IRRIGATION DESIGN IS NOT DONE IN LAND F/X

Nibal,
There are a few things that might be able to be swapped out with the use of our Mimic Equipment Tool. However, due to the complex nature of the system needing to tie embedded data to objects on the fly when initially creating them, there won't be much you can do to properly swap out pipe and heads, for example. Your best bet would be to use the file you are given as an XREF and trace over the top with Land F/X items, and recreate this way.

We would love to hear from others as well to see if there are other workflows that might work for you.

Regards,

Jake,

Thank you for the reply..

It can be a good idea to use the file as an XREF and recreate the plan by tracing over the top with Land F/X items, if the irrigation project is of small scale, but in case of large scale it will be very difficult.

I would love too to hear from other irrigation designers and experts as well to see if there are other options to do this scenario.


Nibal

Dear experts ,

Would really appreciate to hear your advices if you experienced the same situation..

I could verify the bubblers and the root watering systems easily through the Match properties tool..
but wondering about the pipes since the project is of huge scale and drafting the pipes will so long time..

Nibal

Nibal,

Our only tool for converting generic objects to Land F/X objects is the Mimic (Match Properties) function.
As of now, we have not added the ability to convert a generic line/polyline to pipe. It would require scanning the area near each end-point, and connecting the pipe to each object. Certainly possible, it would just take some time to develop. In simple, perfect scenarios, it should have no problem correctly connecting to two recently converted emitters. But intersections, pipe hops, and other nearby objects would all present problems. So should it then highlight the areas it was unable to determine how to connect a segment of pipe? Now that's even more development.
We've only been asked about this a couple of times, and each time those users ended up just re-piping the system quickly enough -- and certainly quicker than the development time necessary to create such a tool.
This is something we can certainly consider for development next year. If you could send in the plan in question, we can investigate it to see if there is a possibility to do anything sooner.

--J