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1. Line width p A r Map Into Map Properties oles Pies E se lee The pressure map can be created using the zone een ve oe pressure limits or custom limits may be specified on Max 23 09 m the dialog Custom limits could be used to show Number of emitters 15792 the range within a smaller tolerance if required e g ee o 14m 20m as seen below in the Tape Block image C Use zone pressure limits f Use custom pressure limita Me Individual markers on connected spraylines Pa E Individual circular fills can be placed at the location do of each emitter by enabling the check box as Individual markers on connected spraylines below in the Spray Block image This can cause slow redrawing at higher numbers of emitters Lance uncheck the Individual markers on connected spraylines check box Tape Block Spray Block The pressure map symbol is colour coded as follows Emitter pressure is below the minimum allowable pressure Emitter pressure is within 10 of the lower pressure limit Emitter pressure is within the allowable pressure range Emitter pressure is within 10 of the higher pressure limit Emitter pressure is above the maximum allowable pressure Note The pressure map can only be shown for one zone at a time 4 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 1 5 Control Valve Selection and Specification Improvements 1 1 5 1 SELECTING CONTROL VALVES
2. By Layer Line Type 0 SOLID z Irricad a Line Width 1 x WARNING INPT 57 Name Areano 4 Create irrigated area From selected items Set Arc Orientation Using Area Inigation Parameters Max Intensity 0 mmh Required Quantity of Water C Specify by Yolume f D e Specify by Depth D Cancel Continue 1 2 3 16 ZONE PRESSURE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM When creating Min Max pressure labels for selected valves labels for other valves are no longer cleared Note that any existing labels for the selected valves are also not cleared and need to be deleted manually before operating the tool 1 2 3 17 OBJECT SCOPE FLAG A scope flag has been added to many hydraulic items This allows for BOM only items which are included in BOM Costing reports but not included in hydraulic design The user may also specify Design Only items which are treated normally in the design process but do not feature in the BOM Costing reports can be used to specify existing irrigation equipment Added the ability to globally change scope Design BOM etc for all hydraulic items at one time To do this select the items required and then use the Change tool not Change Type and adjust the Scope field Note that objects that do not have scope drawing items junctions etc are unaffected by changes to this field Zone Pipe Drawing Properties Layer lt DEFAULT gt Line Width ka Pipe Properties lem C
3. PPP oe Ee No of contour levels f A O O a O O a tpt ayy 1 Meman P a Pt atyy NO i f O aae a a D E O E liaty Me E h I I 1 4 4 1 x j i raped ak a a KO M a a7 F port a E OS J A O O O O a O G O S e Oa r f I 1 1 l n I 1 i E 1 yy Cs F J I 1 1 3 fF fF bt be to yo 4 i a a F 1 a 4 J I ae eee ee ee Te ns z d l K ba py bette ge a a assa F fi i i i I J re 1 Laer 4 af i X i j Eana yya es a e a S w r F F l n a a O O S O S te hb SM a 1 t 1 1 2 1 CONTOUR PROPERTIES Contour Interval The elevation difference between contours Minimum Elevation the minimum elevation based on the exiting spot height elevations Maximum Elevation the maximum elevation based on the exiting spot height elevations No of Contour Levels Based on the contour interval and the range of elevation the number of contours to be produced will be calculated Note Calculated contours are for display purposes only and their elevations cannot be edited They are classed as secondary sources of elevation data and do not form inputs to the elevation interpolation functions 1 1 3 DEM Improvements The DEM Digital Elevation Model used by Irricad has been greatly improved with the implementation of an ABOS system Approximation Based On Smoothing The ABOS method is much faster than the old AEI method and is much better at representing likely topography especially when based on a low number of height points It does not show the artefacts som
4. 1 2 1 2 DWG SETTINGS TAB Import Settings Base Import Unit Selects the unit of measurement in which the AutoCAD drawing was created This is the same setting as the Imported unit in Settings Units Xref Conversion Set this as Keep as DWG Symbol Conversion Scale Placement Specifies that during AutoCAD import export when converting to a unit other than inches the current placement scale is used and the symbol definition remains unchanged This is the default setting Scale Symbol Specifies that during AutoCAD import export when converting to a unit other than inches the symbol definition is scaled and the placement is left at 1 1 Ignore Font Map When checked current font mapping in DWG Font tabs is overridden All fonts are mapped to the existing fonts of the same name If the font of the same name does not exist IRRICAD will map the font to the default font Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 17 Default Import Font During import specifies the font name to be used when no mapping exists for a font Export Settings Base Export Unit Selects the unit of measurement in which the AutoCAD drawing was created This is the same setting as the Imported unit in Settings Units Export to Autocad Version Selects whether an exported DWG is saved in R12 R13 R14 or R2000 R2002 R2004 2006 or R2007 2009 Ignore Font Map When checked current font mapping in DWG Font tabs is over
5. CSV File Section 2 4 1 1 for importing tips and instructions 1 2 2 21 TRIM ELEVATIONS A Trim Elevations tool has been added to the Tools menu 1 2 2 22 NEW Copy TOOLS Mirror and Offset copy tools have been added to the Joo s Copy menu All Copy tools have been enabled for use with hydraulic objects 1 2 2 23 MULTIPLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS Designs with multiple but separate water supplies can now be fully analyzed and LP Design used where appropriate directly It is no longer necessary to join the separate systems with notional pipes When the systems are completely separate no pressure or flow information needs to be entered However if more than one water supply is feeding the same system at least the pressures need to be entered as before 1 2 2 24 NEW TOOLS Trim and Extend are now available as are Move to Front and Move to Back Z Order tools 1 2 2 25 BACK UP FOLDER SPECIFICATION The location of the Backup folder can now be specified in Settings Miscellaneous 1 2 3 In Pro Version 9 5 1 2 3 1 DONGLE SERIAL NUMBER The serial number of the Irricad dongle is now displayed in the program title 38 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 3 2 INSERT OLE CHANGES Bitmap data on the clipboard can now to be inserted pasted into Irricad This enables copy and paste of HGL charts 1 2 3 3 BLOCK PIPE STUBS The pipe stub functionality of irrigation block entities has been extended The block now sup
6. File Name dialog box For ease of finding images Recent Folders can be selected for browsing Image Settings Image Settings Lock Aspect Ratio when placing an image Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Show Image as Grayscale Display a border around the Image Display Image Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 21 Each image has the following individual settings Embed Image Image Path Relative Path Lock Aspect Ratio Rotation Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Show Image as Grayscale Display a border around the image Display Image Embeds saves the image directly into the design A link to the image file is inserted into the design rather than embedding the entire image When Use relative path is checked the link i e folder path will be relative to the location of the IRRICAD design This feature is very useful if the design is shifted to another computer drive or folder As long as the image file is located in the same place relatively then the link will be intact and the image displayed Note that all images are inserted using a Relative Path if possible Relative paths cannot be used if the design has not been saved or if the image is on a different drive to the design In these cases the absolute path is used instead If this item is checked the image rectangle will be constrained to the aspect ratio height width of the original image dur
7. Irrigation Block Drawing Properties Layer lt DEFAULT gt l Colour E C By Layer Line Type 0 SOLID Line Width 1 v Create Manifolds Scope Pipe Properties Pipe PYC Pipe 32mm Class 6 m Depth fo mm Manifold Properties Max Laterals Per Manifold 2 C No of Manifolds C No of Manifolds Even Flow o4 Flushing CF v Ed E ooo Depth booo mm kz Assemblies Per Manifold fi Position Downstream Stub Length fo m L terals_ Block Flushing area coca 1 2 3 6 LABEL ROUNDING amp ROLL LENGTHS It is now possible to round numeric values in labels to a nearest value New keywords ROLLS and ROLLS3D cf LENGTH and LENGTH3D have also been added such that pipe lengths can be displayed as a number of rolls based on the roll length of the pipe type in the database see the Pipe Fitting Matching Table 1 2 3 7 HYDRAULIC GRADELINE After a design is completed it is now possible to view the hydraulic gradeline HGL of mainline pipes as well as zone pipes and tapes The tool can be accessed from the Reports menu Mainline Gradelines The HGL tool cannot automatically determine which mainline path to analyze The user must therefore select the mainline pipes to be included before invoking the tool k Hydraulic Gradeline oE Ej amp a m 5 E x Save Print Legend Elevation Limits Pipe Colours Exit System Flows F Show All V System flow 1 M Syste
8. Min Flow Max Flow Zone Flow mh im hh m gt Areano 1 20 mm Gate Valve 00 5 00 79 91 Area no 2 PO mm Gate Valve 0 00 5 00 mh i 5 54 z 0 00 90 00 mn 2 00 90 00 mn 2 00 90 00 mn 2 00 90 00 An 2 00 90 00 mn oro 216 3 Elec PrReg Angle Valve 13 00 80 00 mh Zone Hame Valve Type f List suitable valves List all valves Ok Cancel List suitable valves Only valves which have flow ranges appropriate for the zone flow will be listed as well as the currently selected valve List all valves All valves enabled in the database will be listed 1 1 6 Pipe Reduction Symbols Pipe reduction symbols can be automatically placed on the design to show the location and direction of changes in pipe size To place the symbols on the plan 1 Select Draw Pipe Reductions 2 Select the type of item or items to be labelled with pipe reduction symbols 3 Click the OK button The items which are labeled with pipe reduction symbols can also be controlled by using Select tools Both pipe sizes need to be selected for the smaller pipe to be labelled with the pipe reduction symbol Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 5 If no items are selected then all items of the types specified in the Tool Options will be labeled i e this is equivalent to a Select All Pipe Reduction Symbols Drawing Properties Layer DEFAULT Color f g Symbol Name FipeR eduction Y Symbo
9. New Visual CADD Engine 45 O Object Info 42 Object Scope Flag 43 P Pipe Legend 53 Plot Templates Keywords Added 46 Q Queries 11 R Recent Files 44 Re interpolate Elevations 51 Reload Query 11 Remove Nozzle database button 11 Report Templates 37 Reports 43 Reports Viewer 51 Rotate tool 30 Rotate Tool Improvements 30 Running Snaps Changes 46 S Save Query 11 Saving To Previous Versions of IRRICAD 37 Scale Image Tool 23 Select Tool 41 Selecting Control Valves 5 Selection 53 Settings units 13 Snaps 42 Snaps Changes 46 Status Bar 41 56 e Index Status bar Info Panel 37 Subdivision Tool 48 Supplementary Character set 13 symbol Colors 38 Symbol Preview 29 T Tape and Spray Irrigation Blocks 45 Text Dialog Improvements 33 Tools Menu 13 Trim Elevations 38 U Unconnected Spray Block Entity 36 Undo Vertex 47 53 Uniformity 44 Unit settings 13 User Attributes and User Keyword 35 V Valve Connector Tool 47 Valve Specification Summary 5 W Warehouse Code 32 Characters Allowed 6 Watermarking 31 What s New in the File Menu 7 Window arrange icons 12 cascade 12 tile 12 Window Options 12 Z Zone Design Configuration 37 Zone Pressure Limits now Editable 38 Zone Pressure Minimum and Maximum 43 51 Zone Reports 51 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11
10. Right languages or East Asian languages to display correctly in the grid views For more information see the section entitled Language Compatibility 1 1 8 9 CHANGES TO THE HELP MENU The Help menu no longer contains the Setup Options These can now be found in Tools Options 1 1 9 Language Compatibility Pro Version 11 has added support for the supplementary character set which enables IRRICAD to display fonts from other language sets This in conjunction with the Windows Language for Non Unicode Programs setting found in Control Panel Regional and Language Options Advanced tab enables non western character sets to be displayed correctly 1 Ensure the Control Panel Regional and Language Options Advanced tab has the required Language for non unicode programs selected 2 In Settings Miscellaneous select the matching language from the Supplementary character set dropdown Note this setting is not design specific and will be retained between designs Miscellaneous Debug Object Info i Hydraulic Object Info Supplementary character set Chinese Simplified Mw Automatic Backup Every i z minutes Remove backup files older than 7 days Backup Folder C Program Files WOE SoftwareIRRICGD Pro 11KBackup s pe In some cases you may not need to set the above settings as in the case of having a Windows Operating System in your language Note As Visual Cadd only has western fonts use Truetype fonts in IR
