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1. 39 281 10ft 0 0212 Refresh 38 41 3 36 10 ft 0 05 3 8 41 336 10ft 0 0283 Refresh 4 5 4B 2 96 10 ft 0 05 45 46 296 10ft 0 0217 Refresh 6 2 60 2 25 10 ft 0 05 6 2 60 2 25 10ft 0 0119 Refresh Recalculate M Enforce state minimum width and depth Channel depths cannot be greater than 3 Enter your own width or depth and click Recalculate to find the appropriate dimensions of the reach s channel Hint To reset the channel s dimensions to the Best Fit Design click on the Refresh button for that reach When you are satisfied with the channel dimensions for each reach close this window or click Finish below Use the Profile View and Cross Section View to see how the channels will fit in the existing terrain Finish Page 17 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Viewing Designed Waterway After the design is complete you can again view the proposed waterway in the Cross Section View and or the profile view Clicking Cross Section View on the main toolbar allows you to view the proposed waterway imbedded in the natural landscape The red line indicates the shape and location of the waterway design You can view cross sections at 25 50 or 100 foot intervals If you are not pleased with the design of the waterway and how it fits in the natural landscape you can modify the waterway by clicking Profile View on the main toolbar From this view you can move the reach ends up or2. get back to the beginning cross your beginning point and double click to end the polygon Click on the Assign Land Cover Desc tool Each region in your watershed must be assigned a cover description cover type treatment and hydrologic condition To assign a cover type hold the mouse arrow over a polygon Left click once on the polygon and a menu of descriptions will be displayed Next select the most appropriate cover type for that polygon Continue this process until all polygons are labeled WaterwayBuilder will not allow you to move to the next step until you have assigned at least 95 of the watershed a cover type If you have not intersected another line both at the beginning and at the end of your drawing the polygon will not be developed You may intersect the watershed boundary another cover type or the current cover type on which you are working A variety of cover types are available for Cultivated Agricultural Lands Non Cultivated Agricultural Lands as well as Urban Areas Page 14 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Create Waterway You are now ready to create your waterway Click on the Create Waterway tool and the Review Waterway dialog box will appear Maximum Desi Waterway Slope of Watershed o Storm megn Reach Reach Acres gi REN Disch requency Discharge For each waterway reach the table will display the slope of M Bis an reach watershed acres RCN maximum flow
3. of the reaches you will need to go watershed and subwatershed when you click Save in the back through the Create profile view For these modifications click Create Waterway and Waterway Waterway and go back through the design process Wizard processes to redrawing the watershed and subwatersheds recalculate waterway depth and width based on changes to drainage time of concentration TOC and Inserting a new reach To insert a new reach refer to the section Splitting a Waterway into Reaches Click Save in the profile view when finished If a new reach is installed all of the subwatersheds and the flow lines will be deleted and will need to be redrawn Deleting a reach To delete a reach refer to the section Splitting a Waterway into Reaches Click Save in the profile view when finished If a reach is deleted all of the subwatersheds and the flow lines will be deleted and need to be redrawn Page 19 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Printing and Saving Reports Several versions of reports are available to print and or Additional Report Details save There are separate reports for both the landowner Preparer s name Joe Smith and the planner The Planner s Report offers more ERAN GANE comprehensive information than the Landowner s Landowner s phone BE Report Earthmoving cost determined by cu yd O ft To create a report first zoom to the desired map view mn ee er Add BROME vj s55 3
4. 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Current Station 2 00 Station Interval 25 Go to Station P2 b0 v Click lt Previous or Next gt to navigate through the cross section intervals To change the interval setting click the Station Interval drop down arrow and choose the interval you want to view the cross sections in You can skip to any interval by clicking the Go to Station drop down arrow Page 9 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Profile View The Profile View is used to divide the waterway into reaches The length of the waterway in feet is displayed on the X axis Elevation in feet is displayed on the Y axis A solid black line depicts natural ground and a blue line depicts the proposed waterway The slope of each reach segment of the proposed waterway is provided below the X axis In the example shown the slope of the proposed waterway is 0 48 Profile Yiew Natural Ground Proposed AN Flowline If you have a dual or large monitor you can drag the Profile View off the map allowing you to see both views at the same time Your pointer will mark the same location in both the Profile View and the Aerial View map 10 00 12 00 Split Reach Station Cut Fill ft Cancel Page 10 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Splitting a Waterway into Reaches Click Split Reach from the Profile View Next place your cursor on the blue Proposed WW Flowline and drag that point up or
