{"id":1958,"date":"2015-01-21T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2021-01-12T05:40:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T10:10:44","slug":"creating-a-desagues-drains-project-from-drawing-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/creating-a-desagues-drains-project-from-drawing-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a DESAG\u00dcES (DRAINS) Project from Drawing Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

As well as in our software PLUMBER, in DESAG\u00dcES, the software for building drainage system design (sanitary and storm),<\/strong> we have incorporated the option of importing objects such as lines, circles, and texts from drawing files, in such a way to turn them into \u201chydraulic\u201d objects such as pipes and nodes in the software<\/strong>. This minimizes user\u00b4s data entry errors and saves, in addition, a large amount of time in the project\u2019s creation.<\/p>\n

The idea behind this feature is that you can make the drainage network\u2019s geometric design \u2013 plan layout – from your chosen drawing program <\/em><\/strong>(of course, following some conditions we will be giving in this tutorial), save it as a DXF format file, and then import it to DESAG\u00dcES. Thus, assuming that the file import has been completely successful, you\u00b4ll need to just click on the Calculate button to get diameters, materials lists, and plan and isometric drawings<\/strong> with the required information (diameters, lengths and slopes) to generate your project\u00b4s documents. All this in just minutes!<\/p>\n

Let us look in following sections for the aspects to be taken into account to set your drawing files, in order to be imported into DESAG\u00dcES:<\/p>\n

The DXF Drawing File Format<\/h2>\n

DXF format (Drawing Exchange Format<\/em>)\u201c is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.\u201d (Wikipedia<\/a>).
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While this format was created by AUTODESK, the firm behind AUTOCAD\u00ae software, among others, it is not mandatory that you use this program to generate DXF files, as most drawing software includes this option through their \u201cSave As\u201d or \u201cExport\u201d menus<\/strong>.<\/div><\/div>\n

We will develop this article based on this example of drainage network (which captures wastewater from sanitary fixtures on the same building\u00b4s story and discharges in a sanitary stack):<\/p>\n

\"buildings-drainage-network-drawing\"<\/p>\n

If you look at the drawing file\u2019s components, you will find that following conditions have been fulfilled to achieve adequate importing to DESAG\u00dcES<\/strong> (DRAINS):<\/p>\n

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1 Only Two Layers are required to contain objects that defines the network<\/h3>\n

It is necessary that a node\u2019s name<\/strong> (a node must be created where a sanitary fixture discharges and where more than two pipes intersects) and the circle indicating its location<\/strong> are created or grouped in one layer<\/strong>. Likewise lines (or polylines) that identify branches or pipes must be in other layer<\/strong>. In our sample drawing these are as follows:<\/p>\n

\"Only-Two-Layers-are-required-to-contain-objects-that-define-the-network\"<\/p>\n

Layers can have any name. DESAG\u00dcES’ import dialog lets you to select them from a list, as we shall see later.<\/p>\n

2 Node’s names were created using Single Line Text<\/h3>\n

When importing, DESAG\u00dcES will search only for single line text entities<\/strong> (command ‘Text’ in AUTOCAD\u00ae) closest to the node’s symbols<\/strong> (circles on the same node’s text layer) and will use its contents to define the node’s label in the project. In this process, one of the following situations may arise:<\/p>\n