Use the long section window in InfoAsset Manager

Access and use the Long Section window to view network objects.

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Tutorial

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3 min.

Use the Long Section window in InfoAsset Manager

Step-by-step guide

In InfoAsset Manager, Long Sections are useful for inspecting runs of nodes and pipes. The Long Section window displays a cross-section of network objects through the length of a selected run.

To open the Long Section window:

  1. From the GeoPlan Tools Toolbar, click Long Section pick.
    The GeoPlan Tools toolbar, with Long Section pick selected and called out with a red arrow.
  2. Select an object on the GeoPlan, such as a pipe.
    In the GeoPlan, a pipe selected in the GeoPlan displayed in red, with the Long Section window open below the GeoPlan.

This populates the Long Section window from the selected pipe downstream, until a junction is reached.

  1. Alternatively, if a selection is already made on the GeoPlan, from the Window toolbar, click New Long Section.
    On the Window toolbar, New Long Section being selected and called out with a red arrow.

The layout for a Long Section window includes the level on the Y-axis and the length on the X-axis, as well as asset labels.

The Long Section window, showing both the X- and Y-axis and asset labels.

Several Long Section windows can be open at the same time, each with multiple pages.

On the toolbar:

  1. Click the Next and Previous arrows to scroll through pages,.
  2. Click New Nodes Grid or New Links Grid to open a grid of all nodes or pipes in the current Long Section page.
    The Long Section window toolbar, with the Next and Previous arrows, as well as the New Nodes Grid and New Links Grid tools, all highlighted in red.

To select individual nodes or pipes, use the strip plan at the top of the Long Section window.

  1. Click a node or pipe in the strip plan to automatically select that object on the GeoPlan.
    In the Long Section window, the strip plan, with a single node selected, and called out with a red arrow. In the GeoPlan, the corresponding node selected, and called out with a red arrow.
  2. To select multiple nodes or pipes, hold down CTRL while clicking additional objects.
    The strip plan, with multiple nodes and pipes selected and displayed in red.
  3. Double-click to open the Properties window for the selection.
    The Properties window.
  4. Alternatively, from the Long Section toolbar, click Select All.
    In the Long Section window toolbar, Select All clicked and called out with a red arrow, and, in the strip plan, all nodes and pipes selected.
  5. For additional long section options, expand the Section menu or right-click the Long Section window.
    On the left, the Section menu expanded, and on the right, the context menu for the Long Section window expanded.
  6. To reverse the direction being viewed, right-click the Long Section window and select Flip view.
    On the left, the Long Section window context menu, with Flip view highlighted in red. On the right, the long section view flipped.
  7. To save the current Long Section window to DWG format, right-click and select Export to AutoCAD DWG.
  8. In the Export section data dialog, enter the appropriate information.
    On the left, the Long Section window context menu, with Export to AutoCAD DWG being selected and highlighted in red. On the right, the Export section data dialog.

The Long Section can then be opened and viewed in AutoCAD.

To change the display:

  1. Right-click the Long Section and select Properties.
  2. In the Section Properties dialog, for this example, select Show CCTV defects to show a symbol on the Long Section at the point where a CCTV defect has been recorded.
    On the left, the Long Section window context menu, with Properties being selected and highlighted in red. On the right, the Section Properties dialog, with Show CCTV defects selected and called out with a red arrow.

To show pipe and node custom labels at the bottom of the window:

  1. Under Grid label, confirm that Show Pipe and Show Node are selected.
  2. Click Field Settings.
    The Section Properties dialog, with Show Pipe and Show Node selected and highlighted in red, and Field Setting called out with a red arrow.
  3. In the Network Label Field Settings dialog, select Node.
  4. In the list of fields, select ground_level (Ground level) and node_id (ID).
    The Network Label Field Settings dialog, with Node selected and called out with a red arrow, and node_id and ground_level selected and highlighted in red.
  5. Repeat these steps for Pipe and select height (US Height (Diameter)) and length (Pipe length).
    The Network Label Field Settings dialog, with Pipe selected and called out with a red arrow, and height and length selected and highlighted in red.
  6. Click OK twice to close the two windows.

The fields now display in grid labels in the Long Section window.

The Long Section window, with the grid labels shown and highlighted in red.

The display properties selected can be saved as the defaults.

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