5. 165 00 and turn on off map layers that you want to appear in the report maps The image you see on the screen will be the image printed in all the reports Tile Size Cost Ft Ft Subtotal 1 60 2000 3 200 00 To create a report click on the Create Report button le a s280 B00 __ 2 080 00 Enter data into the Create Report dialog box Then check the boxes of the reports you want to save and or Select Rebari s To Dawnload print and click on Create Report at the bottom of the ee ae dialog box Y About waterways 100ft interval spacing Vlo amp M Additional information soft interval spacing Choose whether you would like to open or save the file ea If the report is opened it may still be saved after the EL el sete sige report has been opened or printed An Adobe Acrobat PDF report will be created If both the Landowner s Report and the Planner s Report are The estimated cost of earthwork can be calculated by either Cubic Yard of Cuts selected they will appear in one continuous PDF File To or simply by Linear Feet print only one report you will need to choose File Print and indicate the page numbers you would like to print The Landowner s Report will include Saving a report is the best e Disclaimer statements way to document what was e Aerial view of waterway layout e Waterway depths lengths widths and a
6. AGREN WaterwayBuilder User Manual AGREN WaterwayBuilder Agren Disclaimer The content and products associated with Agren s WaterwayBuilder are provided to you on an as is and as available basis Agren makes no representations or warranties of any kind expressed or implied as to the operation of WaterwayBuilder or the information estimates content materials products or services included on or associated with WaterwayBuilder You expressly agree that your use of WaterwayBuilder and all products and services included on or associated with WaterwayBuilder are at your sole risk Agren does not make any representations warranties or guarantees expressed or implied regarding the accuracy correctness or completeness of the content of WaterwayBuilder nor the safety reliability title timeliness completeness merchantability conformity or fitness for a particular purpose of the content of WaterwayBuilder It is your sole responsibility to independently evaluate the accuracy correctness or completeness of the content of WaterwayBuilder Agren makes no representation warranty or guarantees that the content is free of infection from any viruses worms or other code or computer programming routines that are intended to damage or detrimentally interfere with any system data WaterwayBuilder Introduction WaterwayBuilder will step you through the simple process of drawing a waterway centerline splitting the
7. ass Method Stem You may choose parabolic trapezoidal or triangular as the shape of the Length and Density Method or Retardance Curve waterway channel Index Method In most cases the Retardance Class Method will be used Each methodology will require different input information from the user Answer each question in the wizard and click Next gt to advance to the next screen Page 15 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Next you will choose the method you will use to define the soil parameters First decide how far out from the centerline you want to consider soils information The default is a width of 15 feet on each side of the centerline You can override this value by typing in your preferred width Next select either Automated Method Soil Parameter Method or Manual Method Stress Parameter Method to define soil parameters In most cases the Automated Method Soil Parameter Method will be used Each methodology will require different input information from the user Answer each question in the wizard and click Next gt to advance to the next screen If the Automated method is selected WaterwayBuilder determines all the soil types within the designated width 15 feet default on each side of the centerline Each soil is automatically categorized based on NRCS recommendations into four different groups Easily Eroded Erodible Erosion Resistant and Very Erosion Resistant A table is generated to show results of t
