Pipes are link elements that connect junction nodes, pumps, valves, tanks, and reservoirs. Each pipe element must terminate in two end node elements.

Applying a Zone to a Pipe

You can group elements together by any desired criteria through the use of zones. A Zone can contain any number of elements and can include a combination of any or all element types. For more information on zones and their use, see the Zones topic.

To Apply a Previously Created Zone to a Pipe:

1. Click the pipe in the Drawing View.
2. In the Properties window, click the menu in the Zone field and choose the zone from the drop-down list.

Choosing a Pipe Material

Pipes can be assigned a material type chosen from an engineering library. Each material type is associated with various pipe properties, such as roughness coefficient and roughness height. When a material is selected, these properties are automatically assigned to the pipe.

To Select a Material for a Pipe From the Standard Material Library:

1. Select the pipe in the Drawing View.
2. In the Properties window, click the ellipsis (...) in the Material field.
3. The Engineering Libraries dialog box opens.
4. Choose Material Libraries > MaterialLibraries.xml.
5. Select the material and click Select.

Adding a Minor Loss Collection to a Pipe

Pressure pipes can have an unlimited number of minor loss elements associated with them. WaterGEMS CONNECT provides an easy-to-use table for editing these minor loss collections in the Minor Loss Collection dialog box.

To add a minor loss collection to a pressure pipe:

1. 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.
2. In the Physical: Minor Losses section of the Property Editor, set the Specify Local Minor Loss? value to False.
3. Click the Ellipses (...) button next to the Minor Losses field.
4. In the Minor Loses dialog box, each row in the table represents a single minor loss type and its associated headloss coefficient. For each row in the table, perform the following steps: Type the number of minor losses of the same type to be added to the composite minor loss for the pipe in the Quantity column, then press the Tab key to move to the Minor Loss Coefficent column. Click the arrow button to select a previously defined Minor Loss, or click the Ellipses (...) button to display the Minor Loss Coefficients to define a new Minor Loss.
5. When you are finished adding minor losses to the table, click Close. The composite minor loss coefficient for the minor loss collection appears in the Property Editor.
6. Perform the following optional steps: To delete a row from the table, select the row label then click Delete. To view a report on the minor loss collection, click Report.