11. Save AS Save Copy as yr Import Import Contours Import Image Export Export PDF File Export Image File Repair Compress Convert Merge Print Ctrl F Direct Plot Reports Print Setup 1 EsWinicadt Untitled des 2 Ewinicadt Untitled vcd Exit 1 2 2 12 STATUS BAR INFO PANEL Added the z coord to the Info panel This displays the elevation calculated from the DEM at the current mouse position If the DEM has not been created then No Elevation is displayed 1 2 2 13 ZONE DESIGN CONFIGURATION Improvements have been made to the sizing of the Zone Design Configuration dialog it can now be dragged to a larger size In addition the space bar can now be used to toggle check boxes The minimum maximum emitter pressures from the zone design configuration dialog are now copied to the clipboard as two tab separated numbers This means that when values from the table are pasted into Excel separate columns will be created for each of these values 1 2 2 14 DESIGN PARAMETERS In Design Parameters the last visited tab is now remembered 1 2 2 15 REPORT TEMPLATES Added the ability to create report templates that save directly to a file this is accomplished by adding keywords to the Report Options in the report template editor Possible keywords are CSV Excel comma separated values TSV Tab separated values TXT standard text file XML text file where all leading an
12. Tape Irrigation Blocks or Spray Irrigation Blocks from the Zone menu Note that you may need to add these to your Toolbar by selecting the View Toolbars menu item on the Commands tab select Hydraulic Tools and then dragging the button onto the desired toolbar Most of the items on this dialogs are self explanatory The fields on the Lateral tab have exactly the same function as those on the Tape Block or Sprayline Block tool dialogs Similarly those on the Area tab are identical to those on the rrigation Area tool dialog Any line can be used when specifying the submain direction i e not just block boundaries See the Tool and Command Reference or User Manual for more information 1 2 4 5 LABELS Added Check Label Length and Label Length Allowance fields to the Label settings tab These values were previously only available by editing the registry They are now saved for each design Now Irrigation Areas can be labeled using the Irrigation block label settings When labeling pipes with the Combine Pipes option set Zone and Mainline pipes are now considered independently This means for example that submain connected to an inline valve doesn t force multiple labels in the mainline pipes at that point Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 45 The text colour for labels can now be specified in Settings Labels Text New Keywords ROLLS ROLLS3D 2D pipe lengths as a number of rolls based on the ro
13. be activated by double clicking the group name in the top panel or selecting it and hitting lt Enter gt Groups can also be deleted by selecting and pressing delete or backspace in the top panel Layers can be removed from groups by selecting and pressing delete or backspace in the bottom panel Functions are also accessible through context menus E MAINLINE_JUNCTIONS Activate Croup Delete Group Gobo Wier Save Groups Restore Defaults IRFAICAD D Layers Groups viens e The Goto View command switches the focus to the linked view on the Views tab To create a Layer Group Turn on or off the required layers in the main tab Go to the Group tab and type in a name in the blank middle field or overwrite the name in this field and click the Add Group icon To activate a Layer Group Go to the Groups tab Double click on the Group Name or highlight then right click and select Activate Group To make changes to a Layer Group In the Visible Layers In Group section highlight the layer that you wish to remove Right click and select Remove from Group Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 25 Views Tab Layer View I e Views can be created and deleted using the edit box and buttons under the top panel Ei D e indicates an unlinked view eee e indicates a view with a linked group oh Hole 1 Sprinklers e Checking the Auto sync layer groups option will Pusey M
14. changes to the same record e g description warehouse code and supplier Cut Cuts out part of a description warehouse supplier code etc on to the clipboard to be used at a later time This function will only copy the highlighted text Copy Copies a description warehouse supplier code etc on to the clipboard to be used at a later time This function will only copy the highlighted text Paste Pastes from the clipboard after copying into the currently selected field Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 7 Copy Component and Paste Component Complete components can now be copied and pasted into the current database or other databases Multiple components can be copied and pasted in one action To copy a component s to be pasted into another open database 1 Select the component s to be copied by clicking on the grey box the left of the component name This will highlight the whole line associated with the component 2 Select Edit Copy Component 3 Open or select the required database from the Window menu 4 Place the cursor where required for the new record s in the required component group 5 Select Edit Paste Component Notes The Copy Component function differs from Copy in that it will completely copy all the fields of a component including assembly items or nozzles The copied component or groups of components will be pasted into the correct component group regardless of the curren
15. result in terms of the position and size of text 16 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 Previous Additions and Bug Fixes All additions and bug fixes for each version can be found in the Readme txt file commonly found in the C Program Files AEI Software IRRICAD Pro 11 Help folder 1 2 1 In Pro Version 10 5 1 2 1 1 AUTOCAD COMPATIBILITY Compatibility between AutoCAD and IRRICAD has been significantly improved IRRICAD now supports importation of DXF and DWG up to Autocad vR2007 2009 The settings for AutoCAD import and export can be found through Settings mport Export Settings IRRICAD can now import AutoCAD files that contain layouts note that only the model space is imported but the application will not hang if a paper space is encountered previously files had to have the layouts removed before importing AutoCAD Import Export Settings DwG Settings DWE Font Import Dwi Font Esport Color Import Color Export Import Settings Export Settings Base Import Unit Base Export Unit C Inch f Feet C Millimeter l Inch O Feet C Millimeter C Centimeter fe Meter f Centimeter fe Meter Hel conversion Symbol Conversion f Keep as DWG f Scale Placement O Convert to YCD C Scale Symbol R2007 2009 W Ignore font map keep AutoCAD font names Ignore font map keep AutoCAD font names Default Import Font Tr Arial Default Export Font TXT OF Cancel Export to AutoCAD version
16. 0 6 23 6 17 6 23 5 50 8 00 m Zone 3 F i T 3 3 6 50 6 33 6 27 6 33 5 50 8 00 I Zone 4 I I m 3 3 6 50 6 43 6 36 6 43 5 50 8 00 I Zone 6 I i C 3 3 6 50 6 63 6 57 6 63 5 50 8 00 I Zone 7 I i T 3 3 6 50 6 73 6 66 6 73 5 50 8 00 m Set Selected Unset Selected Paste Selected Cancel 1 2 4 26 ZONE PRESSURE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM A reporting function has been added that indicates the position and pressure value of the minimum and maximum pressure emitters for a zone control valve Reports Min 13 50 m Repork Settings Show Flow View Errors 3D DEM view Show Zone Pressure Limits d All Valves Hydraulic Gradeline Selected Valves Clear Markers Management Reports Zone Design Reports Mainline Design Reports Costing BOM Reports rr FTF F Miscellaneous Costs Supplier Code Multipliers Costing Reports Options Zone Design Reports Configuration Mainline Design Reports Configuration G Max 14 99 m Settings for the minimum and maximum zone pressure labels can be found in Reports Report Settings 1 2 4 27 REPORTS VIEWER Incorporated a new version of the report writing viewing engine Only minor cosmetic changes including enabling the mouse wheel in the report viewer 1 2 4 28 ZONE REPORTS A new brief tabular report has been added entitled Zone CV Table The Zone Design Summary report has been re titled Zone Design Summary Pressure Variation Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 51 A revise
17. 2 4 LABELS The current label text settings are shown in a button tooltip on the Label Settings dialog Update Labels no longer resets the position of labels that have been manually moved The new location is now retained New Keywords More comprehensive hydraulic labeling has been enabled with the introduction of several new label keywords DEPTH DEPTHUNIT HY_ELVCHG HY_ELVPCHG HY_FLOW HY_HL HY_ MAX _F HY_ MAX _HL HY_ MAX P HY_MAX_PABS HY_ MAX _V HY_MIN_F HY_MIN_HL HY_ MIN P HY_MIN_PABS HY_MIN_V HY_PRESS HY_PABS HYN_MAX_F HYN_MAX_HL HYN_MAX_P HYN_MAX_V HYN_MIN_F HYN_MIN_HL HYN_MIN_P HYN_MIN_V SCOPE VELUNIT Depth of object Unit of Depth as per Settings Units Elevation change in elevation units Elevation change in pressure units Flow Head loss Maximum flow Maximum head loss Maximum pressure Maximum absolute pressure Maximum velocity Minimum flow Minimum head loss Minimum pressure Minimum absolute pressure Minimum velocity Pressure Absolute Pressure system flow with maximum flow system flow with maximum head loss system flow with maximum pressure System flow with maximum velocity system flow with minimum flow system flow with minimum head loss system flow with minimum pressure system flow with minimum velocity Object Scope Design BOM Design Only or BOM Only Velocity unit Added new Label keywords for Irrigation Blocks Se
18. 6 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 6 0 219 985 0 5307 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 3 0 305 093 0 5188 0 a BQ C PRERE nj Query 1 gt r 4 Ep ALTER TABLE Components ALTER COLUMN Warehouse Code Text 32 E 4 gt Assembly items Query 4 Dg Ready Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 11 The Query tab is only visible if Show Query tab is checked in Tools Options The tools are available from the Query menu or short cut icons on the toolbar Query Fe Ge ES Gs Execute Query This option executes the current query the SQL code for this is shown in bottom pane of the query tab Results of the query are shown in the main grid pane of the Query tab An option is available 7oo s Options that will execute SELECT queries automatically when they are selected To execute a query 1 Choose the required query from the dropdown list on the tab 2 Select Execute Query from the menu or toolbar Save Query This saves the current query with the title as specified in the Query name combo box Note that all queries are saved in a text file Queries irg located in the main Irricad Pro folder If a query with that name already exists the user will be prompted to over write it Delete Query This option removes the current query from the query configuration file To delete a query 1 Select the query to be deleted Reload Query Select this option to reloa
19. ARACTERS ALLOWED The maximum number of length of Warehouse codes has been increased from 12 to 32 characters Note that databases created or edited in the Pro Version 11 Database Editor cannot be used with older versions of IRRICAD unless the warehouse code field is converted to 12 characters For information on how to accomplish this contact your local Irricad support agent 6 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 1 8 2 WHAT S NEW IN THE FILE MENU Close To close the currently viewed database without saving any changes 1 Select File Close 2 Select Yes to close all databases saving changes or No to close all databases without saving or Cancel to not close the Database Editor Save Copy As To save a copy of the database under a different name 1 Select File Save Copy As 2 Change the name of the database 3 Click the Save button 1 1 8 3 EDITING FUNCTIONS The Database Editor has incorporated standard windows functions for manipulating and finding text and specific record based methods for copying and pasting groups of and individual components dp Cut Ctrlt BS Copy Chrl jj Paste Ctrl Copy Component Ckrl ShiFt Z o Eind Ctrl F Replace Ctrl H Find next F3 amp Find previous ShiFE F 3 The functions below are found in the Edit menu Undo Select to undo the last action Redo Repeats the last action which was undone see above Undo Record Undoes multiple
20. Control Valve Drawing Properties Laver lt DEFAULT gt Control Valve Properties Nelson 5450 Electronic Water Timer x Nelson 5450 Electronic Water Timer z 4 54 meh The flow range of each control valve has been Nelson 5600 Electronic Water Timer 00 4 54 r h i i i 20 mm Gate Valve 00 5 00 r rh added to valve combo box This assists with the Hardie Ultra flow 20mm Solenoid Valve 00 5 00 mh selection of the correct valve Hetafim Aquanet 20mm Globe Valve 03 7 00 mh Rainbird 75 G Electric Valve 4 6 81 oth Rainbird ECY O75H Electric Valve 4 6 81 of h Rainbird E 075H Electric Valve 142 6087 meh Toro Fla Pro 1 Elect AWB 289 05 04 06 7 00 rerh Toro Fla Pro 1 Elect AWB 299 05 04 DE 7 00 rerh Toro Flo Pro 37 4 Elect AWB 209 05 03 OB 7 00 rh Toro Flo Pro 37 4 Elect AVB 299 05 03 OB 7 00 rerh Wingfield RFP 24 VAC Valve HC 20mm 40 5 00 meh Wingfield RFP 24 VAC Valve H0 20mm z 5 00 neh 1 1 5 2 VALVE SPECIFICATION SUMMARY A new valve specification summary dialog has been added Design Valve Specification Summary After running Valve Analysis open this dialog to see the valves and their design flows Valves that have flows outside of their specified range will be displayed in red The Valve Type can be changed in this dialog The drop down shows the available valves and their flow ranges Valve Analysis is rerun automatically when the dialog is closed alve Specification Summary