8. ck Remove From License to the right of the user s name under the grey bar Edit Licensed User To edit first name last name or company click on the user s name in the first column of the Edit Licensed User table If you need to change a user s email address or user name contact Page 2 AGREN WaterwayBuilder admin agrentools com If a user s activation link has expired you can also send another activation link by clicking Resend activation email from the Manage Individual User page A link to Manage My Users can be found in the footer of the login screens Initial User Login When your subscriber accepts the EULA and sets up the users for a license activation emails will be sent to each user The email contains an activation link that is valid for 30 days If 30 days has elapsed and the link has not been used you will need to contact your subscriber to have a new activation link sent When you click on the activation link you will be prompted to choose a new password see below for password requirements Enter and confirm your chosen password and click Activate My Account You will be redirected to the login screen where you will need to login again with your username typically your email address and password For subsequent logins go to www agrentools com Click on LICENSED USER LOGON in the top right corner of your screen Password Requirements Passwords must be at least 12 characters in length and may o
9. click the GIS Data function under YE Waterway Generation from the menu options on the left hand side of the screen A zip file containing an ArcGIS ar x layer file lyr and a personal geodatabase file mdb will be saved The layer file and the personal geodatabase file can be added directly into ArcGIS From ArcGIS these layers can be downloaded an AutoCAD program or a GPS unit Create Waterway Create Report Get GIS Data Get GIS Data Page 21 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Notes Page 22 AGREN WaterwayBuilder 1238 Heires Ave e Carroll IA 51401 P 712 792 6248 E support agrentools com W www agreninc com e www agrentools com Page 23
10. creage e Estimated costs including earthwork and seeding e Operation and maintenance requirements provided to the landowner The Conservation Planner s Report includes all of the above and e Detailed specs for earthwork including costs e Watershed information including drainage areas RCN time of concentration average watershed slope and design discharge e Waterway profile views e Waterway cross section views at 25 50 or 100 feet intervals Page 20 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Saving and Loading a Session To save a session so you can return to it at a future point in time choose the Save Session tool under Session Management menu option on the left hand side of the screen Give the file a descriptive name and choose a location to save it The session will be saved as a wwy file All information will be saved unlike PondBuilder BasinBuilder and WetlandBuilder Session Management To load a previous session simply choose the Load Session tool under Session Management menu option on the left hand side of the screen and navigate to the wwy file you would like to load Saving and Loading a session Loading a previous session allows you access to other waterways from the Waterway Selection table and allows you to alter values from the previous waterway Using the GIS Data Function The GIS Data function allows information to be saved as an ArcGIS layer and a Microsoft Access file To save the GIS Data
11. down in elevation move the reach breaks upstream or downstream and add or delete reach breaks Click Cut Fill Volume to see the total cubic yards of cut fill for every 100 foot section of the waterway The bars above the line are cuts The bars below the line are fills If any modifications are done to the waterway design click Cut Fill Volume again to see the revised amounts 276 92 250 36 173 61 161 05 145 64 51 22 Page 18 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Modifying Results There are multiple ways to modify your waterway design Depending on the complexity of the design you may have to go through this iterative process more than once Moving reach breaks up or down in elevation After changing the elevation of the reach breaks click Save in the profile view By moving the elevation of the reach break you do not affect the watersheds Therefore you do not have to redraw the watersheds and go back through the design process since these changes do not affect the subwatersheds Instead shortcut the design process by clicking Waterway Results This will take you to the Waterway Results Table where the Best Fit will be recalculated for the new slope of the reach Moving reach ends upstream or downstream If you move the reach ends upstream or downstream the When moving reach ends or watershed and subwatersheds will no longer be accurate inserting or deleting WaterwayBuilder will automatically delete the outline
12. down to change the elevation of the reach end To change the location of the reach end release and re click the point and drag left or right You can split the waterway into as many reaches as you desire The slope of each reach is given below the X Axis 2 99 0 56 and 0 21 Additionally you can fine tune the location and elevation of the reach end by nudging it up and down and right and left Click the or once to move the station location five feet to the right or left Or click of or to adjust the cut fill and elevation 1 10 foot up or down When nudging the exact location of the reach end is shown in the Station and Cut Fill boxes When finished click Exit Splitting originally Split Reach and then Save If you exit without saving your work all changes will be lost To delete a reach click Exit Splitting and then click Delete Reach Next click on the Reach End you want to remove Click Save when finished Profile Yiew 0 00 2 99 Natural Ground Proposed J Flowline Exit Splitting Station Cut f Page 11 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Drawing your Watershed It is easiest to show the entire watershed in the viewing frame before you begin to draw the watershed While Turn on the Contours map drawing the watershed you can use the or in the layer before you draw your view arrow keys on your keyboard or the scroll bar on watershed boundary your mouse to zoom While
