Multiple Pipe Network Types - Settings options

[Jay_B]

Please provide user options for managing Multiple Pipe Network Types on projects.

We currently have 6 additional dwt's on our server in a folder named "Pipe Network Object Layers" and the only differences between these files is they contain the "object layers" needed for the common Pipe Networks in our workflow.

Users shouldn't have to reset all the various Pipe Network Related "object layers" individually (or with workarounds) such as opening a dwt just to "trick/set" the object layers in a few clicks.

This must be done every time a different Pipe Network Type is created and then again when Data Referencing them into plan sheets in many cases.

It's very common to have 6 or more Pipe Networks using 6 or more different layer structures in a drawing.

P WM    C-WATR-PIPE etc.

EX WM  V-WATR-PIPE etc.

P SAN   C-SSWR-PIPE etc.

EX SAN V-SSWR-PIPE etc.

P STM    C-STRM-PIPE etc.

EX STM  V-STRM-PIPE etc.

Additionally the "Feature Settings" and "Command Settings" must be constantly changed due to Civil 3D only recognizing a single Pipe Network Settings Hierarchy at a time. Examples of this are default pipe label styles, structure label styles and many others.

I would like to see the Pipe Network Feature Settings hierarchy able to be used and SAVED for multiple Pipe Networks as it is the norm in our industry to have significantly more than one Pipe Network type per project.

Could be something like "Pipe Networks Feature Setting Groups" where the user would simply Create and save a "Feature Settings Group" or arbitrary Pipe Network names that would manage them. These could then be set as defaults once per your standards in the dwt.