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Adding Drip Equipment to a Project
From the Project Irrigation Manager, select the radial button Drip. The drop-down box lists the components for the Drip category.
Add Drip Tubing
Highlight the Drip Tubing equipment category.
Select Add to add the component Drip Tubing. Select a manufacturer, such as Rain Bird, and view the series options for this manufacturer.
Highlight the XBS tubing series and click OK to view the models.
Rain Bird has three models: black tubing with green strips, purple stripes (for non-potable water), and yellow stripes. Highlight the appropriate model and select Add to Project. You will be brought back to the Irrigation Manager, with the added drip tubing indicated.
Adding Areas for Single Outlet Emitters and Areas for Drip Bubblers
F Remember:
If you are doing irrigation work without regard to planting, you will need to add at least one plant of each container size that is being planted in the drip area. You would do this through the Project Plant Manager. Land F/X needs the container sizes added to the project in order to assign emitter types and numbers to each container size.
Select Add to add the component Single Outlet Emitter. Select a manufacturer, such as Rain Bird, and view the series options for this manufacturer.
Highlight, for example, the Xeri-Bug series and click OK to view the models.
Rain Bird has three Xeri-Bug models: XB (barbed inlet), XB-1032 (10-32 threaded inlet), and XBT (1/2” FPT inlet). Highlight the appropriate model, such as the barbed inlet Xeri-Bug XB, and select Add to Project. You will then be brought to the Edit Drip Emitters dialog box, which will allow you to assign emitter types and numbers to each plant container size.
The plant container sizes used within the project are listed to the left. This is the entire list of container sizes, and not necessarily those just used within drip areas. You will highlight each container size that is used within the drip areas, and then click on the emitter type drop down menu to assign an emitter for that plant size.
For example, a 1 gal plant may get the XB-05PC (0.5gph) emitter, with a quantity of 1 or 2 emitters per plant, depending on the Designer. Use the slider bar just right of the emitter number per plant to set the number amount. A 5 gal plant may get the XB-10PC (1.0pgh) emitter, with a quantity of, say, 1 to 3 emitters per plant, and so on.
You will be brought back to the Irrigation Manager, with the added emitter indicated.
If you click on the Show Components box, you will see the full line of components or nozzles that are included with this model.
Add Drip Spray
Highlight the Drip Spray equipment component in the Drip category.
Select Add to add the component Drip Spray. Select a manufacturer, such as Rain Bird, and view the series options for this manufacturer.
Highlight, for example, the Xeri-Spray series and click OK to view the models.
Rain Bird has only one model available for the Xeri-Spray, the XS model. Highlight this model and select Add to Project. You will be brought back to the Irrigation Manager, with the added emitter indicated.
If you click on the Show Components box, you will see the full line of components or nozzles that are included with this model.
Add Dripline
Highlight the Area for Dripline equipment component in the Drip category.
Select Add to add the component Dripline. Select a manufacturer, such as Rain Bird, and view the series options for this manufacturer.
Highlight the LD series and click OK to view the models.
Rain Bird has six model options for dripline, with two different emitters at three different spacings. You can add any one, or all, of the options, and each option will automatically have a unique symbol to represent it. Thus all of the dripline models could be used on the same drawing. Highlight the appropriate model, for example the LD-09-12, and select Add to Project. You will be brought back to the Irrigation Manager, with the added emitter indicated.
Add Drip Popup
Highlight the Drip Popup equipment component in the Drip category.
Select Add to add the component Drip Popup. Select a manufacturer, such as Rain Bird, and view the series options for this manufacturer.
Highlight the Xeri-Pop Micro Spray series and click OK to view the models.
Rain Bird has two model options for drip popups, a 4” and 6” popup. Highlight the appropriate model, for example the XP-600X, and select Add to Project. You will be presented with a Design Pressure selection dialog box. Select the Design Pressure you wish for this model, and any percent of radius reduction you may desire.
After selecting a Design Pressure click on OK, and you will be brought back to the Irrigation Manager, with the added drip spray model indicated.
If you click on the Show Components box, you will see the full line of components or nozzles that are included with this model.
Adding Flush Valve, Drip Air Relief Valve, and Zone Control
Flush Valve: Flush Valves are used to maintain a drip system by allowing for the system to be flushed of dirt or debris by opening up a flush valve while the system is in operation
Drip Air Relief Valve: An Air Relief Valve would be required when using dripline that is below grade, and is at the high point elevation of each planted area.
Zone Control: Zone Controls are used supply water to each drip planted area by transferring below grade PVC irrigation pipe from the drip remote control valve to each planted area. These are typically in a small valve box and tee from below grade PVC pipe to above grade drip tubing.
Highlight the appropriate drip equipment to be added, for example a flush valve.
Select Add to add the component Flush Valve. Flush Valves and Zone Controls are often not related to a specific manufacturer, and are site assembled by the Contractor. In this case, the manufacturer will be listed as Generic. For this example, select the Generic option for the manufacturer.
Even with only one option, highlight it and click OK to view the models.
After selecting Add to Project you will be brought back to the Irrigation Manager, with the flush valve indicated.
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