13. drawing the watershed the Zoom In and Zoom Out map tools are disabled If you make a mistake click on Clear Watershed Clear Click Draw Watershed The watershed will automatically attach to the outlet of the waterway As you follow the Pines to arase th watershed boundary click each time you change direction Double click before returning to the outlet of the A wing You may also right waterway to complete the watershed boundary click on a single point to remove it Subwatersheds or Clear To draw subwatersheds click Draw Subwatersheds The watershed will automatically connect to the first reach end upstream from the outlet Repeat the process for all subwatersheds Drawing Flowlines A flowline is the distance that water travels as a raindrop from the point of impact to the downstream end of a waterway reach Flowlines are used to determine the Tow nes Draw Flowline i Click points on the map to draw a longest flow path of water or the greatest distance that lowiihe Double click en the last point water flows from the top of the watershed to the to end the flowline The flowline automatically attaches to the next downstream end of the reach upstream reach Flowlines represent the maximum In WaterwayBuilder only one flowline can be drawn for JIDE distance that water travels in a each watershed subwatershed en Back Next Disable Help Click on the Draw Flowlines tool Initially the flowline will be a
14. ed areas and the second letter represents undrained areas Only the soils that in their natural condition are in group D are assigned to dual classes Existing water bodies at the time of soil hydrologic group assignment could have letters A B C or D The choice of which of these four letters is used is up to the user Left click to assign soil hydrologic Left click on each of these polygons and choose the groups to all white polygons If your hydrologic group that best represents that polygon In the Watershed does not contain any white case of existing basins you will have a choice of all four 4 eas you may skip this step letters Choose the letter that best represents the waterway All the white polygons within the watershed must be assigned a letter before a runoff curve number can be calculated Page 13 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Cutting and Assigning Land Covers Differentiate land cover types in the watershed by clicking the Cut Land Covers tool Cut up the watershed until all of the cover types are separated Cut up the watershed by drawing a polygon around each different cover First click on the outside of your watershed polygon As you follow the edge of your cover type click every time you change direction and end by double clicking after you have crossed a line To draw a polygon around a cover type in the center of the watershed click on the start point and follow the edge of the cover type When you
15. his classification WaterwayBuilder will select and highlight in red the cell that has the greatest percent of soils that are classified as Erodible or Easily Eroded In the example below 13 of the soils in Reach A1 greater than 5 minimum of the soils are Easily Eroded Therefore Easily Eroded is the classification used for calculations for Reach A1 In Reach A2 and similarly in Reach A3 none of the soils are Easily Erodible but greater than 5 are Erodible Therefore Erodible is automatically selected and highlighted in red You are able to change the erodibility category of any reach Click on the cell under the category you want to select for each reach The new selection will be colored red the cell of the previous selection will return to white Click Next gt to advance to viewing waterway width and depth results Create Waterway Wizard Soil Parameter Method very Easily Erosion Erosion Allowable Soil Grain Eroded Erodible Resistant Resistant Stress Roughness 10 73 4 ooz 00155 003 0 0156 003 0 0156 Page 16 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Viewing and Modifying Waterway Width and Depth Based on the Effective Stress Approach Tractive Stress Method a Best Fit width and depth is calculated for each reach This Best Fit design is always shown in the left most columns under the Best Fit Design header To change the width or depth type the de