21. ING The new Highlight Elevations tool colour codes contours and spot heights based on their elevation making any anomalies much easier to locate and correct The tool is activated by simply selecting Highlight Elevations from the Too s menu When the tool is selected the range of elevation is displayed on the dialog i bx A contourtest2 des Irricad File Edit View Draw Zone Mainline Electrical Settings Tools Design Reports Plot Template User Tools Help Ci co ta yee a x ajala S a ea Ble ajalt aloga 4 HH A Q al WIN S ZI a z E Object Select Object xy 666 3m 1274 26m d 748150 92m a 65 09 1 2 4 23 3D DEM VIEW lf DEM Elevations has been selected for the Elevation Calculation Method in the Analysis Parameters tab of Design Parameters then it is also possible to view a 3D representation of the resulting ground surface The advantage of this 3D view is that small inconsistencies in elevations that are not apparent with colour coding can located visually 7A 3D DEM View lof x Left click and drag to rotate the view SHIFT Leftclick and drag to zoom SHIFT Right click and drag to pan SHIFT Mouse wheel to change the scale of the z axis 380 5977 Z m 3554376 330 2774 305 1173 279 9572 X 925 24 Y 193 81 Z 295 06 1631 36 254 7970 1088 199 672 176 x m 229 6369 28 994 21 625 514 188 204 4768 1793166 This facility is
22. IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 1 4 DWG FONT EXPORT TAB i AutoCAD Import Export Settings DWE Settings DWG Font Import DWG Font Export Color Import Color Export Export AutoCAD Font Mapping Visual CADD AutoCAD Map FrmArial Unicode MS A A Atial gt TXT Load Map Save Map OF Cancel This tab allows the user to control how fonts will be translated when IRRICAD drawings are exported into AutoCAD dwg format The Export AutoCAD Font Mapping options display list boxes of IRRICAD Visual CADD font names AutoCAD font names and a list box showing which IRRICAD fonts have been mapped to which AutoCAD fonts To map IRRICAD fonts to AutoCAD fonts 1 Click the name of an IRRICAD font the user wishes to translate to a specific AutoCAD font 2 Click the name of the AutoCAD font the user wishes to substitute for the specified IRRICAD font 3 Click the right arrow button The pair of font names will appear in the map table list box To delete a mapped pair of fonts from the map list 1 Click and highlight the pair of mapped font names the user wishes to delete from the map list 2 Click the left arrow button The font pair will be deleted from the map list Tips IRRICAD will not map one source font to more than one destination font The user can save font maps and then load them for later conversions The user can add new fonts and delete fonts from the AutoCAD font list in both Import and Export to be used in map
23. PES fy SPRAYLINES 2 ONE_JUNCTIONS E MAINLINE JUNCTIONS IFFIGATION_ARESS W MEc_HYDRAULIC fy ELECTRICAL i SPRAY LINE _OUTLETS E OUTLET_ VETTED_RADI i SL_YVETTED_RADI a PLOT_TEMPLATE Fences 0 Buildings kaiia iic 7 7 7 ica ica iea 0 lt 1 1 lt 1 lt 1 lt 1 lt 7 ea ea lt 1 1 1 To Ekk kkk eak eae ea eaaa eaa a eaa E TEST Color ss Delete Layers Line type 0 SOLID Line width fi Select Layer Entities Move Selection To Laver I ie el 4 Layers JGroups 4 views 24 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Groups Tab Layer Yew E Contours 1 Mainline Hl Zone Manne a gl aa IRRICAD ai TEXT ai DRAWING_SYMBOLS DRAWING M ELEVATIONS i CONTROL_VALVES E MAINLINE_PIPES The top panel shows the name of the group the bottom panel shows the list of visible layers that belong to the selected group Groups can be created and deleted using the edit box and buttons under the top panel Bm Layers can be added and removed from groups using the combo box and buttons under the bottom panel SB E 3 indicates an unlinked group D indicates a group with a linked view I indicates an empty layer BD indicates that the layer has data this button will save the currently defined groups as the default set These groups will also be automatically added to new designs this button will load the default set of groups Layer groups can
24. RICAD 1 1 9 1 EXPORTING TO DXF AND DWG FILES In addition this setting also controls the Codepage used when exporting DWG and DXF files R2004 2006 and older formats It is necessary to do this so that the codepage in the exported DXF and DWG files is set which means your foreign characters will be displayed correctly 14 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Miscellaneous Debug Object Info W Hydraulic Object Info Supplementary character set Hebrew i Automatic Backup Every 15 0 minutes Remove backup files older than Fo days Backup Folder To export with a non western character set to DXF or DWG files 1 Set the Supplementary character set in Settings Miscellaneous Use a Truetype font that supports the character set you want e g Arial or one of the specialized fonts e g David Go to Settings mport Export Settings Select the Export to AutoCAD version as R2004 2006 or older The newer formats of Autocad don t support the codepage property that this method relies on If you know that the target machine will NOT have an Autocad font SHX of the same name loaded then check the Ignore font map checkbox If the font used does have a corresponding Autocad font or you are not sure note that an Arial SHX file does seem to be installed with Autocad by default then make sure the checkbox in 5 above is UNCHECKED Add a mapping under the DWG Font Export tab
25. Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 By Lincoln Ventures Ltd This manual was produced using ComponentOne Doc To Help Contents 1 Release Notes Pro V11 1 DM POV TSON UO iiid ii 1 1 1 1 Tools Menu Changess ccccccsccceecceeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeseeeaeeeeeeseeeaeeseeeees 1 1 1 2 Contour Generation 1 1 3 DEM Improvements 1 1 4 Zone Pressure Map at 1 1 5 Control Valve Selection and Specification Improvements 0 5 1 1 6 Pipe Reduction SYMDOIS ccccecceeceeeseeceeeseeeeeeseeeseeeeeeseeeseeeaeeseeeees 5 1 1 7 User Attributes are Enabled For Pipes Tapes and Spraylines 6 1 1 8 Database Editor What s NeW ccccccecceeceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeaeenenes 6 1 1 9 Language Compatibility 2 0 0 0 cccecceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeneees 14 1 2 Previous Additions and Bug Fixes cccccecceceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeseeseeeaeeneeseesaes 17 1 2 1 In Pro Version 10 5 a nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenerennrnnnrnnnrnrrrrrrsrsnnrsrernrnrnrnrnrnrne 17 1 2 2 In Pro Version 10 0 ccccccc ccc ecceceeceeeeceeseeeeceeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeaeeeeaeeeness 32 1 2 3 IN Pro Version 9 5 0 ccccceccccececeeceeeeceeeeceeceseceeeeceeeesseseeeseeaeeeeeeeeeaes 38 1 2 4 IN Pro Version 9 0 cccccccecccceeeeceeceeeeceeeeceesececeeeeceeseseeseeeceeaeeseseeneness 45 1 3 Hot off the Press New Patch Additions to Pro Version 11 cccceeeeeeeeeees 54 2 Index 55 Release N
26. Sprayline or Tape The behavior of creating hydraulic items from drawing items is listed in the User Manual Converting Drawing Items into Hydraulic Entities Section 2 4 3 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 35 1 2 2 8 NAMES Holding the lt Shift gt key down when placing a zone valve mainline outlet or mainline spraylines now doesn t show the Name dialog but accepts the default name 1 2 2 9 UNCONNECTED SPRAY BLOCK ENTITY It is now possible to specify that a sprayline block entity be unconnected that is to created a sprayline block consisting of individual pipes and outlets Spray Irrigation Block Drawing Properties Layer IRAIGATION AREAS Colour O By Layer iw Line Type O SOLID iv Pipe Properties Pipe Computer Selected Depth 0 mm Computer Sized Sprinkler Wingfield Orbitor AntiAnt 37 8 k Nozzle Properties Nozzle BLUE 360 0 bal Pressure 15 m Radius 2 5074 m Flow 2 06614 lpr Are 360 Rizer Mo Component Selected s Block Properties Lateral Spacing 2 5074 m Scope Outlet Spacing 2 5074 m Rectangular 1 2 2 10 DOCUMENT SUMMARY INFO Design details are now copied to the design file properties summary information section allowing specific designs to be more readily identified in Windows Explorer Settings Names Company Client Labels Snap Grid Origin Layers Drawing Mouse Units Irrigation Items I
27. anagement process automatically creates a symbol representing the current management arrangement that can be subsequently drawn onto the plan see figure below This symbol is accessed from Draw Management Symbol a symbol dialog is displayed that contains the normal symbol placement and creation options Shift Arrangemen d walls llelo lloa lans IN izlel Eae 4 Selection Select Objects xy 324 24m 193 34m d 359 73m a 15 77 1 2 4 19 CONVERT TO ELEVATIONS CHANGES Made changes to the Convert to Elevations tool so that only items on visible layers are considered when attempting to join lines to create contours 1 2 4 20 IMPORT CONTOURS Import C
28. around its center point and may need to be moved after scaling Scale Marked Length The current length of the defined feature Scaled Length The actual known length of the defined feature enter length Scale IRRICAD calculates the change in scale 1 2 1 9 LAYER MANAGER The new dockable layer manager can be access through the main View menu View Layer Bar through the Right click Layers menu or can be toggled with the shortcut key combination Ctrl L The layer manager has three panes e Layers this tab displays information about the layers in the current design It allows the user to see whether a layer is visible whether it will print and whether it contains data Layers may be added and or removed and all items on a given layer may be selected Any selection of items can be easily moved to any layer e Groups layer groups define sets of visible layers that may be associated under a single name and provide a quick way to access these A group may relate to different aspects of the design an Electrical layer group for instance could show topography and electrical items while hiding hydraulic items A default set of layer groups can be defined and saved to the registry These defaults will be included in any new designs and can be loaded into existing designs e Views named views are shortcuts to different views of a design They can be used to move quickly between different areas of a design and might typical
29. ary Title Labour Cost Mileage Cost Tax Rate Company Short Name Company Full Name Branch Code Branch Name Branch Phone Branch Fax Branch After Hours Phone Branch Contact 1 2 4 7 RUNNING SNAPS CHANGES Running Snaps have now been enabled for hydraulic tools 1 2 4 8 SNAPS CHANGES Standard drawing snaps have now been enabled for hydraulic tools 46 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 4 9 UNDO VERTEX Added Undo Vertex to the Right click menu when drawing polyline items applies to all hydraulic and drawing Polyline tools 1 2 4 10 CHANGE MATCH DIALOG CHANGES The Change Match dialog has been changed to a grid format 1 2 4 11 VALVE CONNECTOR TOOL IRRICAD has a tool that automatically connects control valves to the nearest mainline To run this select Connect Valves from the Too s menu 1 2 4 12 DESIGN PARAMETERS CHANGES In Design Parameters changed the recommended minimum for velocity to 0 1 m s and recommended minimum maximum for lateral length to 1 0 and 100 0 m respectively 1 2 4 13 NEW TAPE CALCULATION METHOD SSE This version includes a new method of analyzing tapes where the elevation at each emitter or virtual emitter is Hydraulic Parameters Economic Parameters Analysis Parameters krie Lnsigeioe meL used in the calculations To enable Was for Velocity amp LP 200 anian Pele a m this method select DEM Elevations in Detailed Analysis factor 0 75 t
30. ate 2 Select the object to be rotated 3 Place a point to serve as the center of rotation The selection will rotate as the cursor moves around the axis point 4 Place a point when the object is rotated to the correct orientation 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 as required If a single point hydraulic item e g an outlet is selected then step 3 is omitted the reference point is automatically taken to be the center of the symbol Note Some objects like continuous line are treated as a single object and a segment cannot be rotated on its own unless the object is first exploded To rotate a group of objects reverse Steps 1 and 2 above i e select the objects first then the Rotate tool 30 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 1 17 FILE STAMP The file stamping functionality has been moved on the Print dialog and now all settings including Add Stamp are to be found by clicking on the File Stamp button i Print Printer SALVLNEW iF zar Printer Properties Margine Paper Size Ad Printable Area 197 8 x 2867 9 mm inches mm Presets IRRICAD_DEFAULT i Delete Add Print Scale Paper Aeal orld Origin 1 mm 1 0 mi ey 0 008 Select a Scale Y 0 008 C Eit to Paper Portrait Rotation C Curent View f Landscape Angle Scale Copies 1 0 0 Print Options Selection Only All Colors to Black Always Center on Page Print to File Lin
31. attern This means that what is shown in the preview is directly reflected on screen when the hatch is drawn provided that the user does not change the zoom state Hatch Drawing Properties Layer lt DEFAULT gt l Color fe Hn C By layer Line type oouo l Line width Ao Hatch Properties Mame STARS Scale W Auto Scale Angle 0 i Show Boundary Drawing Properties Layer Color Line Type Line Width Hatch Properties Name Scale Auto Scale Angle Show Boundary 28 e Release Notes Pro V11 The layer the symbol will be stored in The lt DEFAULT gt layer is DRAWING The colour of the hatch Line type of the hatch Width of all lines in the hatch This is the name of the style of hatch to use Select from the dropdown list to change the current style Sets the size of the hatch pattern If the hatch tool seems to be unsuccessful increase the scale Automatically calculated from the hatch pattern and based on the current zoom state Type in an angle from 0 to 360 to rotate the hatch pattern as required Displays hatch boundaries as a line on the screen Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 1 13 SYMBOL PREVIEW The symbol dialog now also has a preview pane and symbols may be inserted at an angle Drawing Properties Laver lt DEFAULT gt Use Placement Color Symbol Properties Name PGHPOLY Width 88 9897 m Height 99 9929 m Orientation f i W Dynamical
