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Create a gravity network from objects

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Create a gravity network from objects

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- [Lecturer] Now that you have an idea what pipe networks are all about, let's create a few. We'll begin by creating pipe networks using objects in the drawing. If I zoom in on my left viewport, you'll see a green polyline that's been provided for you, representing where we'd like the sanitary sewer to be for this project. So you can imagine in a real design scenario, someone coming in and just sketching the pathway of the sanitary with a polyline. Now we want to convert that polyline into an actual pipe network. The way we'll do that is we'll click the Pipes dropdown, and then Create Pipe Network from Object. I'll select the green polyline, and I want to pay attention to the black arrow that appears on the polyline. That tells me the implied flow direction of the pipe network. If it's flowing to the southeast or in the same direction as the stationing of Jordan Court, that's good. You can see that mine is, so I'll click OK. If yours happens to be pointing to the northwest, then just…

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