16. length average slope of the watershed storm frequency and the design discharge CFS You can change any of these values with the exception of the design discharge CFS CFS will change as you change the other values and click Update Startthe Waterway Wizard gt gt You may enter your own values in the Waterway Review window or proceed with calculated values For example to change the storm frequency click the Storm Frequency dropdown menu for the specific Waterway Reach and choose a different Storm Frequency Click Update to save the change and recalculate the Design Discharge CFS Make changes to the Review Waterway dialog box with caution There is no validation on changes made to values in this table You are now ready to start the Waterway Design process click Start the Waterway Wizard Using the Waterway Wizard The Waterway Wizard will lead you through several simple steps to compute the width and depth of your ee waterway ooking Dowmassan In the first screen of the wizard you will select a waterway channel shape Select either Parabolic Trapezoidal or Triangular and then click Next gt to continue with the wizard Each shape will require different input information from the user Answer each question in the wizard and click Next gt to advance to the next screen After you have completed inputs for waterway shape you will need to complete the Vegetation Parameter information Select Retardance Cl
17. n far enough that you can easily distinguish the contour lines but still see Welcome to the Agren WaterwayBuilders the entire waterway watershed on the screen There are Please enter a legal description to begin two methods to zoom to the desired waterway location l Section Method A Township N r Enter a legal description section township and Range Wr range and click Search If the box shown at the left does not appear upon program startup click Zoom to Search Legal Description in the upper right hand corner of your screen ex 28 74N 9W V Always show this box on startup Click on the Imagery box in the bottom left corner of the screen to turn on the aerial photo map layer rn P BI If the legal description is known the Once you have zoomed to the appropriate section you Zoom to Legal Description box easily may zoom in further one of five ways zooms you into the correct location 1 Click and hold the left mouse button on one corner of the area of interest Drag the pointer to the opposite corner drawing a rectangle and release If the Imagery box is in 2 Using the scroll bar wheel on the mouse roll grayed out you have not forward to zoom in roll backward to zoom out zoomed in far enough to use 3 You may also click on Zoom In or Zoom Out in Imagery yet Zoom in until the map tools to the left of the map and then click the Imagery box turns once on the area of interest on the map This way black This applie
18. ng 3 Call 712 792 6248 Page 4 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Enabling and Disabling Help WaterwayBuilder is equipped with a help menu that steps you through the process of creating a waterway To enable help click on the box to the left of Enable Help on the blue bar at the top of the page When this box is checked Enable Help will be turned on A check mark in the box indicates that the help is on To move through the step by step process simply click Next gt gt in the help window to advance to the next help screen At any time you may temporarily close the help window by clicking the X in the top right corner of the help window When you click on another icon the help menu will reappear Click on Next gt gt in the help window to advance to the next help screen To disable the help menu uncheck Enable Help in the blue bar on the top of your screen or click Disable Help in the bottom right of the help window IE CYC WaterwayBuilder Find a Bug Enable Help Zoom to Legal Description Changelog Home Map Tools D a gm e N Map Tools a Use the Zoom In Zoom Out and Pan tools to navigate the map Use Back Forward buttons to return to previous extent Clear Draw Primary P a rimary View fiew ations Watershed Tools Page 5 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Zooming to Waterway Location The location of the proposed waterway is the first De peo information that is requested Zoom i
19. nly be repeated once every 24 passwords In addition passwords must contain characters from three of the following four categories e English uppercase characters A Z e English lowercase characters a Z e Base 10 digits 0 9 e Non alphabetic characters e g Passwords must be changed every 180 days Seven days before the expiration of your password you will receive an email notifying you that your password will expire and provide you with instructions on how to change your password On the day your password expires you will receive an email notice that your password has expired with a link to the initial login screen to reset your password Resetting Your Password After three incorrect login attempts your account will be locked for 15 minutes After 15 minutes you may retry your account or reset your password To reset your password click Forgot your password on the login screen A Forgot Password screen will come up Enter your user name typically your email and click Submit to send an email with a link to reset your password Page 3 AGREN WaterwayBuilder When you click the link in the password reset email you will be redirected to a Reset Password screen Choose a new password following the requirements above and confirm Once your password is updated you will be prompted to log in again with your user name and new password Managing My Info To edit your first name last name or compan
