Network Menu

The following options are available:

Menu item

Description

Version control

Contains menu items that enable management of version controlled items. More...

Menu Item	Description
Update (get changes made by others)	Updates the current network with any changes committed by other users to the master database. If conflicts occur a warning message will be displayed. See Getting Other Users Changes for more information. Toolbar: File
Commit changes (save to master)	Enables changes made in the current network to be copied to the master database. The network will be updated with any changes made by other users. Any conflicts must be resolved before changes can be committed. See Committing Your Changes for more information. Toolbar: File
Revert changes	Enables all changes made since changes were last committed to the master database to be discarded. See Undoing Your Own Changes for more information. Toolbar: File
Resolve commit conflicts	Enables conflicts between changes made to the network and changes committed by other users to be viewed and resolved. See Resolving Conflicts for more information. Toolbar: None
Show commit history	Displays the Commit History dialog. Toolbar: None
Compare	Enables comparison of a network with another network, or with an earlier version of the same network. See Comparing Version Controlled Items for more information. Toolbar: None

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan is the currently active window.

Scenarios

Contains menu items that enable scenarios to be created and managed. See Scenarios and Scenarios Toolbar topics for details. More...

Menu Item	Description
Create Scenario	Creates a new scenario. Selecting this option displays the Create New Scenario dialog, where the name of the new scenario can be entered and where it can be specified if it is to be copied from the base network or an existing scenario. Toolbar: Scenarios
Delete Scenario	Deletes the current scenario. The user will be prompted for confirmation. This option is not available if the base network is the current scenario. Toolbar: Scenarios
Rename Scenario	Renames the current scenario. Selecting this option launches the Rename Scenario Dialog, which allows the user to enter a new name for the scenario. This option is not available if the base network is the current scenario. Toolbar: Scenarios
Manage Scenarios	Manages scenarios. Selecting this option displays the Manage Scenarios Dialog. A large variety of tasks can be performed on scenarios from this dialog (creating a new scenario, deleting the selected scenario, merging scenarios, making a scenario as the base network). Toolbar: Scenarios
Excluded objects grid	Displays a grid of excluded objects. Excluded objects are objects that are present in the base network but not in the current scenario. These objects are shown in light grey in the GeoPlan view of the scenario and their properties can be seen in this grid. The grid is organised in tabs to accommodate for each object type. Toolbar: Scenarios
Restore selected excluded objects	Restores a selection of excluded objects. Selecting this option restores the selection of excluded objects in the current scenario. The user is prompted to confirm the restore action. This option is not available if the base network is the current scenario. Toolbar: Scenarios
Restore excluded objects	Restores excluded objects. Selecting this option restores ALL the excluded objects in the current scenario. The user is prompted to confirm the restore action. This option is not available if the base network is the current scenario. Toolbar: Scenarios

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan or network Grid Window is the currently active window.

User defined defaults

Contains menu items that enable a number of network object default values to be edited. These defaults are applied if the #D (default) flag is set for any of the defined data fields. See User Defined Defaults for more details. More...

Applicable to InfoWorks networks only.

Validate network

Allows checking of the network for missing values, errors and inconsistencies. See Validating Networks for details. More...

Results replay

Contains submenu items allowing control of simulation replay. More...

Submenu Item	Description
Rewind	Jump to the start of the simulation. If a replay is running it will continue from the start of the simulation Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: None
Backstep	Step back in time through the simulation Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+F5
Pause	Pause the replay. Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+F6
Single Step	Step forward in time through the simulation Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+F7
Play	Play a replay of the results of the simulation. Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+F8
Record	Start the process of recording a simulation replay as an AVI video file. See Recording a Replay as an AVI File for more information. Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+F9
Loop	Play a replay of the simulation results in continuous repeat mode. Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: None
Fast Forward	Jump to the end of the simulation Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: None
Replay Options	Used to set replay options for simulation results. Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: None
Show maxima	Display maximum results values Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: None
Clear Results	Clear the results currently displayed Toolbar: Replay Keyboard Shortcut: None

Availability: Whenever a simulation or simulation grid window is the currently active window.

Results analysis

Contains menu items that enable saving of Results Analysis Objects to a Results Analysis list and clearing of currently displayed Results Analysis objects from the GeoPlan Window. More...

Applicable to InfoWorks networks only

Import

Contains menu items that enable import of network data from external data sources. More...

Menu Item

Description

Snapshot file

Enables import of network data from a InfoWorks ICM snapshot file.

See Importing from Snapshot File for more information.

Open Data Import Centre

Enables import of network object data from external data sources.

See Open Data Import Centre for more information.

Update from AutoCAD DWG file

Enables import of network objects from AutoCAD DWG files. See Importing from AutoCAD DWG for more details.

Applicable to InfoWorks networks only

Update from CSV files

Enables import and update of network data from CSV files. See Importing from CSV Files for more details.

Applicable to InfoWorks networks only.

Update from collection network

Enables import and update of network data from an InfoAsset Manager collection network. See Importing from an InfoAsset Manager Collection Network for more details.

Model

Contains menu items that allow network data to be imported from other modelling packages.

