Archive for November 15th, 2007

Modifying Cover and Slope Rule

Posted by Christopher Fugitt on 15th November 2007

Have you ever started laying out a pipe network using the cover and slope pipe rule or Pipe Cover and found the pipes down near the zero elevation? Well if your like me you don’t really appreciate having the pipes down at the zero elevation. Here’s a way to change the rule to put the elevation at a place which would be more desirable without having to move the pipes later on.

NOTE: Before you start make sure you save a copy of the C3DPipeRules.dvb to another location to easily go back to the original state.

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