32. available by selecting 3D DEM View from the Reports menu Elevations of the DEM points are colour coded in a similar fashion to contours from red through yellow green and then blue 50 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 4 24 RE INTERPOLATE ELEVATIONS Re interpolate Elevations on the Design menu now re interpolates all elevations not just new Hydraulic Items 1 2 4 25 IMPROVED ZONE DESIGN CONFIGURATION TABLE The menu item for this option has been moved to immediately above Zone Design and many improvements have been made to the functionality of the dialog E Zone Design Configuration x Allow For Change Number Of Number of D S Vaive Actual Valve eee cece eee Don t Use Process Minor Diameter At Lateral Submain Pressure Pressure Pann Panna Peena Database Losses Outlet Sizes Sizes m m m Envelope Area 1 Vv Vv O 1 3 6 50 6 11 6 04 6 11 15 50 8 00 Vv uaa eet aaa aa ee a sg seig ea iwo r Area 5 Vy Vy m 1 3 6 50 6 51 6 44 6 51 5 50 8 00 m Area no 1 16 m m m 1 3 6 50 6 16 6 08 6 16 5 50 8 00 m Block 1 F Vv m 2 3 6 50 6 12 6 06 6 12 15 50 8 00 wd Block 11 i z m 2 3 6 50 6 11 6 05 6 11 5 50 8 00 m Block 12 z m C 2 3 6 50 6 12 6 06 6 12 5 50 8 00 z Block 2 z z m 2 3 6 50 6 22 6 16 6 22 5 50 8 00 z Block 3 2 3 6 50 6 32 6 26 6 32 5 50 8 00 ed Block 6 cd Vy E 2 3 6 50 6 62 6 56 6 62 5 50 8 00 m Block 7 cd Vy m 2 3 6 50 6 72 6 66 6 72 5 50 8 00 m Zone 23 cd Vy E 3 3 6 5
33. d Nozzles Used to add existing nozzles to an outlet After invoking this tool the view is taken to the nozzles component group After adding a new outlet to the database select the Component Edit Nozzles and then Component Add Nozzles to select existing nozzles for the new outlet This will open the nozzle tab Click on the required Outlet Select Component Edit Nozzles Now select Component Add Nozzles and select the required nozzles To finish adding nozzles select Component Edit Nozzles sal case oT Remove Nozzles Used to remove selected nozzles from an existing outlet Highlight the required nozzle in the Nozzles area at the bottom of the Outlets group dialog Click on the required Outlet and then the required nozzle to be deleted Select Component Edit Nozzles Now select Component Remove Nozzles To finish removing nozzles select Component Edit Nozzles 1 1 8 6 QUERIES The Query function allows low level access to Irricad databases via Microsoft Jet SQL Using this facility could cause corruption of databases and therefore creating new queries shouldn t be attempted without a reasonable knowledge of both SQL and the structure of Irricad databases ol IRRICAD Pro Version 11 does come equipped with pre set queries which can be used to view or update various database tables Examples include showing the Pipe Table this also allows you to add or edit pipe codes and an example of increasing pipe prices for a partic
34. d Zone Design Summary report now includes flow variations and the location of the emitters having the minimum and maximum pressures Added ZoneArea field to Zone Design Reports Note this only allows for zones being in one area at the moment and will only be populated when a zone is inside an Irrigation Area or Irrigation Block The Zone Design Summary and Zone CV Table reports are now ordered by Zone name In addition the calculation of percentage pressure and flow ranges has been changed to 100 Max Min Max rather than 100 Max Min Nominal or 100 Max Min Max Min 2 1 2 4 29 MAINLINE REPORTS A version of the Mainline Pipe Report that lists nodes rather than coordinates has been added Normally this would be used in conjunction with labelling using the UID keyword to identify junctions on the plan A Water Supply elevation field has been added to the mainline reports Sysflow gt WSElevation Zones are now sorted by name in the Mainline Summary Report and ML Design Pipe Report Nodes Added an OutletFlow field for mainline reports The headloss through a control valve is now available in the MLItem gt Outloss mainline report field 1 2 4 30 CONVERTING DRAWING ITEMS INTO HYDRAULIC ENTITIES It is now possible to convert drawing items both those drawn in IRRICAD or imported via a DXF DWG file to hydraulic items This is achieved by selecting the required drawing items and then the appropriate hydraulic tool Cur
35. d all queries and redisplay the current query This is useful if the user wishes to undo the modification to a query or if the query file has been updated externally 1 1 8 7 WINDOW OPTIONS These options control how the open databases can be displayed These are detailed below Cascade An option for displaying multiple databases in a cascading fashion i e each next window displayed below the previous title bar Tile An option for displaying two database one below the other on the screen Arrange Icons In the event that many windows are open but minimised Arrange Icons will arrange the minimized window icons in the left hand corner Open Databases List Lists all databases that are open and indicates which one currently has the input focus Found in Window Open Database List 12 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 1 8 8 TOOLS MENU This menu includes the Clean Fields and Delete Orphan Nozzles that were originally in the Utilities menu Setup Options have moved from the Help menu and have been renamed Options New options have been added to this dialog and are detailed below Units are now accessed from this menu Units These settings control the units used for display and entry for each type of quantity To set units 1 Select Settings Units 2 Edit each measurement as required 3 Click OK Note The units set here will also change the default units in IRRICAD Options Tools Op
36. d size Detaled Analysis factor 0 75 Restore Defaults Save As Defaults Cancel Help D E M Options Interpolation Method The ABOS method is the default but the user may switch back to using the old AEI method if required D E M Resolution The ABOS method internally represents contours as individual points These points are automatically generated along contour lines at this resolution D E M Accuracy The target precision of the ABOS method It is the maximum difference between the source height point data and the surface generated by ABOS and is defined as a percentage of the height range i e a percentage of the difference between the maximum and minimum heights D E M Grid Size If this value is set to O then IRRICAD will choose a suitable grid size However this may result in a large number of grid points and consequently slow the generation and loading of the 3D DEM Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 3 1 1 4 Zone Pressure Map A graphical representation of the pressures in a zone can now be created using the Reports Show Zone Pressure Map function Select a control valve Design Analyse needs to have been completed for the zone and choose Reports Show Zone Pressure Map Selected Valve Pressure Map Map Info Eanes ae The pressure map dialog shows the pressure limits bet Roera gt for the zone as well as the actual maximum and minimum emitter pressures in the zone
37. d trailing blanks are removed also blank lines 1 2 2 16 SAVING TO PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF IRRICAD A more generic Save As functionality has been Implemented Designs can now be saved in the format of all previous versions of IRRICAD to Version 7 See File Export Save as type Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 37 1 2 2 17 NEW TOOLBARS New toolbars with many new icons including large icons and popup menus have been added In addition the currently enabled tool and snap is indicated on toolbars Any toolbar docking area can now be customized by right clicking on any icon or toolbar This is simply a short cut to the View Toolbars option and allows immediate customization 1 2 2 18 ZONE PRESSURE LIMITS NOW EDITABLE The format of the minimum maximum zone pressure label can now be edited Go in to Reports Report Settings and click on the Text button 1 2 2 19 SYMBOL COLORS Multi colored symbols may be selected for Valves etc If a symbol is specified with the Use symbol colour s in the database editor then the symbol will be displayed using the colors contained in the symbol definition 1 2 2 20 CHANGES TO IMPORTING CONTOURS Drawing and elevation data from CSV and ESRI SHP files can now be directly imported into IRRICAD Elevation data is entered via File mport Contours while File mport is used for normal drawing information See the User Manual Importing a DXF VCD DWG GCD SHP MIF or
38. d type in the required keyword to find and the required word to replace 3 Click the Find Next button until the required entry is found 4 Click the required action button for the current record Replace Clicking this button will replace the keyword or phrase in the Find what field with the word or phrase in the Replace with field for the current record Replace All Clicking this button will replace the keyword or phrase in the Find what field with the word or phrase in the Replace with field for all records containg the keyword or phrase as per the Find what field Cancel Cancel will stop the search and close the Replace dialog 8 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Match Case If Match Case is checked the only items which the sercah will find will be those with the correct case e g ANGLE if typed in upper case in the Find field Find Next Continues the search as per the current Find dialog settings Find Previous Finds the previous records found in the search one at a time 1 1 8 4 IMPROVEMENTS TO CURVE FITTING A vast improvement to the Curve Fitting utility is the introduction of a button that will copy the calculated constant index and intercept into the relevant fields on the current record The calculated curve is now shown below the curve fit grid Select the required curve fitting type from the drop down box The Curve Fitting utility can be turned o
39. e currently selected item while Show Layer Cirl Shift L re shows the last hidden layer the menu shows which layer will be hidden or restored 1 2 3 12 CONVERTING DRAWING ITEMS INTO HYDRAULIC ITEMS Irrigated Areas can now be created from polylines tools 1 2 3 13 OBJECT INFO and curves in the same way as the block entity The display of hydraulic and debug object info can now be controlled directly from the object info dialog rr Information idles POLYLINE 2D UID 64337 Layer SPRAYLINES 10 Pts 2 P1 x 1782 57 m y 2527 95 m P2 x 1845 63 m y 2649 39 m Length 136 83 m COMP ZONE TAPE Object ID 64337 Elevation NONE Connections 64338 64339 Depth 0 00 m Pipe Description Dripnet PC 16350 1 0 Iph 0 5m SDA 200 00 Iph 100m Inlet Pressure 20 00 m Submain Min Pressure 0 00 m Pressure Regulated 0 In flow lpr Pressure P1 rm Pressure P2 HeadLoss Elev Change m rm rm v Hydraulic Object Info Select All Ctrl 4 Copy Ctrl C Debug Object Info 42 e Release Notes Pro V11 Out flow lpr Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 3 14 GO TO COORDINATES The Go To Coordinates dialog now retains the last set of coordinates 1 2 3 15 IRRIGATED AREAS In a similar manner to block entities irrigated areas can now be created from existing geometric entities including curves Irrigated Area Drawing Properties Layer Color G E
40. e Appendix J Section 6 10 1 for the list of keywords and where they can be used FLOWUNIT FLOWPERAREA GRPSPACE GRPLATS HHZOQUANT MAXINTENS NOMFLOW NOMPRESS NUMEMIT NUMROW PRESSUNIT ROWSPACE TOTLATLEN VALVEPRESS 34 e Release Notes Pro V11 Current large sys flow zone flow unit Flow per unit area Group Spacing Number laterals per group Water requirements either volume or depth Maximum allowable intensity Block flow based on nominal SDR from database Nominal Inlet pressure of Tape laterals Number of emitters in a block entity Number rows or laterals Current pressure unit Row spacing lateral spacing if no groups Total 3D length of laterals calculated with slope method The calculated downstream pressure for the control valve attached to the block Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 2 5 USER ATTRIBUTES AND USER KEYWORD A User Attributes text field has been added to control valves water supplies block entities and miscellaneous hydraulic items It allows the user to attach any textual information to these items that can be subsequently displayed in labels and reports See the User Manual User Attributes and User Keyword Section 2 7 11 11 for instructions on using keywords to achieve the desired result Control Valve Drawing Properties User Attributes This area it Sauvignon Blanc Layer CONTROL VALVES MS T on 101 14 Control valve Planted 2004 on
41. e Name Zone no 1 ltem 20 mm Gate Valve we Orientation 0 Depth 0 mm Scope Design BOM we C Carel Irrigation Block Label E Drawing Properties Vector Text Settings x Char Space 20 Colour eH 5 SlantAngle 0 z ono ace Z Mono sp fone Mo 26 E Fil Text No Lats NUMROW Area 456 acres Spacing LATSPACE m Mao Lats Cl Flow ACTFLOWi FLOWUNIT Viv Pr VALVEPRESS PRESSUNT Spacin j 3 20 m E api F lovey TR 2 JS gpr USER2 n Why Pr 16 40 psi chit 1 2 sas sauvignon Blanc RA rties E MiS a 101 14 sea e O Sule Planted 2004 d Left Bold Height 8 2021 ft C Center Italic Dentaan ooo C Right F Underline Aspect Ratio 1 Line Spacing 1150 Cancel Load Text File Paste 1 2 2 6 GO TO COORDINATES The automatic pasting of coordinates into Go To Coordinates and into the Settings Grid Origin dialogs has been enabled This means that a coordinate string copied from the Object Info screen which includes both X and Y coordinates units and descriptors e g x 25 28 m y 8 46 m can be inserted in one action into the appropriate fields in these dialogs 1 2 2 7 HYDRAULIC ITEM CREATION All hydraulic and electrical items can now be created from relevant drawing items By simply highlighting a drawing item you can turn it into an Area Outlet Pipe Control Valve Pump Irrigation Block Light Controller Wire Misc Electrical Misc Hydraulic
