Select network objects in InfoAsset Manager

Use tools on the GeoPlan Tools and Selection toolbars to select network objects on the GeoPlan.

Type:

Tutorial

Length:

3 min.

Select network objects in InfoAsset Manager

Step-by-step guide

When a network is opened, a map-based display, or GeoPlan, shows a geographical representation of the network. It can be displayed over the top of a map or other background data.

In the InfoAsset Manager interface, a network open in the GeoPlan window.

In this example, the entire network is visible, but when only a specific area is displayed, the GeoPlan Locator Map pinpoints your location within the network.

  1. Zoom in anywhere in the network.

Now, the locator map now includes a highlighted box to represent the current location. This box can be dragged to move the area displayed in the GeoPlan window.

The GeoPlan zoomed to a specific area of the network, and in the locator map, the current location indicated by a highlighted box, called out with a red arrow.

  1. To display the entire network again, right-click the GeoPlan and select Zoom to network, or press F12.
    The context menu for the GeoPlan expanded, with Zoom to network being selected and called out with a red arrow.

Several tools and keyboard shortcuts enable the selection of network objects on the GeoPlan. The simplest way to select objects is to use the Selection tool.

  1. From the GeoPlan Tools toolbar, click Select.
    A zoomed-in view of the GeoPlan Tools toolbar, with the Select tool being clicked and called out with a red arrow.
  2. In the GeoPlan, click an object. The selected object is now displayed in red.
  3. To add more objects to the selection, press and hold CTRL while clicking each additional object.
    In the GeoPlan, multiple objects being selected, each highlighted in red, with an overlaid image of the CTRL key.
  4. To remove an object from the selection, while still holding CTRL, click the object a second time.

To select all objects in a specific area:

  1. Click and drag a rectangular window to select all objects within the rectangle.
    In the GeoPlan, the rectangular area being drawn represented by a red box, with all network objects inside the area selected and displayed in red.

For greater flexibility, draw a polygon to select objects in a defined area.

  1. On the GeoPlan Tools toolbar, click the Polygon Select tool.
    The GeoPlan Tools toolbar, with the Polygon Select tool being selected and called out with a red arrow.

The cursor changes to a cross.

  1. Click in the GeoPlan to start creating the selection area, noting that the cursor is now connected to that point with a red line.
  2. Continue to click a series of points to draw a polygon around the selection region.
    In the GeoPlan, a polygon being created around an area of the network.
  3. Double-click at the last point to link to the starting point and close the polygon.

A network object is selected if its center point falls within this region.

In the GeoPlan, all network objects that have center points within the region of the drawn now selected and displayed in red.

The Selection toolbar includes several commands to help select and deselect objects.

  1. Click Select all objects to select all objects in the network.
    On the Selection toolbar, Select all objects being clicked and called out with a red arrow, and in the GeoPlan, all objects selected and displayed in red.
  2. Click Clear Selection to deselect any selected objects.
    On the Selection toolbar, Clear Selection being clicked and called out with a red arrow, and in the GeoPlan, all objects deselected.
  3. Click Invert current selection to select the currently unselected objects and deselect the currently selected objects.
    On the Selection toolbar, Invert current selection being clicked and called out with a red arrow.
  4. Click Select all objects in polygons to select objects contained within the currently selected polygons.
    On the Selection toolbar, Select all objects in polygons being clicked and called out with a red arrow.
  5. To delete a selected object, click Delete selection.
    The Selection toolbar, with delete selection being selected and called out with a red arrow.

Objects can also be selected based on search results.

  1. From the GeoPlan Tools toolbar, click Find in GeoPlan to open the GeoPlan Find dialog.
    The GeoPlan Tools toolbar, with Find in GeoPlan being selected and called out with a red arrow.
  2. With Quick Find selected, in the Name field, enter the object to search for.
  3. Click Find or Find Next to pan to and select the next search result in the GeoPlan.
    In the GeoPlan Find dialog, Quick Find selected and called out with a red arrow, an object entered in the Name field, and Find Next being selected, both highlighted in red.
  4. Switch to Advanced Find and repeat the same search.

This time, all objects with IDs that include the string are listed.

In the GeoPlan Find dialog, Advanced Find selected and called out with a red arrow, with the search results listed in the Found box and highlighted in red.

  1. Select an object in the results to find it in the GeoPlan.

To trace paths from a starting point:

  1. From the toolbar, click Trace and select links upstream or Trace and select links downstream.
    On the toolbar, the Trace and select links upstream and downstream tools highlighted in red.
  2. Click a node or pipe in the GeoPlan.

In this case, the upstream tool was selected, so the tool selects all possible upstream paths from the starting point.

In the GeoPlan, the upstream paths from the selected point now displayed in red.

Related learning

Curated List8 tutorials
Getting started with InfoWorks ICM
InfoWorks ICM
View
Tutorial3 min.
Customize the InfoAsset Manager interface
InfoAsset Manager
View
Tutorial3 min.
Navigate the InfoAsset Manager interface
InfoAsset Manager
View
Tutorial2 min.
Understand data management in InfoAsset Manager
InfoAsset Manager
View
Tutorial4 min.
Introducing InfoAsset Manager
InfoAsset Manager
View
Curated List4 tutorials
Getting started with InfoAsset Manager
InfoAsset Manager
View
Tutorial3 min.
About reporting in InfoAsset Manager
InfoAsset Manager
View
Curated List2 tutorials
Introduction to querying with SQLs
InfoAsset Manager
View
Curated List4 tutorials
Reports
InfoAsset Manager
View
Curated List3 tutorials
Work management
InfoAsset Manager
View

Browse content with related tags

  • Industry:

    Water, Water owners and operators

  • Role:

    Civil engineer (Hydrology / hydraulics), Water/sanitary/gas engineer/technician