Node

Horizontal Window

On top of the menu, you find information identifying the selected node. The shortcut menu for a node has the following selections:

Node

Move

The function is used for moving a node. Place the crosshair upon the node to be moved, press the right mouse button and select Move from the menu.

The command prompts for:

Position (x,y,z):

Click in the graphics where you want the node to be moved.

The dialogue box Novapoint WS - Construction appears, asking: "Keep attached manholes top relative to terrain level?"

Confirm by clicking Yes if you want the manhole top levels to continue having the same vertical distance to the terrain level as previously.

If you, on the contrary, don't want the manhole top levels to be changed but want their original elevation to be kept, click No. In most instances one wants the manhole top levels to correspond to the terrain surface, and from that select Yes.

If you know the coordinates to where the node is to be moved, you may very well key in the coordinates on the keyboard.

If the function Use external alignment is selected, the command prompts for:

Position (x,y,z) (<enter> = station,offset on '<Selected alignment>'):

Press Enter to move the node by entering the station number and distance to external alignment.

Insert Connection

The function is explained under Insert In Node.

Delete

The function is used for deleting a node in the WS project. Place the crosshair upon the node to be deleted, press the right mouse button and select Delete from the menu. The dialogue box Delete Node - <Node Number> appears.

Confirm by clicking Yes or cancel by clicking No.

By pressing Yes the node and all connections in it are being deleted, and the trench becomes straightforward between the previous and the next node.

Add Section

The function is explained under Insert Add Section.

New Trench

This function is used for generating a new trench from an optional node. The procedure is explained under Trench.

Split Trench

This function is explained under Modify.

Join Trenches

This function is explained under Modify.

Renumbering

This function is explained under Modify. Please notice that when the renumbering is started from the shortcut menu for the node, renumbering is performed from the node in which the function is started and with the values previously saved under Modify.

View >

The function is used for deciding the appearance of the trenches in the construction graphics. Place the crosshair upon one of the elements of the WS-project, press the right mouse button, and select View from the menu.

Trench Details

Shows all the elements of the WS project.

Reference Line

Shows only the nodes and the reference line of the trenches.

The selection affects all the trenches in the project, and not only the current one.

Radius

This function is used for changing the size of the node in the graphics.

The function is run by placing the crosshair upon an optional node, press the right mouse button and select Radius from the menu.

The command prompts for:

Radius (meter) <5.00> :

Key in another radius and watch the size of the nodes being changed both in the horizontal and vertical window.

Select alignment

This function is not yet implemented.

Vertical Window

On top of the menu, you find information identifying the selected node. The shortcut menu for a node has the following selections:

Node

Level (z)

The function is used for setting a specific elevation to a node. Place the crosshair upon the node to be altered, press the right mouse button and select Level (z).

The command prompts for:

Level <Elevation> :

Key in the desired elevation.

The dialogue box Novapoint WS - Construction appears, asking: "Keep level for attached manholes and pipes relative to the node?". Confirm by clicking Yes, or if you just want to move the node, click No. In most cases, you would probably want to move pipes and connections along with the node.

The function takes effect for the node's bottom level (ditch bottom).

Level relative to the lowest pipe

This function is used for editing the foundation of the pipe trench. After having performed some editing of the pipe trench, the pipe foundation may have become somewhat uneven. Place the crosshair upon the node from which you are going to start editing the pipe foundation, press the right mouse button, and select Level relative to lowest pipe from the menu.

The command prompts for:

Bottom elevation offset from lowest pipe (cm) ? <15.00> :

Key in the desired foundation thickness or press Enter if the suggested thickness is OK.

Command:

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Click the node at the end of the stretch to be edited.

Ok ?

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Confirm by pressing the right mouse button or Enter on the keyboard. If the selection should be wrong, another node may be selected immediately, without confirming the first selection.

Please notice that the pipe foundation is updated.

Delete

Confirm by clicking Yes or regret by clicking No.

By pressing Yes the node and all connections in it are being deleted, and the pipe trench becomes straightforward between the previous and the next node.