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43. ed from the Tools menu In common with the majority of Irricad tools it can be applied to an existing selection or if no items are selected applied to a particular object by clicking on that object m testblock3 des Irricad 8 x File Edit View Draw Zone Mainline Electrical Settings Tools Design Reports Plot Template User Tools Help olsa e alre fet es 4h eco nm B ca B 3 5 tel 7 BlOlel lal yl Sub areas o l xl Sub Areas X Sub Area Area hectares Join Sub Areas Sub Area 1 1 Sub Area 2 2 Ono e a n e a Ei Accept View Changes si Pl Sub division Tool Select Object x 138 45m 131 98m d L 257 45m a 269 0 1 2 4 17 NEW MANAGEMENT OPTIONS The management options in the Design menu have been rearranged and a new graphically based option added The new option is called Assign System Flows to Zones a 7 x TestManage des Irricad le Edit View Draw Zone Mainline Electrical Settings Tools Design Reports Plot Template User Tools Help Delta e Sle re Prot yeme eS oe tol B Ol B i wr E H SIN Ni a Uy MIN Dl Sl lala Blo Se Assign Zones to System Flows Tool Select Zones Flow 0 00 m h WS Flow 0 00 mh xy 51 042m 176 75m d 111 76m a 101 09 48 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 4 18 MANAGEMENT SYMBOL The graphical m
44. ee URE automatically create a group to go with new named views e Views can be activated by double clicking the name in the panel or selecting it and hitting lt Enter gt If a view has a linked layer group the group will also be activated e Views can also be deleted by selecting and pressing delete or backspace in the top panel e Functions are also accessible through context menus Activate Yie Delete View Gobo Group e The Goto Group command switches the focus to the linked group on the Groups tab Auto syne layer groupes Contours Epid I Layer Groups h Views To create a Layer View Go to a required view on the main screen e g zoom in Go to the Views tab and type in a name in the blank bottom field or overwrite the name in this field and click the Add Views icon To activate a Layer View Go to the Views tab Double click on the View Name or highlight then right click and select Activate View 1 2 1 10 DATABASE ITEM DISPLAY Control Valve Drawing Properties Layer CONTROL VALVES Control alve Properties a 25mm Electric Yalve k The currently selected item is now shown in bold es CONTI ecll E ete 1 25mm Electric Valve font in the component list 3 80mm Electric Valve Wheel line 4 active hydrant assembly 4 100mm Gate Valve Flanged Depth fo mm Scope Design BOM Cancel Fittings Attributes 26 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro V
45. ersion 11 Control Valve Drawing Properties Layer CONTROL VALVES lf a database component is not found in the ew oter nonin external database IRRICAD will now display the 374 20mm Electric Valve correct item description in combo boxes instead ee 2 of defaulting to the first item in the list The ee description will show in a red font to indicate to ar l the user that it was not found in the database Fipe Type Depth Scope Design BOM ka Cancel Fittings Attributes Control Valve Drawing Properties Layer CONTROL VALVES Control alve Properties If a database component is found in the external 100 mm Al valve opener k Zone Name Zone no 4 database but it is switched off usage code N IRRICAD will display the item description in a es green font Orientation Pipe Type Depth Scope Design BOM ka Cancel Fittings Attributes Control Valve Drawing Properties Layer CONTROL VALVES Control alve Properties Wheel line 4 active hydrant assembly lt Assemblies are now marked in the database lists 3 4 20mm Electric Gate Valve with a much more visible icon 1 25mm Electric Valve 3 80mm Electric Valve Wheel line 4 active hydrant assembly Tt 4 100mm Gate Valve Flanged Depth E mm Scope Design BOM Cancel Fittings Attributes 1 2 1 11 CONNECT OUTLETS TOOL This new tool Tools Connect Outlets is analogous to the existin
46. etimes generated by the old method The images below show a height map generated from five spot heights by both DEM methods Old AEI Method New ABOS method 2 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 The ABOS method also provides an interpolation summary after calculation Irricad x PLEASE NOTE Elevation Limits Mar Elevation 50 000 m at 30 640 72 070 mi Min Elevation 46 000 m at 51 174 33 846 m Max Error 0 007 m at 86 2775 64 854 rm Also note that the grid lines are off by default in the 3D DEM view These can be turned back on by pressing the lt G gt key on the keyboard 1 1 3 1 ABOS PARAMETERS There are three parameters to the ABOS method that the user may change These are found on the Designs Parameters dialog Design Design Parameters Analysis Parameters Design Parameters Hydraulic Parameters Economic Parameters Analysis Parameters Iterations Tape Parameters Max for velocity amp LP i FUL No of virtual emitters 2000 Max for detailed analysis 1 OU Elevation method DEM Elevation Miscellanequs Calculation formula Darcy Weisbach mio melem Ime 2500 E Kinematic viscosity 1 13 revs x 1076 Tolerances 0 E M Options Tape calculation 0 0099999 ri LP Convergence 0 007 0000 Detaled Analysis Flow Close Fraction 0 AEI Method D E M Resolution 0 001 0000 DEM Accuracy Convergence Ratios i Mainline analysis factor 0 007 0000 D E M Gri
47. eweight O Has Width Baseline Width 0 19812 mm To include a file stamp on your print job Select File Print Select the File Stamp button Check the Add Stamp check box Edit the criteria for the required File Stamp Click OK and print the job File Date Stamp Add Stamp When checked the requested File Stamp including the file name and path will be printed in the selected location Font Select the required font of the File Stamp Font Height Select the required font height of the File Stamp Date Format Select the required date format option Location Select the required location option 1 2 1 18 WATERMARKING The File Stamping functionality accessed through the Print dialog has been extended to include a text watermark for the printed output To include a watermark on your print job Select File Print Select the File Stamp button Check the Use Watermark check box Enter required Watermark Text Move the slide for the required Text Density Click OK and print the job The watermark text will be written across the print job on a diagonal Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 31 Print Stamping FileD ate Stamp Add Stamp Font aid Font Height 5 In Points e g Arial 8 10 12 Date Format Location w MMOD Y f LowerLeft C Upper Right COMM DO C Lower Right Upper Left C OOS M MAY Use Watermark Watermark Test Text densit
48. ff via View Curve Fit This window will appear on the right hand side but can be floating Curve Fit Valve pressure loss from flow T Equation H KQ us gpm Pressure Pressure Loss a 27 0 1 2 4 5 5 T 5 E Curent K 0 0001 9850 O 00019877T ni 200318763 7 OOF 1TTOOO 100 00 DJ Pressure Loss psi r5 80 85 J0 95 100 105 110 Flow US gpm Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 9 1 1 8 5 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GRID VIEW Many improvements have been made to the Database Editor giving it a new look and fast editing functions Major improvements are Pipes and tapes now show the line types and colours in the grid Double clicking on an item will bring up the item dialog A right click menu allows adding editing and deleting items as well as assembly actions and editing nozzles on outlets Double clicking on the column names i e Description Warehouse Code Supplier Code or Usage will sort the items alphabetically To return to the default order click on another tab and then return to the group Adding editing or deleting components are now actioned on the toolbar through the buttons shown below or via the Component menu Buttons ca ee Ge me i ie ee D gt Wa De Some functions have changed slightly in that they need to be put into editing mode before adding or removing can be actioned This applies to assemblies and nozzles Edi
49. g Connect Valves tool and automatically connects outlets to the nearest piece of mainline or zone pipe depending on the outlet type Outlet Connector Connection Properties A a Maximum length of connecting pipe f 00 m Drawing Properties Layer Line width Pipe Properties i e a Iv jS Depth mm Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 27 Connection Properties Match nearest pipe Maximum length of connecting pipe If this option is checked then the properties of the pipe selected to join outlets to the pipe will be taken from the pipe that is closest to each of the outlets This field controls whether an outlet will be automatically connected to the pipe If the distance from the closest pipe exceeds this value then no connecting pipe will be placed If Match nearest pipe is not checked then the remaining pipe property fields are available In this case outlets will be connected to the closest pipe with a pipe that has the properties specified in the fields Note If the outlet is very close to the nearest pipe then the outlet will be connected directly to the pipe 1 2 1 12 HATCH PREVIEW The hatch dialog now displays a preview of the selected hatch using the current screen background colour and the appropriate hatch line colour style and thickness The preview scale is based on the current zoom state and is automatically calculated from the hatch p
50. g Drawing Items into Hydraulic Items 42 D Database 44 file menu 14 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 window 12 Database Changes 53 Database Item Display 26 Design Parameters 37 Design Parameters Changes 47 Document Summary Info 36 Dongle Serial Number 38 DWG Font Export Tab 19 DWG Font Import Tab 18 DWG Settings Tab 17 E Editing Functions 7 Elevation Colour Coding 50 Emitter Coefficient of Variation COV 44 Execute Query 11 Exporting to DXF and DWG Files 14 F File Menu database 14 File Stamp 31 Finish Assembly database button 10 Flushing Manifolds 40 G Go To Coordinates 35 43 Gradeline Dialog Export 29 H Hatch amp Fill Editing 32 Hatch Preview 28 Help Menu 44 Hydraulic Dialog Settings 53 Hydraulic Gradeline 40 52 Hydraulic Item Creation 35 Icons arrange 12 Image Improvements 21 Import Contours 49 Improved Zone Design Configuration Table 51 Improvements to Curve Fitting 9 Improvements to the Grid View 10 Insert OLE Changes 39 Inserting OLE Data 45 Irrigated Areas 43 K Keyword Combo 33 L Label Rounding amp Roll Lengths 40 Labels 34 45 Language Compatibility 14 Index e 55 Layer Manager 24 Layers Menu 42 Mainline Reports 52 Management Symbol 49 Menu file database 14 Merge Designs 37 Mouse Wheel 53 Multiple Water Supply Systems 38 N Names 36 New Copy Tools 38 New Management Options 48 New Tape calculation method 47 New Toolbars 38 New Tools 38
51. gs DWG Font Import DWG Font Export Color Import Color Export Use Default Mapping Deak i C Use Custom Map yee Map Options YCadd Color DWG Color YCadd Linewidth 20 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 1 7 IMAGE IMPROVEMENTS Image handling in IRRICAD has been extensively updated and a number of new image functions are available These are outlined below e The image import dialog now includes a preview window select Show Preview making image selection easier e Save Current Path can now be set when importing e A Settings button allows individual settings to be made im port Image Look in lt OS C e c Eg Preview of image A Documents and Settings E Program Files My Recent WINDOWS Documents pepj Desktop IRRIGATION DESIGN SOFTWARE MB8141 MV Show Preview cr Save current path e Network File name logo png hd Settings Files of type Image files Recent folders Ad To import an Image file into IRRICAD select mport Image from the File menu Choose the format required from the Files of Type dropdown box allowable formats are BMP JPEG TIFF Windows Metafile Paintbrush PNG For an explanation of the merits and features of the various image formats see the manual Section 5 2 10 Export Image _D2HLink_2589 Now select the file from the file explorer window or type the name into the
52. he Elev ation Calculation Method Man for Detailed Analysis 50 i dropdown box of the Analysis tab Miscellaneous TERE Patama under the Design Design Parameters l Humber of Virtual Emitters menu item e a so for T ape Calculations 200 enu ite Delay Time for information E rileecends 2500 Elevation Calculation Slope Elevati pe cevaicni Method Tolerances Tape Calculation 0 01 m PEM See w LF Convergence o oo Calculation Formula Darcy Weisbacl Detailed Analysis Kinematic Viscosity m 2s Flow Close Fraction o o x 10 E 1 13 Restore Defaults Save Os Defaults Cancel Help 1 2 4 14 CONNECTIVITY CHECK The Connectivity check has been improved File Edit wiew Draw Zone Mainline Electrical Settings Tools Design Reports Jmconnected outlets tapes spraylines and BAE JEE kel asel valves are indicated on screen by a special symbol The coordinates of the unconnected items are no longer displayed in warning messages but are logged to the error log file and can be viewed with View Errors under the Reports menu 1 2 4 15 CLEAR CONNECTIVITY MARKS The Clear Connectivity Marks menu item will remove all connectivity symbols any existing symbols are also removed as part of the connectivity check Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 47 1 2 4 16 SUBDIVISION TOOL The Subdivision tool allows existing Irrigation Block entities to be subdivided into smaller sub blocks It can be select
