Bentley WaterGEMS CONNECT Edition Help

Compute the Design Run

After you set up your design run, click Compute to compute the results of your design.

After you have computed your design run, Solutions is added to the hydraulic model list.

Solution The list of solutions
Fitness Fitness is the overall score given a solution by Darwin Designer. For Minimize Cost solutions, a lower fitness is best. Otherwise, higher fitness indicates the best solution.
Total Benefit This only has a value for Maximize Benefit and Multi-Objective Trade-off calculations. This is a score of the calculated benefits, with a higher value indicating more benefit in terms of improved network pressure.
Total Cost Total Cost displays the sum of rehabilitation and design costs.

To view more information on the Solution

  1. Click on one of the Solutions to view the Solution Browser.

  2. Click the Solution tab to view Pipe Group Type information for Design Groups and Rehab Groups.

  3. Click the Simulated Results tab to view Constraint Type information on Pressure and Flow.

The Design Groups tab in the Solutions area displays
  • Design group name
  • Pipe label
  • Hazen-Williams C
  • Diameter
  • Cost.
The Rehab Groups tab in the Solutions area displays
  • Rehabilitation group name
  • Pipe label
  • Design Rehabilitation action taken
  • Cost.
The Pressure tab in the Solutions area displays information about junction pressures
  • Design event name
  • Element
  • Required minimum pressure
  • Required maximum pressure
  • Simulated pressure
  • Violation - any calculated pressures that fall below the minimum or above the maximum (as a negative number if below the minimum, as a positive one if above the maximum).
The Flow tab in the Solutions area displays information about junction pressures
  • Design event name
  • Element
  • Minimum velocity
  • Maximum velocity
  • Simulated Flow
  • Violation - any calculated velocities that fall below the minimum or above the maximum (as a negative number if below the minimum, as a positive one if above the maximum)