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Draw a pipe run

Pull a run across the drawing and get metres in the quantity list straight away.

Draw and take off5 min10 steps
  1. 1

    Pick Pipe in the tool rail

    The panel on the right switches to Pipe and shows the settings for the next run you pull.

    Worth knowing. If Pipe is grey the scale is not set yet. Point at the button and the tooltip says Set the scale first.

  2. 2

    Pick the service

    The list Service: Foul water (S), Surface water (D), Water (V), Land drainage (DR) and Cable duct (K). The colour of the line follows the service you pick.

  3. 3

    Pick the material

    The list Pipe material: Concrete, HT, K2, PE, PEM, PP, PVC and Ductile iron. PP is the default. An object you place drives its own list under Object material, so a chamber can be PP, K2 or Concrete. A cover is instead picked as Solid, Grating, Dome strainer, Square solid or Square grating, and its load class (A15–F900) is picked together with the size under Size.

  4. 4

    Pick the size

    The Size list only shows the sizes the material comes in. PVC runs 110 to 400 mm, concrete is written DN150 to DN2700.

    Worth knowing. Change material and the size moves to the nearest one that material actually comes in.

  5. 5

    Click where the run starts

    The status line under the canvas says Click where the pipe starts. Once the first click is down it changes to Click the next point along the pipe.

  6. 6

    Keep clicking along the run

    One click per bend. The stretch between the points is drawn as you go.

    Worth knowing. Hold Shift while you click and the direction locks to steps of 45 degrees, which is handy on straight mains.

  7. 7

    Double-click when the run is done

    Enter does the same, as does the button Finish the pipe in the panel. The run lands as a row in Drawn and measured and as metres in the quantity list.

  8. 8

    Put right a point you set wrong

    Backspace removes the last point. Esc abandons the whole run without saving it.

    Worth knowing. If the run is already finished, Ctrl+Z takes it back.

  9. 9

    Carry on from a run you have already drawn

    Click near an existing run of the same material and the point snaps to it, at an end, at a bend or in the middle of the line.

  10. 10

    Save the settings you draw with most

    Under Profiles you type a name in Profile name and press Save. The profile puts the service, size, material and waste allowance back with one click next time.

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