53. ing placement If unchecked then the image can drawn so that it is distorted compared to the original Once the Image file has been selected by clicking the Open button the image can be placed on the screen using the mouse or keyboard entry The lower left corner is located first with a left mouse click or keyboard coordinates a rectangle is then drawn out when using the mouse the left button should NOT be depressed during this stage and then the upper right corner is placed Note that in previous versions the upper left and then lower right corners of the image were specified A rotation angle cannot be entered before placement but the orientation rotation of the image may be set after it has been inserted into the design When checked the image is mirrored horizontally When checked the image is mirrored Can be shown as grayscale only black and white A border around the image can be turned on or off Once inserted the color and line style of this border can be set by editing the image Each image can now be individually turned on or off Tips If an image is embedded this will increase the design file size dramatically Though this may be a preferred option if sending designs from branch to branch it may not be the best option Borders can now be turned on or off by the Show Border check box The user may want to turn off the borders when tessellating or overlapping multiple images Images can be individua
54. l Size Tool Options Symbol spacing vy i Mainline items i Include hydraulic items Mw Zone items Mw Uze pipe colors Drawing Properties Layer The default layer is IRRICAD Symbol Name The default symbol is PipeReduction but can be replaced by any other symbol Symbol Size The default symbol size is 5 Tool Options Symbol Spacing The spacing in symbol size from the junction i e 1 is the same length as the symbol itself at the current Base Database Symbol Size if the symbol measures 2m in length on the plan then the symbol will be placed 2m from the junction at symbol size 1 Mainline items Check this option to place reduction symbols on Mainline items Zone items Check this option to place reduction symbols on Zone items Include hydraulic items Any reduction occurring at a valve pump or other hydraulic item will not produce a reduction symbol unless this option is checked Use pipe colours When checked the reduction symbols will be the same colour as the smaller pipe When unchecked all reduction symbols will be black 1 1 7 User Attributes are Enabled For Pipes Tapes and Spraylines see User Guide Enhancing the Presentation of Plans Automatic Labeling 1 1 8 Database Editor What s New In response to requests for improvements we have made significant changes including introducing standard Windows functions for navigation and editing Details below 1 1 8 1 WAREHOUSE CODE 32 CH
55. licking this will repopulate the current Toolbar with its default buttons If any buttons have been previously moved to other Toolbars then copies of these buttons will be retained in those Toolbars Delete Button User defined Toolbars created with New can be removed by selected the desired Toolbar and clicking the Delete button which will be available Note that it is not possible to remove the default IRRICAD Toolbars although they can be depopulated or hidden Show ToolTips Controls whether tooltips are displayed when the mouse cursor is paused above a Toolbar button Cool Look This check box changes the appearance of the Toolbars to a flat style Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 13 Large Buttons This button will increase the size of the buttons on the screen Commands Tab This tab contains the commands that can be represented by a button they are grouped in a way that matches the default Toolbars Clicking on a category shows the buttons that are available these buttons can then be dragged onto any existing Toolbar default or user defined Note that the same command button can exist in more than one Toolbar Winicad ini The current Toolbar configuration for IRRICAD is stored in an initialization file called Winicad ini in the main Windows folder normally C WINDOWS or C WINNT Supplementary Character set This accesses the same setting as in IRRICAD and needs to be set to enable Left to
56. ll length of the pipe type in the Pipe Fitting Matching Table 3D pipe lengths as a number of rolls based on the roll length of the pipe type in the Pipe Fitting Matching Table Added new Label keywords for Irrigation Blocks AREA AREAUNIT ACTFLOW SHIFT MINEMITPRESS MAXEMITPRESS MEANPRESS Total plan area within block boundary Current area unit The flow for the block as calculated during the design process If the design is incomplete then the nominal flow is displayed Lists the system flows that the block operates in The minimum emitter pressure in the block from design The maximum emitter pressure in the block from design The mean tape inlet pressure in the block If the label does not currently have a value then NA is displayed 1 2 4 6 PLOT TEMPLATES KEYWORDS ADDED More keywords have been enabled for Plot Templates DDES HCLSN H CLAD H CLHP H CLPH HCLFA CLCO HEDATE HSDATE HADATE REPCO REPNM LHRS MILEF HICOST HSIGNT SIGTL LCOST HMCOST TAXR COSN COLN BRCO BRNM BRPH BRFX BRAP BRCT Design Details Description Client Details Short Name Client Details Address Client Details Home Phone Client Details Work Phone Client Details Fax Client Details Code 3 chars only End Date Start Date Acceptance date Rep Code Rep Name Labour Hours Mileage Installation Cost Signitary Signit
57. lly turned off for display by unchecking the Show Image option If the image is turned off in Show Image the border automatically displays Images can now be added to symbols including plot layouts e g adding logos After an image has been imported the settings can be edited by double clicking on the image when in Select Object mode or by using Change Note the previous settings for Images in the Settings menu no longer exists 22 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 logo png Drawing Properties Layer Color 0 By laper Line type oouo l Line width Mo ef Image Properties Path Almages Bl W Use relative path Embed Rotation 0 4 Flip Horizontally Flip Vertically Grayscale ivf Show Border W Show Image Cancel Old style images are automatically converted to new style images when a design is opened in v10 5 New style images are also automatically converted back to old style images when exporting as a previous version Note that this may result in some loss of information e g rotation which is not supported by the old image format To import an image Select File mport Image Type in the name of the image file to import or search for the file Click Open or double click on the highlighted file Left click to place the bottom left corner Draw the rectangle to the required size and click again to place the top right corner If required trace over featu
58. ly Size i Maintain Shape Cancel Load Drawing Properties Layer Use Placement Color Symbol Properties Name Width Height Orientation Dynamically Size Maintain Shape T MEIE Hic Poe WF MEM 4 mH OE PA L POLY PIPE Unload The layer the symbol will be stored in The lt DEFAULT gt layer is DRAWING SYMBOLS Check to draw the symbol in the current drawing color Leave unchecked to draw the symbol in its definition color i e the color used when the symbol was created The name of the currently selected symbol Symbols available in the dropdown list have been previously loaded see Load Symbol Section 5 5 12 2 The width of the symbol in the defined units The height of the symbol in the defined units The orientation rotation of the symbol Check to drag the symbol to any size using a rubberband rectangle Uncheck to enter a size Check to maintain a ratio of the width and height at which the symbol was created Uncheck to stretch or squash the symbol in one direction Tips The user can replace all instances of one symbol in the drawing with another by lassoing the items and choosing Tools Change Type The user can create a symbol in the drawing by highlighting selecting the existing entities to be included in the symbol and then selecting Tools Create Symbol This also saves the named symbol to a file for use in other designs The user can divide a symbol into its individual compo
59. ly be defined for each stage of a multi stage development or for each hole of a golf course for example Views can be linked with layer groups views and groups with identical names are automatically linked When a view with a linked group is activated that layer group is also activated Layers Tab Layer View e IRRICAD layers are displayed in blue extra layers in black e gt this column indicates the visibility of the layers E this column indicates whether a layer will print e These check boxes can be toggled individually by making a multiple selection with the mouse or by selecting the full column by clicking the icon The selection can also be toggled by pressing the space bar e indicates an empty layer e B indicates that the layer has data e The lower panel shows the color line type and line width associated with the selected layer e The bottom edit box and buttons 2 and A can be used to add or remove layers Layers may also be deleted by selecting them and pressing the lt Delete gt or lt Backspace gt key e Layers can be renamed in situ by clicking in the name column and typing the new name Use the lt Esc gt key to cancel an edit e Acontext menu allows layers to be deleted all entities on a layer to be selected and a selection to be moved to a layer i IFFICAD E TEMPORARY F D DRAWING SYMBOLS B CRAVING E ELEY ATIONS OUTLETS W CONTROL_VALVES ZONE_PIPES i MAINLINE PI
60. m flow NV System flow MV System flow M System flow M System flow System flow Mainline Hydraulic Gradeline pail o z 845 2 oO pS o oO Q un oO Q9 o oO No an oO N E Elevation E Maximus ipe Pressure 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 Distance m oO an xyz 1837 637 m 2560 709 m 817 885 m Distance 167 159 m Pressure 33 377 m Max Pipe 54 000 m 40 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Gradeline Toolbar some new functions have been add to the HGL dialog and are accessible using the toolbar ihc Hydraulic Gradetine Fi g m es x Copy Save Print Legend Elevation Limits Pipe Colours Exit The y axis on HGL graphs has been changed to elevation rather than pressure units converts pressures to equivalent hydrostatic elevation Toggling the elevation in the Hydraulic Gradeline dialog now adds or removes elevations from the data sets as opposed to just showing or hiding the elevation series 1 2 3 8 STATUS BAR Three new panels have been added to the status bar All the panel options can be selected by right clicking the panel to access a popup menu or left clicking to cycle through the available options y a tae e UID Handle 11524 2048 Connections 11525 11526 0 0 Coun i1 Length 1579 293 m f Elevation Depth 0 000 m 0 000 mmm is wd Area 0 000 Ha Y Flow 3 159 m h a _ Info Panel This pa
61. nel displays a variety of information about the currently selected objects This includes UID connections selected item count cumulative length of selected items elevation and depth cumulative area and cumulative nominal flow The menu also allows the user to select the items connected to the current item o 11524 2048 pa pa prm a i J lt N f l Snap Panel 7 i This panel shows the currently selected default snap mode Connect y WWW ti Place or Grid and through the popup menu allows quick access to a E ee n Connect the Snap and Grid settings Place T Grid Snap Settings Grid Settings Selection Filter Panel 251 11524 2048 Connect This panel shows the status of the selection filter a red panel indicates a Wii that the filter is active The user can also access the filter settings through om j Ms the popup menu and flip the filter status using C rl Shift F eon aff Filter Settings 11524 2046 Connect When active a summary of the current filter settings is shown in the tooltip for this panel SUH HA 5 election Filter On TEMPORARY 0 126 0 2 2 lt ALL gt lt ALL gt ons ale aS 3 To J 1 2 3 9 SELECT TOOL The select tool now has the following features The tool defaults to selecting a single object at a time Multiple selections can be made by holding the Shift key Permanent multi select can be enabled from the Settings Mouse me
62. nent entities by first selecting it and then selecting Tools Explode 1 2 1 14 GRADELINE DIALOG EXPORT It is now possible to export the graphing information from the hydraulic gradeline dialog direct to Excel files tab or comma delimited text files Click the Export button on the dialog and chose a location to save the file Note To get gauge pressure results of just the pipes outlets turn off elevations by clicking the Elevation button before exporting Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 29 i Hydraulic Gradetine Pipe Colours neee eae f Legend Elevation Limits _ Copy Save 100 120 140 160 180 200 Distance m System Flows Head E Elevation Lateral Pressure Band hlin Zone Pressure 6 000 m Max Zone Pressure 25 000 m Valve yz 1612 780 m 2154 Distance 207 001 m Pressure 20 960 m Min Lateral 14 852 m Max Lateral 20 960 m 1 2 1 15 CLEAR MANAGEMENT A new option in the Design menu Design Clear Management deletes all the current zone and water supply management information 1 2 1 16 ROTATE TOOL IMPROVEMENTS The rotate tool now ghosts the selection so that it is easier to control Once the center of rotation has been selected the angle may be typed in directly hit lt Enter gt to accept Use the Rotate tool to rotate a selection around an axis To rotate a selection 1 Select Joo s Rot
63. nu Inthe single select mode clicking nothing empty space will clear the current selection Window select mode can be entered by holding down the left button and dragging the mouse Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 41 down the lt Alt gt key when selecting The this to work return the user to the default Se ect tool 1 2 3 10 SNAPS Snaps are now enabled for the Move tool 2 3 11 LAYERS MENU A Select Object Clear Selection 1 Invert Selection Selection Filter Select Layers Hide IRRIGATION AREAS Ckrl Shift H l Show ZONE JUNCTIONS Ctrl Shift L Object Infa w IRRITADO w TEMPORARY w TEST Modif oe wf DRAWING SYMBOLS y DRAWING w ELEVATIONS v OUTLETS w CONTROL VALVES y ZONE PIPES w MAINLINE PIPES y SPRAYLINES v ZOME JUNCTIONS y MAINLINE JUNCTIONS y IRRIGATION AREAS y MISC_HYDRAULIC w ELECTRICAL SPRAAYLINE_OUTLETS v OUTLET WETTED RADII SL_WETTED_RADII y PLOT_TEMPLATE Looms A block may be automatically selected from a block sub item e g a lateral by holding block outline irrigation area must be visible for Pressing the lt Esc gt key twice in quick succession will now clear the current selection and A dynamic layers menu has been added to the default right click context menu This provides a quick way for the user to enable or disable layers It also includes two shortcut functions Hide Layer Cirl ShifttH hides the layer of th
