This article provides a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to create laterals off a trunk line in a pressure network to service lots off of a main alignment, using Civil 3D. Readers will learn how to navigate within their pressure network and execute commands to create a new pipe run between chosen points.
Key Insights:
- The article demonstrates how to navigate within a pressure network in Civil 3D and select any part from the network in order to access the contextual ribbon bar.
- It provides steps on how to add new pipe runs, set the pipe run name, parts list, pipe size, and surface, as well as changing the cover to match existing alignments.
- The tutorial guides the user through the process of creating new pipe runs for all lots without referencing any alignments, and saving the drawing after adding all the laterals.
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Now that we've created our first Pressure Network, we're going to go ahead and create some laterals off of that trunk line to service our lots along our Dev Main alignment. To do that, I'm going to navigate into my Pressure Network.
I'm going to select any part from the Pressure Network to pull up the Contextual Ribbon Bar. From here, I'm going to go to Add New Pipe Run. I’ll drop down and select Create New Pipe Run.
Civil 3D will prompt me to set the pipe run name, parts list, pipe size, and surface. I'm going to leave these all as they were created. I’ll also leave the checkbox for Create Surface Profile to Follow selected.
I'm going to change my cover to five feet to match the rest of my alignment and the other Pressure Network I previously created. Then, I’ll click OK.
I'm not going to reference any alignments here, so I’ll click OK again.
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Civil 3D will now prompt me to select the first pressure pipe point. I'm going to pick a point in Lot 11 where I want to bring in the service. Then I’ll move to the connection point where the glyph appears and click the screen.
I'll hit ENTER to exit the command. Then, I’ll repeat the same process for the rest of the lots.
I'll go to Add New Pipe Run, select Create New Pipe Run, and click OK because the cover is still set to five feet. I’ll click here, then here, and hit ENTER.
Drop down again to Create Pipe Run, click OK, click from here to here, and hit ENTER.
Repeat for the next run—Create New Pipe Run, click OK, click from here to here, and hit ENTER.
Continue with another run—Create New Pipe Run, click OK, go from this point to this point, and hit ENTER.
Now moving to Lot 21, I’ll Create New Pipe Run, click OK, and go from this point to this point, then hit ENTER.
Next is Lot 12—Create New Pipe Run, click OK, go from here to here, and hit ENTER.
Then to Lot 20—Create New Pipe Run, go from this location to this location, and hit ENTER. For Lot 19, Create New Pipe Run, click OK, go from here to here, and hit ENTER.
I'll continue—Create New Pipe Run, click OK, go from here to here, and hit ENTER. Add another—New Pipe Run, Create New Pipe Run, click OK, go from here to here, and hit ENTER.
Select again—New Pipe Run, click OK, from here to here, and hit ENTER.
Another new pipe run—from here to here to here, hit ENTER. And one final New Pipe Run, from here to here to here, and hit ENTER.
Now that I've added all of these laterals, I'm going to save my drawing. Then, I’ll meet you in the next video, where we'll make a few edits to these runs.