20. s to the is not recommended because there is no control over the zoom Frequently this command zooms in too far 4 Click the or in the top left corner of the map to zoom in and out 5 Press the or on the key board of your computer Contours and Terrain buttons as well Method B Click on Pan located to the right of the Zoom In and Zoom Out tools Then click and drag the map to the desired location and zoom in or out with one of the five methods described above Page 6 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Map Layer Options In the bottom left hand corner of your screen you will Map Layers find check boxes that allow different viewing options shown on the right Check the box next to the map Soils Layers V Cities V Townships layer s you prefer to work with when planning your 9 D Waterway W Sections V Roads 7 States Imagery provides you with an aerial photo of the Dn D area selected The lmagery layer is available in F Counties Fl Contours areas less than 25 miles wide T7_ J Terrain Contours inserts two foot contour lines The F Imagery Contour layer is available in areas less than two miles wide Map Layer Options Terrain inserts hill shading The Terrain layer is available in areas less than two miles wide You may use any combination of imagery contours and terrain layers at the same time However if you have imagery and terrain layers on at the same time you will onl
21. sired parameter into the appropriate column under Proposed Design You will only be allowed to input either a depth or a width you cannot change both parameters In the example below the waterway depth was changed from 1 2 feet to 1 5 feet WaterwayBuilder will not provide a design for waterways less than 1 0 foot deep and 30 0 feet wide If smaller values are entered as the proposed design WaterwayBuilder automatically rounds up to the minimum design parameters WaterwayBuilder will not provide a design for waterways greater than 3 0 feet deep and 200 0 feet wide A warning will appear in red if the maximum design parameters are exceeded You cannot move on until the values are corrected After changing the Width or Depth you can return to the Best Fit design by clicking Refresh for the appropriate reach When you are satisfied with the waterway design click Finish and the window will close To return to this window you must click Create Waterway in the main toolbar and work through the entire wizard Create Waterway Wizard Waterway Results Best Fit Design Proposed Design Final Design Waterway Waterway Capacity Minimum Allowable Waterway Waterway Waterway Waterway Capacity Actual Effective Refresh Depth Width Velocity Limiting Stress Depth Width Depth Width Yelocity Limiting Stress to ft ft fps Parameter Ib sq ft ft ft ft ft fps Parameter Ib sqft Best Fit 3 6 39 2 81 10 ft 0 05 36
22. to execute the EULA Read the EULA and if you agree with the terms click Agree to execute the EULA The current copy of the EULA can always be found by clicking EULA in the footer of the login system Managing My Users Part of the responsibility of the subscriber is to manage the users assigned to their license Initially this requires setting up users that can access your license Upon executing the EULA the subscriber will be redirected to the Manage My Users page The Manage My Users page contains three sections Add New User Search amp Add Existing User and Edit Licensed Users To add a new user type in the user s first name last name email and company agency under the grey bar Add New User The user name will automatically populate when you enter the email address Clicking Add New User will add the user to the license you are logged in to and email them an activation link If the user needs to be added to another license you are the subscriber for you must log into that license and repeat the steps If you would like to add a user that is an existing user on another license you may enter their user name typically their email address under the grey bar Search amp Add Existing User Clicking Add Existing User will add the user to the license you are logged in to It is the responsibility of the subscriber to keep their license information current as employees are hired or terminated To remove a user from a license cli
23. ttached to the outlet of the primary waterway Continue to draw along the flow path until you reach the edge of the watershed After double clicking to end the flowline the next flowline will attach to the reach immediately upstream from the primary waterway outlet Page 12 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Entering the Runoff Curve Number RCN WaterwayBuilder can calculate a runoff curve number me sparen en wae automatically or you may enter it manually Click this icon and a pop up box will appear If you already know the RCN e for this watershed click yes in the pop Click on RCN and follow the prompts If you already up box and enter the RCN know your runoff curve number you may enter it at the If you do not know the RCN click no prompt and then skip to Create Waterway To allow WaterwayBuilder to calculate your runoff curve number follow the instructions below to assign hydrologic soil groups cut land use and assign land cover Get GIS Data The Runoff Curve Number Help Box allows you to skip ahead if you already know your RCN value Assigning Soil Hydrologic Groups To speed up processing you can turn off the contour and terrain layers You will need only the imagery layer during the remaining steps Soil polygons can be assigned dual hydrologic groups Soil polygons that are white on the map are assigned dual hydrologic groups A D B D or C D The first letter in a dual hydrologic group represents drain