64. olor eee A AutoCAD Import Export Settings DWG Settings DWG Font Import DWG Font Export Color Import Color Export f Use Default Mapping es Dea vi C Use Custom Map sis Map Options DWG Color YCADD Color Edit Color Linewidth 1 2 1 6 AUTOCAD COLOR EXPORT IRRICAD Visual CADD and AutoCAD have very different color indexes Because AutoCAD maps colors to pen width for printed output it is often important to retain these colors on drawings that the user imports and then must export back to consultants or others the user shares drawing files with Color mapping provides the ability to match to other color indexes Default maps are provided for both AutoCAD Windows colors and a default of 1 to 1 DWG color 0 to VCD color 0 DWG color 1 to VCD color 1 etc It is however possible to create maps for AutoCAD DOS or any other combination of colors Line widths can also be mapped to colors color mapping ignored on import and all colors forced to a designated color To Create New Color Export Map Select the Use Custom Map radio button Press the New button Enter a name for the new color map and press OK The new name is shown as current in the dialog dropdown list Decide whether to convert color to color or IRRICAD line width to DWG color In the edit boxes make changes to IRRICAD line width and or DWG colors Press OK to save the new map OOS ONS TT AutoCAD Import Export Settings DWG Settin
65. omputer Selected i Pa Pemanent Junctions Depth 0 mm Scope Design BOM Design BOM Design Only BOM Onl 1 2 3 18 REPORTS Added keywords to costing reports for the coordinates of unconnected pipes and spraylines This means that a report can be created listing the locations of all unconnected items in a design Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 43 1 2 3 19 UNIFORMITY The design process now calculates a number of zone uniformity parameters which are available in the zone reports ZoneName Areano 1 Valve Description 20mm Gate Valve Zone Head D S 9 00 m Zone Head U S 9 00 m Total Zone Flow 8 69 m3 h Valve Headloss 0 00 m Allowable Flow Iph 2 03 2 31 12 13 0 035 Actual Flow Iph 2 23 2 43 8 16 Allowable Pressure Actual Pressure m m 6 00 7 40 7 99 8 95 24 98 1 23 Minimum Outlet RRX Maximum Outlet Outlet Variation Mean Emitter Flow 2 28 Eu 93 44 i os Se at Coefficient of variation Cu 97 9 Oulet Locations X Y No of Emitters per Plant 1 Du 97 78 Maximum 146 884 Minimum 1 2 3 20 HELP MENU The dongle version number is now shown in Help Help About Added a link to the Irricad web site in the Help menu 1 2 3 21 RECENT FILES Increased the number of recent files shown in the File menu to 8 1 2 3 22 DATABASE Made a change to the database editor so that fractional number
66. ontours now allows for multiple entities sections and also for LWPOLYLINE DXF entities Extra information about the number of contour segments found during mport Contours has been included The number of raw and simplified segments is now shown 1 2 4 21 CONTOUR SIMPLIFICATION Irricad has an internal limit for the number of contour segments that can be used during the elevation interpolation process If contours are imported from a DXF file it is occasionally possible for this limit to be exceeded due to a combination of the smoothness i e the number of small line segments making up the line and the number of contours lines that are imported It is also possible for a similar situation to arise when using the Convert to Elevations tool In this version a facility has been added to simplify any curves and polylines that are imported as contours or selected by the Convert to Elevations tool to avoid exceeding the allowable number of contour segments Two new items have been added to the rrigation Items option of the Settings menu see figure below to control the behavior of this option Autohead Spacing Limits _ Flow Check Min Max Max 0 feo Enabled 5000 m h Jv Simplify Contours Contour Simplification Tolerance los m Database Symbols Path JEAProgram Files AEI Software IRRICAD 8 7 Symbols Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 49 1 2 4 22 ELEVATION COLOUR COD
67. ot Layout 1 2 4 35 MOUSE WHEEL Panning via the mouse wheel button by clicking and dragging the mouse wheel has been added 1 2 4 36 DATABASE CHANGES A utility to clean fields in databases has been added to the database editor This utility is used to correctly format fields in the database after directly importing data via Access It is not necessary to use this if data has been entered via the Irricad database editor 1 2 4 37 SELECTION Any selected entities on invisible layers are now deselected Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 53 1 3 Hot off the Press New Patch Additions to Pro Version 11 Currently there are no other additions to Pro Version 11 54 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 2 Index 14 3 3D DEM View 50 A ABOS Parameters 3 Add Nozzles database button 11 Add to Assembly database button 10 Areas 45 Assemblies modifying 10 Autocad Color Export 20 Autocad Color Import 19 AutoCAD Compatibility 17 B Back Up Folder Specification 38 Block Pipe Stubs 39 Block Valve Positioning 39 C Change Match Dialog Changes 47 Changes to Importing Contours 38 Changes to the Help Menu 14 Clear Connectivity Marks 47 Clear Management 30 Connect Outlets Tool 27 Connectivity Check 47 Contour Properties 2 Contour Simplification 49 Convert to Elevations Changes 49 Converting Drawing Items into Hydraulic Entities 52 Convertin
68. otes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Contents e iii 1 Release Notes Pro V11 1 1 In Pro Version 11 0 1 1 1 Tools Menu Changes The Tools menu has now been split between the new Modify menu and the Tools menu The items now found in the Modify menu are The items in the Tools menu are h Select Object Esc Esc Ye Clear Selection Ctrl 5hift 4 K Invert Selection a Luk Lasso Trim Spraylines Move Sizes PERO ela Create Wetted Radi select i Create Sprayline Outlets Create Symbol ped Delete Calculate Contours Delete Type A Convert to Elevations il Change uy Highlight Elewations change Type fae Trim Elevations 29 Move Create Labels es Move Point Update Labels Copy Spravlines To Tapes I Bees Tapes To Spraylines Explode ER Sub Divide Block z pases i Object Information Scale Image a ereak Af Connect Valves a ies E Connect Outlets Try Irim Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 1 1 1 2 Contour Generation Contours can now be calculated from spot heights using the Calculate Contours tool 7oo s Calculate Contours The tool allows the contour interval and the properties of the calculated contours to be set P y at inini tS a a Pi ae Calculate Contours Gn ee aeaa a oe r a e ee ta e n ae a a a Tem h 1 1 rT i ere a a Drawing Properties _ ee oe a ar a Ee am r277 pmen gare s Me L a es let ee ae a Bani aVEr DRAWING a et ale
69. ping 1 2 1 5 AUTOCAD COLOR IMPORT IRRICAD Visual CADD and AutoCAD have very different color indexes Because AutoCAD maps colors to pen width for printed output it is often important to retain these colors on drawings that the user imports and then must export back to consultants or others the user shares drawing files with Color mapping provides the ability to match to other color indexes Default maps are provided for both AutoCAD Windows s colors and a default of 1 to 1 DWG color 0 to VCD color 0 DWG color 1 to VCD color 1 etc It is however possible to create maps for AutoCAD DOS or any other combination of colors Line widths can also be mapped to colors or color mapping ignored on import and all colors forced to a designated color To Create a New Color Import Map 1 Select the Use Custom Map radio button 2 Press the New Map button Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 19 3 Enter a name for the new color map and press OK The new name is shown as current in the dialog dropdown list 4 In the edit boxes make changes to IRRICAD colors to correspond with each DWG color If the user wants to include line width mapping uncheck the Ignore box and type a line width to correspond with each DWG color 5 Press OK to save the new map Alternatively check the All Colors to checkbox and type a color number in the right hand edit box to force all DWG colors to the one IRRICAD c
70. ports three stub lengths one for the submain and two for the valve 1 The Submain Stub 2 The Valve Submain Stub 3 The Valve Stub Tape Irrigation Block Drawing Properties Layer kDEFAULT gt a ti Colour G E C By Layer Line Type foou o l Line Width Moo Headlands fo m Sidelands 0 m Create Laterals v Submain Computer Selected v Default Layer lt DEFAULT gt zr 1 Default Line Width 1 v Position Centre Distance m Depth fo mm Stub Length 5 1 m V Computer Sized Control Valve Nelson 5450 Electronic Water Timer z Position Start v Submain Stub 3 2 m Depth fo mm Valve Stub 2 3 m Laterals Block area carea 1 2 3 4 BLOCK VALVE POSITIONING Control valve placement in block entities can now be entered as a percentage distance along the submain Tape Irrigation Block Drawing Properties Layer IRRIGATION_AREAS iea Colour G By Layer Line Type fo SOLID Line Width Qo Headlands 0 m Sidelands 0 m Create Laterals V Submain Q Computer Selected n Default Layer lt DEFAULT gt Default Line Width fo Position Set distance gt Distance 25 m Depth lo mm Stub Length 5 m V Computer Sized Control Valve A i Valve Stub m m OK Cancel Lok Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 39 1 2 3 5 FLUSHING MANIFOLDS A new tab has been added to the block entity tools allowing flushing manifolds to be automatically created Tape
71. r fonts This enables the user to better judge how the text will actually look when rendered on the design This is particularly useful for labels and when using mono spaced fonts A keyword dropdown box has also been added to the Label text dialog This displays and briefly describes the label keywords and allows them to be easily inserted ewionds Obie Fort AREA Area of object AREAUNIT Unit of area DEPTH Depth of object DEPTHUNIT Unit of depth DESC Description of object DAT Internal diameter DIA Estemal diameter DIAUNIT Unit of diameter ELEY Elevation of object ELEVUNIT Unit of elevation FLOWURNIT Unit of flow HZOQUANT Quantity of water Height Onentatig Aspect H _FLOW Flow Restore HYTHL Head loss HY MAS OF Masimum flow Hy Max HL Maximum head loss HY_MAS_P Maximum pressure HY MAs VY masimum velocity Hr MIN_F Mininnum flow HY MIM HL Minimum head loss HY_MIN_P Minimum pressure HY _ MIN Minimum velocity Hi _PRESS Pressure HY_ELYCHG Elevation change in elevation units HY_ELYPCHG Elevation change in pressure units HYN MAF System flow with masiman Flow HYN MAS HL System flow with masimum head loss HYN MAX P System flow with maximum pressure HYN M s Yo System flow with maximum veloci Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 ACTFLOW Actual design flow wt Release Notes Pro V11 e 33 1 2
72. rently tapes and all block tools including Tape Block entities can operate this way 1 2 4 31 HYDRAULIC GRADELINE After a design is completed it is now possible to view the hydraulic gradeline of submain spraylines and tapes The tool can be access from the Reports menu A Hydraulic Gradeline o x Hydraulic Gradeline 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1400 1140 120 14130 140 Distance m Head E Elevation Lateral Pressure Band Min Zone Pressure 14 000 m Max Zone Pressure 19 000 m Valve x Z 294 713 mM Distance 77 353 Pressure 17 746 m Min Lateral 14 321 m Max Lateral 17 7461 Z 52 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 4 32 HYDRAULIC DIALOG SETTINGS The last values entered or database items selected in all the dialogs for Hydraulic Items are now retained with each individual design Previously they would revert to the default values 1 2 4 33 UNDO VERTEX This command allows you to sequentially undo placement of the line segments while running the Continuous Polyline You can correct a misplaced segment without having to erase then redraw the entire line If desired Right click Undo Vertex can be repeated over and over again until the current line is completely undone 1 2 4 34 PIPE LEGEND If placeholder lines in the pipe legend templates have a line width IRRICAD now allows for that line width to be used when pipe legends are created as part of Draw Pl
73. res in the image using any drawing tools O Ui U M gt Tips When prompted for the bottom left corner the user may type in coordinates e g 0 400 in world units When prompted for the top right corner the user may type in coordinates e g 300 0 or the user may type in a distance diagonal distance from top left corner in world units The user may simply place the bottom left and top right at any scale and resize using Tools Scale Image If the image is not placed using the bottom left top right order then it can be flipped horizontally and or vertically as appropriate 1 2 1 8 SCALE IMAGE TOOL Changes have been made to the Adjust Image tool in the Tools menu it has been replaced by the Scale Image tool This tool Too s Scale Image allows an image to be scaled using a feature in the image of a known size Select the tool then the image you want to scale or vice versa You will then be prompted to define a feature in the image with a line Following this a dialog will show the length of the marked feature Scale xy Scale Marked length 7 09074 m Marked length 7 09074 m Scaled length 7 09074 m Scaled length 700 m Scale 1 O000 Scale 98 7203 rea ea The actual length of the feature can then be typed in Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 23 The image will then be resized so that the marked feature has the newly specified length Note that the image is resized
