Trouble with Crossing Pipes

[andrew.robinson4HZXU]

I'm drawing the profiles of my roads and want the crossing drainage pipes to be displayed. Got a pipe style for it and it works great, but got two problems:

1. A couple pipes are not displaying in the right place. Got one pipe that's about 5' to the right of the two structures it runs between! Now, in plan view, it looks fine, but won't display properly in profile.

2. A couple pipes won't display at all! Don't understand that one at all. They're connected to the structures, they're being drawn in the profile, and yet they don't display.

Any ideas on these issues?

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

This sounds like an issue with your alignments perhaps.

1.  The pipe that is located 5' to the right of the structures it runs between, does this pipe have multiple alignments that it may be referencing?  Check the pipe network properties to make sure it is referencing the correct alignment for the particular pipe run.

2.  I would suggest doing the same for the pipe runs that wont show at all.

Another possible issue could be the layers you have your pipe style set on, are these particular pipe run within your network set to the same layer of your pipe style when you created it?  If they are set to different layers, the pipe style your are utilizing may be using a layer that is turned off or frozen in your profile view.

I hope this helps, please keep me posted if you find a solution, thanks!

[andrew.robinson4HZXU]

I checked the pipes, unless I'm missing something, they're linked to the proper alignment.

There are 7 pipes in this profile. 4 are fine, spot on perfect, 1 is shifted, and 2 are complete no-shows. They all have the correct alignment, all use the same pipe style, and all the associated layers are on. I can't find where there's any difference among the pipes that would explain their discrepancies.

[cwr-pae]

Can you post the drawing?

[andrew.robinson4HZXU]

I can try. It's a big file. Here goes.

[cwr-pae]

Need some idea of which pipes or a trimmed down drawing that shows just the problem pipes and associated profiles, alignments and adjacent structures and pipes.

[Simon_Blain]

Are you trying to show crossing pipe VS alignment or the «crossing pipe» inside the manhole ?

[andrew.robinson4HZXU]

The pipes I'm trying to show are the drainage pipes that are crossing the profile, so we can determine if there are any conflicts with the sanitary system.

The profile I was working on was the 100+00 profile (at the top), and the pipes in question are:

DP-2, Pipe-87, 100, 101, 126, 132.

Hope that helps. Sorry, but I can't take the time to strip the drawing down. I'm at the office and they frown on what they consider wasted time.

[cwr-pae · Accepted solution]

I looked at the profile view properties and all of the pipes you listed were set to off. Your catch basin structures locations are off not the pipes. Offsets in structures don't rotate in profile views if displayed as outlines, I changed the style "WE - STORM" to display as solid in profile and it draws properly with the pipes in the right place.  Attached the changes in 2018 format, hope you can take a look.

If the bosses consider taking time to find solutions to problems  as wasting time ... wow!

[Joe-Bouza]

Crossing pipe only draw if they cross the alignment. do they?

[andrew.robinson4HZXU]

Yes, in that base file I had given up trying to get the pipes to draw and turned them off, and just drew them as exaggerated ovals. They're on now and I changed the structure style like you said to. They look better, thanks! I didn't download your revised drawing. Sorry, but we have 2017, and the company has a strict policy of never accepting files from an unknown source. I could lose my job for doing that. No insult intended, but I just can't take the chance.

Again, many thanks for your help!