop@excite.com> wrote in message
news:b7297v$2d3$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Is there a way to automatically label the plan part of the sewer with
manhole No.s, rim and invert elevations?

I don't believe so. I suppose some of this information could be automated,
such as
labeling the descriptor (mh #?) and elevation (rim?) of a point, but that
still leaves
the invert to be done manually.

Should the plan part be drawn first
and then used to create the profile or the other way around?

Personally I can't see how one can do the profile first. One would not
even
know how
long the pipe is to be. I usually draw the plan alignment, solve a
profile
from the existing
ground surface, and plot that profile so that I can visualize the design
profile related to
existing.

Why, when you
enter use mh center and type in the slope you want does it slightly
change
the slope to something smaller, i.e.: .40% to .39%? and how can this be
avoided?


Perhaps someone else can field this question. I recall playing with the
different options,
but it has been quite a while.

Terry Scanlon