Labeling pipe segments in a network

[dwuest]

Hello All,

I am trying to station my structures (in profile view) with the distance between the structures, not the total distance of the profile. Any ideas.

[brian.hailey933139]

So you are trying to label the structure with the downstream pipe length? I don't see a way to do it. Every idea I had on this doesn't let you put the downstream pipe length in the structure label.

[dwuest]

Right. We design sanitary sewers and station our pipe segments based on the distance between manholes, not as a continous run. I couldn't find a way to do that either. I'm thinking that I'll just label the structures with the "Station Value" and go back and edit the stations manually.

Thanks for looking into this. I appreciate your time.

Don Wuest

[brian.hailey933139]

Perhaps you could set a station equation on your alignment. At each manhole, simply put in a station equation that says the station forward from this point is 0+00.00. I haven't actually tried this but a client of mine was doing it. One issue he had was that manhole now has two stations, the station back and the station forward. I suggested that he do the station equation 0.001 before the manhole and that seemed to work for him.

[brainman1000]

I am a little confused about why you would label the pipe length in the structure label. Could you show an example of what it is you are trying to achieve?

[c3dcougar]

I've posted a solution to this over on my blog...

http://c3dcougar.typepad.com/fierce/2011/04/stationing-pipes-by-length-in-profile.html