Well put, Brian (You punny guy).
You fleshed out nicely what I scratched the surface of.
I'll second everything, except for the regional stuff.
University of
Denver
Storm
Water
Modeling?
--
Don Reichle
Hacker Engineering, Inc.
"King of Work-Arounds"
"Brian Hailey" wrote in message
news:416ee14e$1_2@newsprd01...
> Hi Dave,
>
> I thought I would pipe in on this one (pun intended). In our office here,
we
> use Haestad Methods StormCAD to calculate flows in the pipes and to the
> inlets. It's a pretty nice (if not expensive) program. One of the nice
> things about it is it allows for transferring data back and forth between
> LDT and StormCAD.
>
> Things I think would be extremely useful (at least in our part of the
world)
> would be rational method calculations that would tie directly to surface
> watershed boundaries and properties (i.e. area and time of concentration
and
> perhaps even imperviousness). I would love to see the ability to draw a
> line, say across a street section, and have the program calculate the peak
> flow across it and display the contributing area(I say a line because
often
> a point has no contributory area). This would be ideal for calculating
inlet
> sizing and roadway inundation. Taking it a step further, have the
watershed
> area attached to an inlet and then use that area to size/analyze the pipe
> system. I know other parts of the world use other methods such as the
tr-20
> and the tr-55 but the ideas would be the same for these other systems.
What
> would be even greater would be to incorporate the Colorado Urban
Hydrograph
> Procedure and UDSWM but, I could live without those included.
>
> Brian
>
> "Dave Simeone" wrote in message
> news:416ed749$1_1@newsprd01...
> > Hi - While there is no Pipe capabilities in Civil 3D 2005, it's
certainly
> > one of our highest priorities. For now, you'll want to move your data
back
> > and forth between Civil 3D and LDT/Civil Design. Any
> > requirements/information that you have on Pipes (layout, drafting,
> analysis,
> > hydrology, hydaulics) would be appreciated. Feel free to EMAIL me
> directly.
> >
> > One thing that I'm very interested in is the analysis part of the
puzzle.
> > What analysis apps do you currently use (commercial products, your own
> > calculators, Civil Design, etc).
> >
> > Cheers
> > Dave S
> >
> > "bmossman" wrote in message
> > news:27601876.1097712223506.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum2.autodesk.com...
> > > When is pipeworks due to be released with Civil Design 3d?
> >
> >
>
>
