Innerducts

Command: Innerducts
Menu path: Conduit > Innerducts
Icons: projektovane_pe16.png  projektovane_pe32.png
Functional description: The command lays down an innerduct with the property "designed", along user defined path.
 


Innerducts laying is a procedure whereby innerduct path is defined by selecting route-points,
and the program generates the innerducts by accepting the defined path.
The path is defined by the selected points connected along the shortest possible path.

A precondition for innerducts laying is to have trench routes in the site plan (other TeleCAD-GIS objects are not required).
Innerducts are drawn along the routes in the site plan drawing.
Innerduct drawn in this manner has the following properties:

  • Duct type: Innerducts
  • Duct Bank Status: Designed
  • Number of rows and columns of innerduct: 0 (user is expected to enter the value for these attributes)

Other features either need to be entered subsequently or defined through the system settings.
All the attributes can be changed later through the Properties window.


Laying procedure

From the main menu run  Conduit > Innerducts command.
The command is now active. The cursor is displayed in a form of plus sign (“+”) with a message next to it instructing you to Select route-point (Figure 1).

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Figure 1

By left-clicking on the route-point or on the manhole symbol outline, select the point (Figure 2).
By left-clicking select the center of the manhole (this is the insertion point of the manhole symbol and it is supposed to be located on a route-point).

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Figure 2

After clicking, the first selected point is marked with the "X" sign,
and the program instructs you to indicate the next point.
By clicking on the next point, a new "X" sign appears (Figure 3).

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Figure 3

The path joining the selected points (marked with “X”) is the path along which the innerducts will be generated.
Number of points for defining the path is not limited.

End the command by right-clicking or pressing the ENTER key.
Innerducts are generated with an corresponding label (Figure 4).

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Figure 4


Properties


TCG global properties:

  • TCG Object Identifier - (identification number)
  • Note - (write the note that refers to the selected innerducts)
  • Owner - (owner of the infrastructure)
  • User - (user of the infrastructure)

Conduit:

  • Type - Innerduct
  • Duct Type - (default type, defined in the system settings)
  • Ducts Diameter  - (default diameter, defined in the system settings)
  • Number of duct rows - (initially 0, user is expected to set the value)
  • Number of duct columns  - (initially 0, user is expected to set the value)
  • Ducts Distance   - (default distance, defined in the system settings)
  • Duct Bank Status - Designed
  • Year built - (current year)
  • Duct Bank Area ID

Duct Bank Length

  • Trench Length - length obtained from the drawing
  • Correction factor - 0.0
  • Total length - same as the trench length (correction factor is 0)
  • Fixed length - 0.0 (i.e. not entered)

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Figure 5

The properties of the newly created innerducts can be changed through the Properties window (Figure 5).

Entering and changing properties through the Properties window is the same for all types of duct bank including innerducts,
and they are explained on Duct Bank Properties page.

 

Additional information on the principles of linear infrastructure laying in TeleCAD-GIS
are on Laying Linear Infrastructure page.