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At any point after placing a valve, it can be called out. Resizing its lateral pipes will automatically update the callout with the correct GPM total. When you call out a valve, the number you assign it will be used by the Valve Schedule to identify it.
The system will prompt:
After selecting a valve to call out, it will prompt for the valve number, suggesting the next available number:
Note that if you are labeling valves A-1 through A-99, then B-1 through B-99, and so on, it will only suggest the next valve at the end; so if you have valves A-1 and A-3, and valves B-1, it will suggest B-2, rather than A-2. As such, it is recommended to label all of your A valves, then all the B valves, and so on.
The system will verify the number you enter is not used by any other valves in the drawing, and will then prompt:
Select where you want the callout placed. The system will then prompt:
Select the general direction you wish the callout to be oriented, either to the left or right of the leader end-point. Finally, the system will prompt:
If you want an arrow drawn to the valve, click a point indicating the length of the leader you want desired. The system will draw a leader pointing directly to the center of the valve, you need only indicate the distance of the leader. If you would rather not have an arrow pointing to the valve, and instead organize your valve callouts in a common location, you can right click, and the system will instead place a number next to the valve, indicating what its number is. If you would prefer to just have the callout near the valve, with neither an arrow or number, you can press Esc when prompted for the arrow.
Note that if you enter a number for a valve that is already in use, you will be prompted with the following dialog box:
Duplicate allows you to re-use the same valve number, for instance if you have valves 1, 2, and 3 at every house lot.
Re-enter allows you to enter another valve number, indicating that you made a mistake and do not want to use the number entered.
Increment will increment any higher numbered valves as necessary, to make room for the number entered. For instance, if you entered A-12, it will increment valve A-12 to A-13, A-13 to A-14, and so on, until it reaches a valve that does not need to be incremented.