The following options are available for InfoWorks networks:

Model import option	Description
from InfoDrainage data	Import InfoDrainage data from IDDX files. See Importing InfoDrainage Data for further information.
from MicroDrainage data	Import MicroDrainage data from MDX files. See Importing MicroDrainage Data for further information.
from XPRAFTS XPX file	Import XPRAFTS network data from an XPX file. See Importing XPRAFTS Data for further information.
from HEC-RAS network data	Import HEC-RAS data from a HEC-RAS geometry file. See Importing HEC-RAS Geometry Files for details.
from MOUSE text file	Import network data from a MOUSE text file. See Importing MOUSE Network Data for details.
from MOUSE PFS file	Import network data from a MOUSE pfs file. See Importing MOUSE Network Data for details.
from SWMM4 text file	Import network data from a SWMM4 text file. See Importing SWMM4 Network Data for details.
from SWMM5 text file	Import network data from a SWMM5 text file. See Importing SWMM5 Network Data for details.
from SOBEK network data	Import network data from a SOBEK lit file. See Importing SOBEK Network Data for details.
from EACSD network data	Import network data from an EACSD format text file. See Importing from EACSD Format Files for details.
from TUFLOW network data	Import network data from a MIF format file. See Importing TUFLOW Network Data for details.
from HYDX network data	Import network data from HYDX csv files. See Importing HYDX Network Data for details.
from SWMM network	Import network data from a SWMM network See Importing Data from a SWMM Network to an InfoWorks Network for details.
from XPSWMM/XPStorm	Import network data from XPSWMM/XPStorm xps files. See Importing XPSWMM/XPStorm Network Data to InfoWorks Networks for details.

The following options are available for SWMM networks:

Model import option	Description
from SWMM5 text file	Import network data from a SWMM5 text file. See Importing SWMM5 Network Data to SWMM Networks for details.
from LandXML	Import network data from a LandXML xml file. See Importing LandXML Network Data to SWMM Networks for details.
from XPSWMM/XPStorm	Import network data from XPSWMM/XPStorm xps files. See Importing XPSWMM/XPStorm Network Data to SWMM Networks for details.
from InfoWorks network	Import network data from an InfoWorks network See Importing Data from an InfoWorks Network to a SWMM Network for details.
from InfoSWMM	Import network data from an InfoSWMM network See Importing InfoSWMM Data to SWMM Networks for details.

RTC data

Enables import and update of network data from a InfoWorks ICM .rtc file.

See Real Time Control for details.

Applicable to InfoWorks networks only.

Event data into time series database

Enables import of event data into a time series database object.

See Import event data to time series database dialog for more information.

Currently unavailable for SWMM networks.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan is the currently active window.

Export

Contains menu items that enable export of network data to external data files. More...

Menu Item	Description
to Snapshot file	Enables the network or a selection to be exported to a InfoWorks ICM snapshot file. See Export to Snapshot File for more information.
to CSV files	Enables export of the network to a selection to CSV files. See Export to CSV Files for more information.
to Geodatabase	Enables export of the network to ESRI ArcMap Geodatabase format. See Export to GIS File Format for more information.
to MIF files	Enables export of the network to MapInfo (.MIF) file format. See Export to GIS File Format for more information.
to SHP files	Enables export of the network to ESRI Shapefile (.SHP) file format. See Export to GIS File Format for more information.
to TAB files	Enables export of the network to MapInfo (.TAB) file format. See Export to GIS File Format for more information.
to SWMM5 files	Enables export of the network to SWMM5 file format. See SWMM5 Network Export from an InfoWorks Network and SWMM5 Network Export from a SWMM Network for further information.
to HEC-RAS files	Enables export of the network to HEC-RAS file format. See HEC-RAS Network Export for more information. Applicable to InfoWorks networks only
RTC data	Enables export of Real Time Control data to .rtc file format. See Real Time Control for more information. Applicable to InfoWorks networks only.
using Open Data Export Centre	Enables the export of network data to external data sources. See Open Data Export Centre for more information.

Availability: Whenever a GeoPlan is the currently active window.

Run add-on

Used to select a menu item, which is associated with a Ruby script file, that is to be run as an add-on. See Running Add-ons for further information. More...

Run Ruby script

Used to select a Ruby script file to be run. Displays a Windows Open dialog from which a file can be selected. More...

Recent scripts

Allows selection of a ruby script from a list of previously run scripts. More...

List all hyperlinks

Displays a list of all hyperlinks attached to objects in the currently active network. The list can be used to access the hyperlinked information. More...

Applicable to InfoWorks networks only.

Clear ground model

Clear the Ground Model loaded onto the current GeoPlan View. No changes will be made to the Ground Model itself. See Loading a Ground Model on the GeoPlan for more details. More...

Overview

Displays a summary of the objects in the network and some additional information about selected parameters. See Network Summary for more details. More...

Name generation

Used to set options for automatic generation of Node IDs and, for SWMM networks only, Link IDs based on coordinates or on a user defined pattern.

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Background network

Displays the Background Network Dialog. The dialog allows selection of a network to be displayed in the GeoPlan Window as a background layer in conjunction with the currently displayed network. More...

Scenarios

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