Our office is trying to figure out how to design drip irrigation with Irrigation FX in a way that provides adequate graphic information to the contractor for construction.
One recurring point of discomfort in our office is graphically showing drip irrigation hatches oriented other than how they should be installed. For example, we represent a drip area in an L shaped planting bed with a hatch with all lines are going the same direction, whereas in built reality, the drip lines would not all be going the same direction. Our details do say that drip lines should be oriented parallel to the long side of the planting area and along contours, but showing it graphically on our plans causes discomfort nonetheless.
The other sticking point is how to graphically differentiate one drip zone from another. What we are showing right now is a lateral that ends with a little tail inside a drip hatch. This works great in terms of calculation, but it's not visually clear that we're trying to tell them that this particular lateral is feeding the drip lines in that area. This is a particular issue in large/long planting beds that are broken up into multiple abutting drip zones.
Do you have examples of how others have used Irrigation FX for construction documents? If we could see how others are approaching these points, it would be very helpful.
One recurring point of discomfort in our office is graphically showing drip irrigation hatches oriented other than how they should be installed. For example, we represent a drip area in an L shaped planting bed with a hatch with all lines are going the same direction, whereas in built reality, the drip lines would not all be going the same direction. Our details do say that drip lines should be oriented parallel to the long side of the planting area and along contours, but showing it graphically on our plans causes discomfort nonetheless.
The other sticking point is how to graphically differentiate one drip zone from another. What we are showing right now is a lateral that ends with a little tail inside a drip hatch. This works great in terms of calculation, but it's not visually clear that we're trying to tell them that this particular lateral is feeding the drip lines in that area. This is a particular issue in large/long planting beds that are broken up into multiple abutting drip zones.
Do you have examples of how others have used Irrigation FX for construction documents? If we could see how others are approaching these points, it would be very helpful.