I am doing water calculations for a project adn am wondering if there is a better way of doing what I am doing. I am trying to find the area of drip supplied by each valve. each valve is connected to multiple isolated beds so i need to add each of these beds together in relation to the valve. My current process is as follows:
1) Highlight Station
2) Colorize Station
3) Area Command
4) Select "Add Areas"
5) Select "Object"
6) Pick each hatch identified by the color
7) Write down the area to a piece of paper
8) Enter into Spreadsheet
is there a better way to do this? There seems to be a bunch of automatic processes that are in cad but it seems like LandFX might have a command or process that combines some of these steps?!?
Anyway if not, it would be cool to be able to produce a schedule that would identify the drip areas and give you the square footage that could then be added to the plans or sent to the spreadsheet for insertion into Water Calculations Tables
thanks
Bob
1) Highlight Station
2) Colorize Station
3) Area Command
4) Select "Add Areas"
5) Select "Object"
6) Pick each hatch identified by the color
7) Write down the area to a piece of paper
8) Enter into Spreadsheet
is there a better way to do this? There seems to be a bunch of automatic processes that are in cad but it seems like LandFX might have a command or process that combines some of these steps?!?
Anyway if not, it would be cool to be able to produce a schedule that would identify the drip areas and give you the square footage that could then be added to the plans or sent to the spreadsheet for insertion into Water Calculations Tables
thanks
Bob
Bob,
This isn't a half bad way of doing it. However, I may have another way that you could give a try.
The way I would suggest doing things would be using Schematic irrigation. Now, all things considered with how many different zones there will end up being might play into how well this will work for you. But if you use Schematic Irrigation, you can run a schedule and it will list the Sq. Ft. totals for you. So you could essentially make a bunch of generic schematic irrigation entries (that ca be used in the future as well) and call them something like: Zone 1, Zone 2, etc.. place things accordingly and run your schedule. That schedule will then list each zone used, along with all total Sq. Ft. You could technically uncheck the flow options in the schedule and just run things for the total areas.
I can definitely run this idea by Jeremiah, to include the area data into one of our existing schedules (more than likely the valve schedule). Thanks for the input.
This isn't a half bad way of doing it. However, I may have another way that you could give a try.
The way I would suggest doing things would be using Schematic irrigation. Now, all things considered with how many different zones there will end up being might play into how well this will work for you. But if you use Schematic Irrigation, you can run a schedule and it will list the Sq. Ft. totals for you. So you could essentially make a bunch of generic schematic irrigation entries (that ca be used in the future as well) and call them something like: Zone 1, Zone 2, etc.. place things accordingly and run your schedule. That schedule will then list each zone used, along with all total Sq. Ft. You could technically uncheck the flow options in the schedule and just run things for the total areas.
I can definitely run this idea by Jeremiah, to include the area data into one of our existing schedules (more than likely the valve schedule). Thanks for the input.
Bob,
This isn't a half bad way of doing it. However, I may have another way that you could give a try.
The way I would suggest doing things would be using Schematic irrigation. Now, all things considered with how many different zones there will end up being might play into how well this will work for you. But if you use Schematic Irrigation, you can run a schedule and it will list the Sq. Ft. totals for you. So you could essentially make a bunch of generic schematic irrigation entries (that ca be used in the future as well) and call them something like: Zone 1, Zone 2, etc.. place things accordingly and run your schedule. That schedule will then list each zone used, along with all total Sq. Ft. You could technically uncheck the flow options in the schedule and just run things for the total areas.
I can definitely run this idea by Jeremiah, to include the area data into one of our existing schedules (more than likely the valve schedule). Thanks for the input.
This isn't a half bad way of doing it. However, I may have another way that you could give a try.
The way I would suggest doing things would be using Schematic irrigation. Now, all things considered with how many different zones there will end up being might play into how well this will work for you. But if you use Schematic Irrigation, you can run a schedule and it will list the Sq. Ft. totals for you. So you could essentially make a bunch of generic schematic irrigation entries (that ca be used in the future as well) and call them something like: Zone 1, Zone 2, etc.. place things accordingly and run your schedule. That schedule will then list each zone used, along with all total Sq. Ft. You could technically uncheck the flow options in the schedule and just run things for the total areas.
I can definitely run this idea by Jeremiah, to include the area data into one of our existing schedules (more than likely the valve schedule). Thanks for the input.
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