Bentley SewerGEMS CONNECT Edition Help

Using the Network Navigator

The Network Navigator consists of a toolbar and a table that lists the Label and ID of each of the elements contained within the current selection. The selection can include elements highlighted manually in the drawing pane, elements contained within a selection set, or elements returned by a query.

To open the Network Navigator, click View > Network Navigator.

The following controls are included in Network Navigator:

Query Selection List Choose the element sets to use in the query. Once a query is selected, it can be executed when you click the > icon. If there is already a Query listed in the list box, it can be run when the Execute icon is clicked.
Execute Click to run the selected query.
Previous Zooms the drawing pane view to the element prior to the currently selected one in the list.
Zoom To Zooms the drawing pane view to the selected element in the list.
Next Zooms the drawing pane view to the element below the currently selected element in the list.
Copy Copies the elements to the Windows clipboard.
Remove Removes the selected element from the list.
Select In Drawing Selects the elements in the drawing pane and performs a zoom extent based on the selection.
Highlight When this toggle button is on, elements returned by a query will be highlighted in the drawing pane to increase their visibility.
Refresh Drawing Refreshes the current selection.
Help Opens the Help.

Predefined Queries

The Network Navigator provides access to a number of predefined queries grouped categorically, accessed by clicking the [>] button. Categories and the queries contained therein include:

Element types - finds all elements of a specified type (e.g. all manholes).

Network review - finds potential problems in the model (e.g. finding disconnected elements). This is a very powerful tool for model cleanup.

Input - finds elements in model with specified properties (e.g. find elliptical conduits)

Results - finds elements in model with results that meet the query criteria (e.g. manholes that are flooded in this time step).

Note: The criteria to meet the Near Horizontally Sloped results query is that the slope is:

slope > -.005 AND slope < 0.005

User Defined Queries

In addition to predefined queries, you can create your own queries in the Queries Manager. These queries can be saved with the model or in a shared file.