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Learn how to add Pipe Networks to a Profile View in Autodesk Civil 3D with this step-by-step tutorial. This video explains how to display pipe networks, including pipes and structures, in a profile view for infrastructure and utility design projects.

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How to add Pipe Networks to a Profile View
Display Pipes and Structures in Profile View
Pipe Network Profile Settings
Edit Pipe Network Styles
Adjust Pipe and Structure Labels
Review Pipe Slopes and Elevations
Create Professional Utility Profile Drawings

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00:09Zoom to the Woodside View profile view in the drawing. This profile view is drawn along the
00:16road centreline alignment. We can project our structures and pipes onto this view,
00:22even though the alignment does not follow the network. Pipes and structures will be
00:27projected to the view based on the shortest distance to the alignment. From Prospector,
00:33select the Storm 2 network. On the Pipe Network Contextual ribbon tab, Network Tools panel,
00:41choose Draw Parts in Profile. Select any part of the profile view in the drawing. The pipes and
00:48structures are now added to the view. Notice that the pipes and structures on Sycamore Heights cannot
00:56be drawn in this view. We can alternatively create a new profile view that will follow
01:02the pipe network exactly. To do this, we need to create an alignment along our network.
01:09In Prospector, under Pipe Networks, right-click on Networks and then select Create Alignment
01:16from Network Parts. On the command line, it's asking for the first part. Select the first structure
01:24structure on the Storm 2 network as shown. Then pan the drawing to the end of the network
01:31and select the structure at the junction of Woodside View and McAllister Boulevard. Press Enter to end the
01:38selection. In the Create Alignment dialog, we'll set the site to None and accept the default name.
01:46Leave the default style and set the alignment label set to No Labels. Ensure that Create Profile and Profile
01:56View is selected and then click OK. In Create Profile from Surface, add the finished ground surface
02:03surface to create a new profile. Change the style of the profile to Proposed as shown.
02:12Then click Draw in Profile View. In the Create Profile View dialog, go to the Profile Display options.
02:22Change the label set for the finished ground profile to No Labels. Then go to the Pipe Pressure Network page.
02:31Here you can see it has automatically selected the network parts from our chosen run. You can add
02:37other parts to be drawn in the view if you wish. Now go to the Data Bands page. Change the
02:44band set to
02:45Pipe Data if it's not already selected. In this band set, there are two data bands, one at the bottom
02:51of
02:51the view and one at the top. With the location set to bottom of Profile View. Set the data source
02:58to the
02:59Storm 2 network. Now change the location to top of Profile View. This band will display structure names.
03:09Again, set the data source to Storm 2 as before.
03:14Finally, click Create Profile View. In the drawing, pick an insertion point for the view as shown.
03:22You can see it has drawn the entire network and the data bands display information about the pipes
03:29and structures on the network. Using the Control key on the keyboard, you can select a single structure
03:36name, band label, and drag it closer to the structure if you wish.
03:40See you next time.

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