74. ridden All fonts are mapped to the existing fonts of the same name If the font of the same name does not exist IRRICAD will map the font to the default font Default Export Font During export specifies the font name to be used when no mapping exists for a font 1 2 1 3 DWG FONT IMPORT TAB W AutoCAD Import Export Settings DWG Settings DWG Font Import DWE Font Export Color Import Color Export Import AutoCAD Font Mapping AutoCAD Visual GADD Map Fre rial Unicode MS T3 lt T 2 4rial Paldlpha_TK Fal Iphabet Load Map save Map OF Cancel This tab allows the user to control how fonts in translated AutoCAD drawings are imported into IRRICAD The Import AutoCAD Font Mapping options display list boxes of AutoCAD font names IRRICAD font names and a list box showing which AutoCAD fonts have been mapped to which IRRICAD fonts To map AutoCAD fonts to IRRICAD fonts 1 Click the name of an AutoCAD font the user wishes to translate to a specific IRRICAD font 2 Click the name of the IRRICAD font the user wishes to substitute for the specified AutoCAD 3 he the right arrow button The pair of font names will appear in the map table list box To delete a mapped pair of fonts from the map list 1 Click and highlight the pair of mapped font names the user wishes to delete from the map list 2 Click the left arrow button The font pair will be deleted from the map list 18 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes
75. rrigation Design Specific Design Details Misc Headings Site Lincoln Test Site Date 02 October 2009 Demonstration Designs HAE Description File Edit view Favorites Tools Help ar Testing different tapes at different spacings and Q Back I D a Search a Folders different flow rates to see how the vines perform Notes Comments under these different conditions s O C Program Files AEI Software IRRICAD Pro 10 Beta Designs Name Size Type Tae E Untitled dem 1KB DEM File peas H Untitled des 8KB Irricad Design File Rep name Rep code unt ed mdb 64 KB Microsoft Office id Type Irricad Design File im Author JIV AREE S Title Lincoln Test Site kj MFC Subject Demonstration oo oc Testing different tapes at different spacings and different flow rates to see how Wua anata ao bb lt the vines perform under these different cond Acceptance date Mileage fo mile 118 obje se a 13 01 2010 2 22 p m Commencement date Installation cost fo Completion date Restore Defaults Cancel Help 36 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 2 11 MERGE DESIGNS IRRICAD designs may now be merged together using the Merge option in the File menu This function will merge drawing and hydraulic objects as well as fittings selection Management and Design information Untitled des Irricad Serial File Edit View Draw zone Mainline El New Ctrl M Open Chrl 0 Save Chrl 5
76. s spreadsheets documents etc can now be inserted into the Irricad design Edit Paste This option allows only a single instance of the object to be inserted Tools Insert OLE Allows multiple instances of the object to be inserted Edit Open OLE Item OLE items that have previously been added can be opened and altered in the appropriate application OLE objects print first in PDF files so that they don t obscure the design 1 2 4 3 AREAS The maximum number of Irrigation Areas has been increased to 1001 The maximum number of areas that can be enclosed by another has been increased to 1000 The maximum number of Areas a Zone can span has been increased to 25 Zones may now span multiple Irrigation Areas e g a zone made up of multiple block entities when calculating area and water requirements Note that the V7 style reports if enabled still only allow for zones being in one area 1 2 4 4 TAPE AND SPRAY IRRIGATION BLOCKS This version introduces the concept of Block Entities which are essentially an extension of the current block tools Bock Entities retain the drawn boundary of the block tools as an Irrigation Area and group the laterals contained by them They also facilitate the automatic placement of submains creation of block labels and simplify the process of changing the type spacing etc of laterals At present blocks of tapes or blocks of Spraylines can be treated in this way they can be created by selecting
77. s of items can be added to assemblies Fittings are now selected for two ended items e g Misc Hydraulic that are only connected on one side Irricad databases can now be edited and save in newer versions of Microsoft Access Additional versions now supported are 2000 XP 2002 2003 and 2007 Note that once a database has been converted to the newer format it will no longer be able to be used in previous versions of Irricad i e earlier than V9 50 In the database editor increased the limit for above flow pressure tolerance for Outlets to 2000 1 2 3 23 EMITTER COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION COV x A new field for the COV CV has been added to the database Nozzle Number 791 Nozzle Description Warehouse Code Supplier Cost Code Minimum Pressure Maximum Pressure Radius Equation K Radius Equation n Wholesale Cost Retail Price Arc Constant K Index n Plotting Symbol Symbol Size Colour Up to 12 letters Label m cov 0 03 1 R wetted radius of outlet H outlet pressure Q outlet flow rate H outlet pressure 44 e Release Notes Pro V11 editor for Tapes and Nozzles This is simply entered as a number in the following example the COV is 0 03 3 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 1 2 4 In Pro Version 9 1 2 4 1 NEW VISUAL CADD ENGINE This version upgrades the version of VisualCadd Dlls to V5 06 137 1 2 4 2 INSERTING OLE DATA OLE Functionality ltems such as Irricad report
78. t Assembly When in edit mode double clicking on an item in the assembly grid will allow editing of the number of items This tool needs to be actioned before adding items to or removing items from an existing assembly To edit an assembly 1 Select the assembly in the component group by clicking on the name 2 Select Component Edit Assembly 3 Now select Component Add to Assembly or Component Remove from Assembly Add to Assembly For adding items to an existing assembly 1 Select Component Edit Assembly 2 Select Component Add to Assembly 3 Add components as required to the assembly 4 Select Component Finish Assembly Remove From Assembly Used to remove the selected item from an existing assembly 1 Select Component Edit Assembly 2 Click on the item to be removed from the assembly 3 Select Component Remove from Assembly 4 Select Component Finish Assembly Finish Assembly Select Component Finish Assembly to finish creating adding to or removing items from an assembly 10 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Edit Nozzles This tool is to be actioned before adding nozzles to or removing nozzles from an existing outlet To edit an outlet 1 Select the outlet in the outlet component group by clicking on the name 2 Select Component Edit Nozzles 3 Now select Component Add Nozzles or Component Remove Nozzles 4 To finish adding or removing nozzles select Component Edit Nozzles Ad
79. t group You can copy a component into the same database This is useful if you need to create an item or set of items very similar to an existing one To maintain uniqueness between records RRICAD will automatically add a to the name of each copied item The combination of name and warehouse code will then be able to be differentiated from other similar items in IRRICAD and the Database Editor Find Searches the database for particular word or phrase Find only looks in the current field column and tab 1 Select the required component group to search 2 Select Edit Find and type in the required word or phrase 3 Click the Find Next button until the required entry is found Note Match Case and Up or Down options may be selected as required Find Next This action will move to the next record which contains the keyword Cancel Cancel will stop the search and close the Find dialog Match Case If checked the only items which the search will find will be those with the correct case e g ANGLE if typed in upper case in the Find field Direction The direction of the search can be specified as above the current cursor position Up or below the current cursor position Down Replace Searches and replaces specific words or phrases with a new word or phrase Replace only looks in the current field column and tab 1 Select the required component group to search 2 Select Edit Replace an
80. tions contains the original Setup Options which were in the Help menu previously Additions are Maximize application on start up When checked the database editor will open full screen Maximize database window on open When checked databases will open full screen within the main pane of the Editor Open database on start up When checked select the default database or last opened database to open on start up Show Query tab When checked the Query tab will be visible after the Nozzles component tab Execute SELECT queries automatically When checked the query will run automatically when selected Customize Toolbars can be customized and their viewing controlled through the View Toolbars menu A shortcut is also available by right clicking on any toolbar The operation of this facility is described below Toolbars Tab The display of individual Toolbars may be toggled using the check boxes provided At any time when the Toolbar Customize dialog is open buttons may be dragged from one toolbar to another dragging a button onto the main view area or any other area that is not a Toolbar will remove a button New Button IRRICAD contains a set of default Toolbars Design Dimension Drawing Electric File Hydraulic Modify Select Snap Tool and Zoom It is possible to add new blank Toolbar by clicking the New button Reset Button When one of the default IRRICAD toolbars is highlighted the reset button is available C
81. to map the TT font explicitly to the appropriate TTF file as below AutoCAD Import Export Settings DWG Settings DWG FontImpot DWG Font Export Color Import Color Export Export AutoCAD Font Mapping Arial gt ARIAL TTF ESRI Shields gt ESRI_44 TTF SBL Hebrew gt SBL_HBRW_TTF SBL_Hbnwit Remove Add Load Map Save Map OK Cancel To do this enter the name of the TTF font file in the dialog box that corresponds to the TT font chosen Click Add now select the font in the Visual Cadd column then the TTF file in the AutoCAD column and then click the gt button Your set of mappings can be saved or loaded via the Save Map or Load Map buttons Note the correct ttf file name can be found by looking in Control Panel Fonts Some things to note are There is a limit of 12 characters for the Visual CADD part of the map for example if you try to map Traditional Arabic to itself Trado ttf this will fail because Traditional gt TRADO TTF will appear in the Map as Traditional_ is 12 characters and the resulting text style will be exported as TXT Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Release Notes Pro V11 e 15 4 AutoCAD Import Exp ort Settings Aria gt ARIAL TTF ESRI Shields gt ESRI_44 TTF SBL Hebrew gt SBL_HBRW TTF HSegoe Condensed BShruti FSimHei 8 Exporting to both DWG and DXF works with these methods but our experience is that DXF gives a better
82. ular supplier Iricad Database Editor D Irricad Database Manufacturers Data Hunter 2011 mdb JEE A File Edit View Component Query Window Tools Help x 1A ul se SEER e eB x EEE Pipes Tapes Valves Other Hydraulics Lateral Take Offs Couplers Elbows Bends Tees Crosses Pumps Outlets Outlet Connections Wires Controllers Lights Other Electrics Miscellaneous Nozzles Query Query name Se t warehoi e 32 characters x i rye Coefficients H KQ n Shom Pump He ad Curve Coefficients H AQ Parte T PGP ADS Red 7 0 Show Supplie upplie Hunter PGP ADJ Red 3 0 Sho w Tape Emitter Coeffic ane SPS Hunter PGP ADJ Red 9 0 atow vah e Ho Hea loa ad Loss Cu we Ca Cott a eni ith K KQ n C ow punter ree Update Wholesale And Retail Pric of SUPT Pipes Increasin ing by 6 Hunter PGP ADJ Red 12 0 E 105 0 463591 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 4 0 71 6836 0 494 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 5 0 75 2654 0 5191 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 6 0 99 1233 0 519 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 7 0 160 981 0 4475 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 8 0 181 225 0 4761 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 9 0 209 339 0 506 Hunter PGP ADJ Low Angle Grey 10 0 277 672 0 5014 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 1 5 66 0963 0 4897 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 2 0 73 6008 0 5159 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 2 5 81 4175 0 5493 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 3 0 107 44 0 5385 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 4 0 160 017 0 5036 Hunter PGP ADJ Blue 5 0 180 958 0 536
83. y Cancel Watermark Use Watermark Check to print a watermark across the print job Watermark Text Type in the required text this will be printed in Courier font Text Density Move the slide to control how dark the watermark is printed 1 2 2 In Pro Version 10 0 1 2 2 1 HATCH amp FILL EDITING It is now possible to edit a fill as a Geometric Object This allows the colour and the layer to be changed Hatch editing has also been enabled allowing all properties of a hatch to be changed Hatch Drawing Properties Layer IRRICAD Color O E C By Layer Line Type 0 SOLID Line Width Hatch Properties Name MET_STEEL Scale 4 46014 Angle 0 Show Boundary 32 e Release Notes Pro V11 Release Notes IRRICAD Pro Version 11 Hatch Drawing Properties IRRICAD Layer Line Type Line Width Hatch Properties Hame Scale B Angle 0 Show Boundary j w wt wt Color E O By Laye 2 STARS 1 2 2 2 TEXT DIALOG IMPROVEMENTS Junction Label Drawing Properties Object Properties Vector Text Settings Char Space 20 Color L SlantAngle 0 C Mono Space C Fill Text we Font z Justify Style on Lucida Console x O Lett C Bold Height 0 75 m Center C Italic T 0 Right Underline Aspect Ratio 1 Line Spacing 150 1 2 2 3 KEYWORD COMBO The text dialog now displays using the font and text properties specified for non vecto

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