Click a pressure pipe in your model to display the Property Editor, or right-click a pressure pipe and select Properties from the shortcut menu.To add a minor loss collection to a pressure pipe: WaterGEMS CONNECT provides an easy-to-use table for editing these minor loss collections in the Minor Loss Collection dialog box. Pressure pipes can have an unlimited number of minor loss elements associated with them. Choose Material Libraries > MaterialLibraries.xml.
The Engineering Libraries dialog box opens.In the Properties window, click the ellipsis (.) in the Material field.To Select a Material for a Pipe From the Standard Material Library: When a material is selected, these properties are automatically assigned to the pipe. Each material type is associated with various pipe properties, such as roughness coefficient and roughness height. Pipes can be assigned a material type chosen from an engineering library. In the Properties window, click the menu in the Zone field and choose the zone from the drop-down list.To Apply a Previously Created Zone to a Pipe: For more information on zones and their use, see the Zones topic. A Zone can contain any number of elements and can include a combination of any or all element types. You can group elements together by any desired criteria through the use of zones. Note: When laying out a pipe, you can add bends by holding the Ctrl key and clicking.
