Long Section Properties dialog

This dialog allows you to:

change the way in which a long section is displayed in the Long Section window
edit attributes including colours and fonts

The dialog is opened in one of the following ways:

by selecting Long section | Properties (the Long Section window must already be open and selected)
by right-clicking the Long Section window and selecting Properties

Content tab

This tab allows you to change the way in which a long section is displayed in the Long Section window.

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Item

Description

Vertical Scaling

You can set manual vertical scale limits for the Long Section View or allow InfoWorks WS Pro to manage the view scaling itself. You can set options for use with automatic scaling.

Auto Scale	Select this option to enable automatic scaling, then check one or more of the following: Re-scale on zoom and scroll - adjust the scales to display the currently visible data at the largest possible scale. Include Results - adjust the y-axis scale to include display of simulation results. Include Ground Level - adjust the y-axis scale to include display of ground level. Include Pressure Rating - adjust the y-axis scale to include display of pressure rating envelope, with base level of pipe elevation and height equal to Pressure Rating specified for the pipe.
Manual Limits	Select this option if you want to set your own height limits for the data displayed on the view. In the Upper and Lower boxes, you enter the height above datum for the top and bottom of the display.
Pipe Exaggeration	Default is 1. Valid values are 0.01 to 100. Adjusts the scale of the pipes on the long section relative to the other dimensions depicted. As you increase the value above 1, the pipes become more obvious.
Relative Pipe Exaggeration	If checked, the degree of pipe exaggeration will change depending on the zoom level.

Long Labels

Show Link	Shows link labels at the bottom of the Long Section window.
Show Node	Shows node labels at the bottom of the Long Section window.
Setup	Displays the Network Label Field Settings dialog, which you can use to change the data that is shown on labels.

Show Strip Plan

Shows the simple plan, running along the top of the display. The strip-plan identifies the relative position of nodes along the section.

Show pressure rating

Shows the pressure rating of pipes. With the box checked, the pressure rating will shown as a single red line.

Show Ground Model

Shows the line representing heights from the currently loaded ground model.

Show Min/Max HGL lines

Shows the minimum/maximum hydraulic grade lines (for example, the minimum and maximum head during the simulation). These are two lines that show the minimum and maximum head/pressure.

Show Highest Property

Shows the line representing the highest property.

Layout tab

This tab allows attributes including colours and fonts to be edited.

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Option	Description
Colours	Link line colour - colour of lines displaying links Link fill colour - link fill colour Ground line colour - colour of line displaying ground level determined from connected node ground level values Ground fill colour - colour of fill beneath ground line Ground model colour - colour of line displaying ground level determined from currently loaded ground model Highest property colour - colour of the highest property line (if shown) HGL colour - HGL colour of the base result Min HGL colour - minimum HGL colour of the base result Max HGL colour - maximum HGL colour of the base result Alt HGL colour - HGL colour of the alternate result Min Alt HGL colour - minimum HGL colour of the alternate result Mas Alt HGL colour - maximum HGL colour of the alternate result
Use 3D effect	Applies a visual 3D effect to pipes.
Show horizontal gridlines	Displays dashed horizontal lines for each tick mark.
Axis font	This section allows customisation of the axis labels font on the Long Section window. The attributes that can be edited are: Typeface Text size
Grid font	This section allows customisation of the grid labels font in the Long Section window. The grid labels are displayed at the bottom of the window. By default, the labels display the IDs of the objects contained in the long section. See Content tab to learn how to change the data shown on the labels. The attributes that can be edited are: Typeface Text size Text background- can be set to: None - no background applied Flag - every grid data will have a background corresponding to the object's flag User - enables the Text Background Colour palette to allow you to choose a colour. In this case, the whole grid will have the selected colour as the background throughout the grid. Text background colour - enabled only if Text background is set to User
Reference font	This section allows customisation of the autolabels displayed on the Long Section window. The attributes that can be edited are: Typeface Text Size The autolabels are usually in the form of vertical text indicating the node IDs.

Buttons on the dialog

Button	Description
Load	Displays the Load Network Editor Properties dialog, which is used to load a previously saved set of section window settings.
Save	Displays the Network Editing Properties - Save Options dialog which is used to save the current section window settings.
OK	Closes the dialog and applies changes to the Long Section window.
Cancel	Closes the dialog and does not apply any changes to the Long Section window.
Apply	Applies changes to the Long Section window without closing the dialog.

Long sections

Long Section window

Long Section window toolbar

Network Editing Properties - Save Options dialog

Load Network Editor Properties dialog

Thematic Key window