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Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:09:04 GMT

I have a profile view of a manhole and pipe system. I have pipes crossing into the manhole and want them displayed. This is something that I have done before in C3D 2017 and have tried controlling it from multiple settings (currently using C3D 2019). Finally I realized that the crossing pipe is behind the manhole. What I mean is that I add the crossing pipe to the profile view, then I delete the manhole and their is the pipe displayed how I want it. Right click and changing drawing order does not work. Any ideas on how I can control this so I can see the crossing pipe into the manhole

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:28:16 GMT

After speaking with a coworker I think I have it figured out. I am going to change my profile view direction. Unfortunately this did not work.

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

wfberry — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:48:47 GMT

You can change the "crossing pipe" to full length.

Bill

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:00:29 GMT

Bill,

Will you explain in some more detail?

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

MMcCall402 — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:21:12 GMT

The manhole can display the connected pipe, provided the pipe isn't added to the profile view.

Another option would be to make a pipe label style that uses an oval shaped block in the label for representing the pipe section. The size of the block in the label style can be controlled with an expression using the pipe size to size the block.

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

lynn_zhang — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:23:53 GMT

Hello @Anonymous ,

Just checking to see if your problem has been solved. Let us know if you still need help. Thanks!

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:53:54 GMT

Hi,

My problem was not solved. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Brian

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

euponinepierre — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:12:14 GMT

Try this method: Select the manhole in the profile, rick-click and select edit structure style. In the display tab, set your view direction as profile then turn on structure pipe outlines and hit apply

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

bhaydenEN3XT — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 22:28:46 GMT

Display pipe outlines shows where the crossing pipe enters the structure. I want to show the elevation of the crossing pipe at the alignment (waterline). The structure acts like a wipeout that hides the crossing pipe. Except changing the display order doesn't help. The only work around seems to be tracing the crossing pipe as an ellipse. I don't think there's any way to show both the structure and a crossing pipe that is behind it.

Re: Crossing pipes in profile view behind manhole

MMcCall402 — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:49:57 GMT

Maybe use a pipe label style with a block component that is and ellipse shaped block placed at the mid-point of the pipe. The size of the ellipse block could be controlled by an expression to size it appropriately.