{"id":2882,"date":"2015-12-14T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2015-12-14T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:41:02","slug":"meet-the-interface-and-features-of-the-new-version-of-dren-urba-the-software-for-urban-drainage-systems-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/meet-the-interface-and-features-of-the-new-version-of-dren-urba-the-software-for-urban-drainage-systems-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Interface and Features of the new version of DREN-URBA, the Software for Urban Drainage Systems Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With version 2.0 of our storm sewer design software, we have incorporated a number of tools that <strong>will definitely make the work of the designer of such systems much easier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this new version, we have left in the background, so to speak, the data input and results display in the form of tables, to make the way for a <strong>graphical interface where the various components of the urban drainage system can be easily created<\/strong> and, once results are obtained, the display will be entirely on the drawn network layout through a code of colors that can be user-defined.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, issues such as the water spread and total flow and conveyance capacity relationship, among other parameters, on the streets, channels, or stormwater pipes, <strong>can be shown directly on the drawing plan of the studied urban sector<\/strong>, facilitating the decision-making process to ensure the stormwater design conditions:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software.png\" alt=\"DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software\" title=\"DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software\" width=\"1362\" height=\"728\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software.png 1362w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-620x331.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-940x502.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-260x139.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-576x308.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01_DREN-URBA-storm-sewer-design-software-140x75.png 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you may have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/how-to-perform-urban-stormwater-drainage-system-design-with-dren-urba-2-0\/\">seen in the videos<\/a> of the first tests we did with our stormwater design software, there is more information than we referred to in the preceding paragraphs, so in the tutorial series here we intend to give you a walk-through for each of the software\u2019s components and make it clear how didactic as well as useful this new version is.<\/p>\n<h2>The FILE Page<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page.png\" title=\"The-file-page\" alt=\"The-file-page\" width=\"1366\" height=\"728\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-620x330.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-940x501.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-260x139.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-576x307.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02_The-file-page-141x75.png 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>FILE page<\/strong>, you can choose to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_idea\">\n<li><strong>Create a new project.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Open an existing<\/strong> one, clicking on the &#8220;Search Project files&#8221; button and selecting the file\u2019s location on the computer. You also have the option to <strong>open any of the Recent Projects<\/strong> and select one from the list.<\/li>\n<li><em>In case there is an active project<\/em>, <strong>you can save it or save it with a different name<\/strong>, or, of course, <strong>close it<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If, <strong>having changed the default setting for units, the size of the objects in the drawing, or the calculation and design parameters<\/strong>, among others, in the currently open project, you want <strong>to keep them so that they are taken as default values<\/strong> in the following new urban drainage system projects that you create with the software, you have the option to save these settings by clicking the <strong>Save Options <\/strong>button at the FILES Page\u2019s Settings tab:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings.png\" title=\"Saving-General-Settings\" alt=\"Saving-General-Settings\" width=\"1366\" height=\"729\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-620x331.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-940x502.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-260x139.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-576x307.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03_Saving-General-Settings-141x75.png 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><br \/>\nRemember that this option only works if you have a project currently opened in the software.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_idea\">\n<li>If, however, <strong>you want the software\u2019s incorporated default values to be restored<\/strong>, use the <strong>Restore Settings <\/strong>button. In this case, you need not have any open project.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings.png\" alt=\"Restoring-Default-Settings\" title=\"Restoring-Default-Settings\" width=\"1366\" height=\"729\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-620x331.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-940x502.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-260x139.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-576x307.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04_Restoring-Default-Settings-141x75.png 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Additionally in the FILES page\u2019s settings tab, you\u00b4ll find the <strong>software\u2019s language selector<\/strong>. Just click on your chosen language box and restart the software to see the changes in the interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>DREN-URBA\u2019S Main Window<\/h2>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve created a new urban drainage system project or opened an existing one, you can start using the tools at the software\u2019s tabs.<\/p>\n<p>In the<strong> main window you have two zones<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ribbon on the upper part contains five tabs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software.png\" alt=\"Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software\" title=\"Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software\" width=\"1803\" height=\"809\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software.png 1803w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-620x278.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-940x422.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-260x117.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-50x22.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-576x258.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/05_Ribbon-tabs-of-the-storm-sewer-design-software-150x67.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1803px) 100vw, 1803px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In each of which, we have grouped the tools that let you to create and edit the various urban drainage system\u2019s components to design, set the defaults for units, calculation and design parameters, and visualize results through tables and longitudinal profiles, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the bottom are three tabs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li><strong>The Drawing tab<\/strong> is where you will be the most of the time because it is where you will create (draw) the components of the urban drainage system. Here you have the <strong>option of importing a drawing file to use as a background image <\/strong>that, in case it is to scale, serves as a reference to set the streets, channels, and storm sewer pipe lengths created into the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab.png\" alt=\"DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab\" title=\"DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab\" width=\"1366\" height=\"549\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-620x249.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-940x378.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-260x104.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-576x231.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/06_DREN-URBA-Drawing-tab-150x60.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li><strong>The Surface Drainage tab <\/strong>shows the data and calculation results t<strong>able for the components of the urban drainage superficial<\/strong> system (streets and channels) that you have set as \u201cCurrent\u201d in the tab of the same name at the Ribbon in the main window\u2019s upper section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab.png\" alt=\"Surface-drainage-design-tab\" title=\"Surface-drainage-design-tab\" width=\"1366\" height=\"549\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-620x249.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-940x378.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-260x104.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-576x231.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/07_Surface-drainage-design-tab-150x60.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li>Likewise, the <strong>Sewer Pipes tab<\/strong> shows the Manholes and Pipe sections\u2019 data and results tables for the storm sewer pipes network that has been set as \u201cCurrent\u201d in the SEWER PIPES tab in the Ribbon at the top. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab.png\" alt=\"storm-sewer-pipes-tab\" title=\"storm-sewer-pipes-tab\" width=\"1366\" height=\"549\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-620x249.png 620w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-940x378.png 940w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-260x104.png 260w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-576x231.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/08_storm-sewer-pipes-tab-150x60.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5c971;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFE38B;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\nThe tables in the last two tabs not only show you the drainage system design data and calculation results but also, if applicable, they <strong>will show warnings (by coloring them in light red), highlighting the table cells whose values do not meet the design\u2019s control conditions that you have specified for your project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>double-clicking on any row in these tables, the software will show the properties dialog<\/strong> associated with the displayed object type.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>DREN-URBA\u2019S Ribbon Tabs<\/h2>\n<p>To go into more detail, <strong>you&#8217;ll see, in the following tutorials, videos highlighting the characteristics of the different tools contained in each of the tabs<\/strong> of our stormwater design software.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/the-dren-urbas-2-0-drawing-tab\/\">Drawing<\/a> Tab<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/the-dren-urbas-2-0-surface-drainage-tab\/\">Surface Drainage<\/a> Tab<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/the-dren-urbas-2-0-sewer-pipes-tab\/\">Sewer Pipes<\/a> Tab<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/the-dren-urbas-2-0-settings-tab\/\">Settings <\/a>Tab<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/the-dren-urbas-2-0-results-tab\/\">Results <\/a> Tab<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With version 2.0 of our storm sewer design software, we have incorporated a number of tools that <strong>will definitely make the work of the designer of such systems much 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