Configuration

The necessary settings for creating networks in the SOLIDOS program are:

1. To create any kind of device, Constructors are required. Constructors are responsible for building of devices in the Model Space
   Use the command SBUILDER - to create the Constructors
   Note: you can import the templates already available in the plugin, using the command SIMPORTSTYLES to import the templates. They are located in the " <SOLIDOS installation folder>\Support\Catalogos.dwg"
2. Constructors alone are not enough. Typical sections are needed, which contain the dimensions of the device you want to build.
   These typical sections will be in the Material Lists. To create a material list, use the command SEDITPARTS, with it, create all the typical sections you need. In the example file, there are some lists already configured.
   Note: The Materials List was designed to facilitate and organize the typical sections, so you can standardize layers, styles and rules. Styles control the appearance of the device, while rules can validate dimensions or network Designing calculations.
3. To launch, you will need to have a project in Civil 3D. This project needs to contain at least the surface (TIN SURFACE or GRID SURFACE) for the final earthmoving, as it the elevations where to insert the devices will be read. Street alignments and simplified architectural design (with streets and lots, for example) may also be useful
4. On any type of network, configure at least:
   • Materials List
   • Reference surface, so the program reads the elevations
   • (optional) Labels default for devices
   • (optional) Styles for projections of devices
5. A Drainage Network does not have many parameters to configure. In principle, configure in the network properties:
   • Time of Recurrence (Tr) in dimensioning
     In general, Drainage Networks in subdivisions can be dimensioned with Tr=10 years. Already grota culverts on highways, are dimensioned with Tr=15 or 25 years, it is still necessary to verify for a TR=25 or 50 years. It will depend on project characteristics and requirements
   • Recurrence Time (Trv) in the scan
     In case verification is necessary, in the network properties, check the option Calculate Verification and inform the value of the recurrence time in the verification
6. A pressure network or sewer network must have one consumption sector pattern to be associated with the pipes.
   This consumer sector has a series of parameters to configure:
   • Initial and Final Population, for new allotments, think about the lot number, possible subdivisions of these then imagine how many people can be in each lot. The city hall of the place can give many subsidies in this sense. If you don't have more accurate population data, consider 5 people per batch and consider an initial population of around 20% for example. These values will be used to verify the tensile stress at the beginning of the plan and the network capacity at the end of the plan, when the subdivision is 100% occupied
   • Coefficients k1 and k2
   • Tractive Tension
   • Percapta Consumption
   Note: Consumer Sectors can also be associated later. In the Properties Tab, choose the Consumer Sectors property
7. The other properties can be configured later.