Pipe Profile, CL showing as crossing

[brianzimmerman]

I have my pipes in my profile. Where the pipe crosses the alignment it puts an ellipse on my pipe as if I have a pipe crossing there. I want the pipe crossings to show, but not the alignment as one of them. Any ideas?

[JustinG]

Brian,

I seem to be having this same problem, but other than shutting off the crossing in the pipe style, there seems to be no setting for the centerline being used as an interference. Have you made any progress?

Thanks,
Justin

[brianzimmerman]

Still stuck in the mud. I'll try and update this if I find anything new.

[mmccall]

Without seeing what you see, I'll take a guess. It sounds like you have the pipe crossing components turned on in the pipe style your using. The crossing components need to be in a separate style and applied to crossings as an overriding style by the profile view and not applied directly to the pipe itself.

HTH

[JustinG]

So if I am following you, by applying an overriding style to this pipe section (which does not show the crossing pipe at centerline) I am losing the pipe crossing functionality for this pipe section only and not the overall pipe run? It definitely is a workaround, but I would hope that future updates would include an option to shut off the crossing ovals at the street centerline (at least along a continuous pipe run). Thanks for all of your help.

Justin

[kcobabe]

I'm seeing this mainly in curved pipes. Is that where you are seeing this happen.

[mmccall]

This is how it works for me.

I have one style assigned to the pipe that includes the components to display the pipe in plan, profile (longitudinally) and x-section. The crossing components are turned of it this style. When I have a pipe in the profile that I want to be shown as a crossing pipe (oval), I go to the profile view properties, select the Pipe Networks tab, locate the crossing pipe and set an override pipe style that only includes the crossing components. The override style is only used for that instance of the pipe and only in that profile.

HTH


This link may also help
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/2006/06/civil-3d-nuts-and-bolts-showing-and.html

[JustinG]

I can't seem to get the crossing pipe to display in the profile. I made a style that only shows the crossing pipe, but when I apply it my pipe disappears (the pipe shows using my original style as a short piece). I don't know if this matters, but I am also having problems showing my crossing pipes coming into my manholes. The labels show that the intersecting pipe are there, but they don't display properly. I'm sure I am doing something wrong with my style, but it looks similar to the original template style. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Justin

[mmccall]

If you apply a crossing only style to a pipe that doesn't cross the alignment nothing can be drawn. C3d uses the horizontal and vertical location where the crosses the alignment that produced the profile view, not where one pipe crosses another and not where it leaves or enters a structure. (I wish there were options to do some of these)

[JustinG]

Does this mean that the intersecting pipes in a manhole structure won't be displayed if they don't cross the centerline?And when these "laterals" do cross the centerline, the location and elevation of the pipe oval will be at the centerline and not the structure? Sorry to ramble on, but I'm just trying to get the whole pipe function thing straight in my head.

Thanks Again,
Justin

[mmccall]

The 'profile' component will always display whether a pipe crosses the alignment or not as it displays the pipe from end to end. A pipe can only display a 'crossing' if, and where, it crosses the alignment. I'm not sure how this works when an alignment runs along the centerline of a pipe network. (it might end up in the middle in an attempt to pick the entire length of the pipe as the crossing)

Displaying what goes on inside a structure has been the topic of several posts. They all end with 'that functionality isn't available yet'.