Interpolate heights >

The function is used for interpolating the heights of one or more pipes between two optional nodes.

For sections

The function takes effect for all pipes in the cross-section and is run from the following location:

Place the crosshair upon the node from which you are going to start interpolating and press the right mouse button.

Select Interpolate heights > For sections

The command prompts for:

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Click the node where you want to end the interpolating.

Ok ?

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Confirm by pressing the right mouse button or Enter on the keyboard. If the selection should be wrong, another node may be selected immediately, without confirming the first selection.

Please notice that the pipes between the two nodes become straightforward.

For selected pipes

The function takes effect for selected pipes in the cross-section and is run from the following location:

Place the crosshair upon the node from which you are going to start interpolating and press the right mouse button.

Select Interpolate heights > For selected pipes

The dialogue box Select start connections appears. This includes a list of all connections in the node. Select the pipe(s) to be interpolated by clicking the connection(s) representing the pipe(s). Confirm by clicking OK, or cancel by clicking Cancel.

The command prompts for:

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Click the node where you want to end the interpolating.

Ok ?

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Confirm by pressing the right mouse button or Enter on the keyboard. If the selection should be wrong, another node may be selected immediately, without confirming the first selection.

Please notice that the selected pipe(s) become straightforward between the two nodes.

The nodes in question here may be selected freely and there may be several nodes between them.

Gradient >

The function is used for applying a specific gradient for pipes between two optional nodes.

For sections

The function takes effect for all pipes in the cross-section and is run from the following location:

Place the crosshair upon the node from which you want the defined gradient to start and press the right mouse button.

Select Gradient > For sections

The command prompts for:

Set gradient from active start node <0.000>:

Key in the desired gradient per thousand. Positive gradient countercurrent, negative gradient co-current.

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Click the node where this gradient is to be ended.

Ok ?

Confirm by pressing the right mouse button or Enter on the keyboard. If the selection should be wrong, another node may be selected immediately, without confirming the first selection.

Please notice that the pipes between the two nodes become straightforward and with the defined gradient.

For selected pipes

The function takes effect for selected pipes in the cross-section and is run from the following location:

Place the crosshair upon the node from which you want the defined gradient to start and press the right mouse button.

Select Gradient > For selected pipes

The command prompts for:

Set gradient from active start node <0.000>:

Key in the desired gradient per thousand. Positive gradient countercurrent, negative gradient co-current.

The command prompts for:

Set gradient from active start node <0.000>:

Key in the desired gradient per thousand. Positive gradient countercurrent, negative gradient co-current.

Pick next node and confirm with Enter :

Click the node where this gradient is to be ended

Ok ?

Confirm by pressing the right mouse button or Enter on the keyboard. If the selection should be wrong, another node may be selected immediately, without confirming the first selection.

Please notice that the selected pipe(s) between the two nodes become straightforward and with the defined gradient.

The nodes in question here may be selected freely and there may be several nodes between them.

This function can only be performed for nodes with increasing station numbers.

This function may also be performed, pipe by pipe in the construction dialogue:

Place the crosshair upon the pipe where the gradient is to be changed and press the right mouse button. The current pipe gets highlighted in the construction dialogue.

Key in the desired gradient in the field to the right of Gradient in the right pane of the construction dialogue.

Click Calculate.

The dialogue box Novapoint WS - Construction appears, asking: "Move attached connection objects relative to the pipe?".

Click Yes or No depending on what is desired.

After having changed the gradient of the pipe in this manner, the pipe foundation thickness has to be updated with the function Level relative to lowest pipe (The function is explained above).

View >

Trench Details

Shows all the elements of the WS project.

Reference Line

Shows only the nodes and the reference line of the trenches.

The selection affects all the trenches in the project, and not only the current one.

Radius

This function is used for changing the size of the node in the graphics.

Run the function by placing the crosshair upon a node, press the right mouse button, and select Radius from the menu.

The command prompts for:

Radius (meter) <5.00> :

Key in another radius and watch the size of the nodes being changed both in the horizontal and vertical window.

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