GeoPlan Themes
Themes allow you to display a particular parameter graphically on the GeoPlan Window.
GeoPlan themes are accessed by right-clicking on the GeoPlan and selecting Properties & Themes. This displays the GeoPlan Properties dialog, opened on the Layers and Themes page.
Themes and contour plots of many different types of data can be displayed on the GeoPlan Window. The chosen parameters can be a static network parameter with a fixed display or a results parameter during a replay of a simulation. For time varying results parameters, the display will be continually updated during the course of the replay.
It is also possible to display SQL expressions by themes, which can be used for viewing differences in results between two simulations.
You can set up themes for any node, link, subcatchment or polygon parameter. Contour plots of mapping data from a ground model can also be displayed.
See the Managing Themes and GeoPlan Properties - Layers and Themes page topics for details on how to create, edit, delete or save themes.
The Thematic Key Window displays details about the current theme and contour settings, as well as other network display settings. This window can be docked at the side of the InfoWorks ICM Main Window, in the same way as the Explorer Window. Therefore it can remain visible at all times while you are working in InfoWorks ICM.
The display of theme keys in the Thematic Key Window is controlled by settings in:
- the GeoPlan Properties - Visual page (where settings can be made for several themes at once) or
- the Sub Theme Editor Pane of the Layer Theme Editor (where settings can be made for the specific theme being displayed).
For more details, see Thematic Key Window.
Available GeoPlan themes
Available themes can be divided into four groups. These groups contain object layers/network objects sharing the same theme attributes.
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Theme |
Description |
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Point / Node |
Display the value of a parameter using the size and colour of the point / node symbol. Circles are also available. Valid for the following object layers - node, and for InfoWorks networks only, 2D point source, and 2D result point. During replays of a simulation, flooding at a node can be indicated on the GeoPlan Window by a number of flooding circles. |
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Display the value of a parameter using the size, colour, line colour, style and width of the object symbol. Arrows are also available for most of these themes. Valid for the following object layers in an InfoWorks network - conduit, bank line, culvert inlet, culvert outlet, flap valve, flume, orifice, pump, screen, siphon, sluice, user control, weir, irregular weir, pruned link, channel, general line, base linear structure, sluice linear structure, porous wall, 2D boundary, cross section line, 2D line source, results section. Valid for the following object layers in a SWMM network - conduit, orifice, pump, weir, general line, porous wall, 2D boundary,and outlet. During a simulation, the flow or velocity in a link can be indicated on the GeoPlan Window or Long Section Window by a number of arrows. 
Note
Theme settings for bridge sections, river sections and river banks are available in the Elements tab of the GeoPlan Properties Dialog. Please refer to GeoPlan Properties - Elements Page for further details. |
| Polygon |
Display the value of a parameter using the size, colour, line colour, style, width, fill colour and type of the object symbol. Valid for the following object layers - polygon, porous polygon, subcatchment, 2D zone, mesh polygon and roughness zone, and for InfoWorks networks only, 2D IC zone, Results polygon, bridge, river reach, storage area.
Note
Theme settings for bridge sections, river sections and river banks are available in the Elements tab of the GeoPlan Properties Dialog. Please refer to GeoPlan Properties - Elements Page for further details. Two additional themes that can be used to monitor changes in values during a simulation replay, are provided by default for 2D zones :
Please refer to the Special themes for 2D Zones section of the Layer Theme Editor topic for further details on these two themes. |
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Contour |
Display the value of a parameter using the colour and fill of an object attribute. Valid for the following object layers : ground model
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Theme defaults
Current themes can be saved as Defaults for the current network or for all networks of the same type.
The settings you have made on the GeoPlan Properties dialog or the Layer Theme Editor (accessible via the Edit button in the Theme column of the Layers and Themes page of the GeoPlan Properties dialog) will become the default settings respectively for the same network or for future GeoPlan Windows.
Both options are available from the GeoPlan Properties dialog- Layers and Themes page.
See the Reverting to GeoPlan Properties and Theme factory settings section of the Managing Themes topic for detailed information.
The settings you have made on the GeoPlan Properties dialog or the Layer Theme Editor (accessible via the Edit button in the Theme column of the Layers and Themes page of the GeoPlan Properties dialog) will become the default settings for future GeoPlan Windows. Use the Save as default theme for all networks button with care.
