topic Re: Pipe drawing in Civil 3D Forum

Pipe drawing

amamra_tarik — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:21:44 GMT

Hi everyone,

when I draw pipes, the elbows (fittings) do not automatically appear, and the pipes end up looking disconnected with visible gaps between them (see attached image). The pipes are not aligning correctly at intersections, and no fittings are being placed where they should be.
Is there a specific setting I might be missing that enables automatic placement of fittings when drawing pipes?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Re: Pipe drawing

MichaelH13 — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:51:00 GMT

Pipe network or pressure network?

Re: Pipe drawing

amamra_tarik — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:15:12 GMT

pressure network

Re: Pipe drawing

bperkinsW2DYC — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:05:00 GMT

So without more details, this is a shot in the dark.

Some things to check:

Select the pipe that you want a bend to go, look at the top left of your ribbon and see if there's a check to the box that says "add bends automatically"

Select the pipe that you want a bend to go, right click, part properties, look at the connections. Remember the name if anything is there, and go to your prospector, select the part, see if it shows up, grips and all. If so, that's a display issue where cad might be drawing the part with the centerline. Go to the display tab and play around there.

IF it's there, it might be on a frozen layer. But that's baby stuff. If you can select it, but it's not showing up and all that, you might make sure the part list is headed to the right spot. That's easily accessible from your network properties.

If it's more than just one part that's not showing, like all of them, try the commands reconnectnetwork and regenpressuresolid. Regen after both seperately.