24. waterway into multiple reaches adjusting the elevation of the reach ends and changing the slope of each reach You will have the option of entering your own runoff curve number or calculating the runoff curve number in WaterwayBuilder After computing waterway width and depth WaterwayBuilder will plot cross sections and estimate the cubic yards of earthwork necessary Waterway plans can be done using the newly developed Effective Stress Approach Tractive Stress Method or the more traditional Permissible Allowable Velocity Design Approach Page 1 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Initial Subscriber Login When your account is created by Agren the subscriber for your account will receive an activation email containing an activation link The activation link is valid for 30 days If 30 days has elapsed and the link has not been used you will need to contact admin agrentools com to have a new activation link sent When the subscriber clicks the activation link they will be prompted to choose a password see following pages for password requirements Enter and confirm your chosen password and click Activate My Account You will be redirected to the login screen where you will need to log in again with your username typically your email address and password Executing the End User License Agreement EULA As the Subscriber you must execute the End User License Agreement EULA before accessing any part of the tools Click on Click here
25. way Alternately you can click the Clear Primary tool to completely delete the primary waterway Then use the Draw Primary tool again to draw a new centerline Labeling the Waterway After double clicking to end the waterway a popup box will appear that will allow you to label the waterway You can assign any letter A Z to the primary waterway Waterway reaches will later be automatically named with the letter of primary waterway and a corresponding You may choose a different label reach number for example A 1 A 2 A 3 Waterway Label This waterway is currently labeled A A OK Note The popup box can sometimes take between 30 and 45 seconds to appear Or close this dialog box if you do not want to change the label Moving the Outlet To move the outlet upstream from the current location click on the Move Outlet tool Place your pointer on the desired location of the new outlet and click on the line Click the Reset Outlet tool originally the Move Outlet tool to move the outlet back to the original location The new outlet will be depicted by a blue circle at the end of the waterway centerline The outlet tools will become inactive as you continue to plan the waterway Page 8 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Cross Section View The Cross Section View allows you to view cross sections of the waterway in 25 50 or 100 foot intervals Cross Section Yiew Looking Downstream 100 90 80 70 50 50 40 30 20 10
26. y click on your user name typically your email address and then click Manage My Info in the footer of the login screens If you need to change your email address or user name contact admin agrentools com Choosing a License and Tool From the login screen choose the license you want to access from the drop down list To access Agren s conservation planning tools click on the tool you would like to use below the license selection Customer Support The footer of every login screen contains a link to customer support If you experience even the smallest problem while using Agren s conservation planning tools please let us know We do our best to get you answers within the hour 8am to 5pm CST Monday through Friday There are three ways to contact Agren customer support 1 Click Find a Bug when using the tools The Find a Bug icon just to the left of Enable Help on the top of your map records information about your session as well as a screen shot and pops up a window where you can type your question or report a bug Find a Bug This is the best way to report bugs or ask questions because we receive the most information to help diagnose your problem Please be as descriptive as possible in explaining the problem you are experiencing Occasionally we might also ask for a copy of the session you are working on 2 Email support agrentools com Please be as descriptive as possible in explaining the problem you are experienci
27. y see the terrain layer Waterway Tools On the left of your screen below Map Tools you will find Waterway Tools Waterway Tools 4 The waterway tools allow you to draw your primary waterway move your outlet view a cross section of the waterway and use the profile view to split the waterway into multiple reaches Cross Section Show View Stations Once the waterway is split into reaches you can click Show Stations to view the length of each reach The tools will be described in detail on the following pages Waterway Tools Page 7 AGREN WaterwayBuilder Drawing the Primary Waterway Determine where you want to place the primary waterway and select the Draw Primary tool Always begin to draw a waterway from the outlet The beginning of the Click on the map where you want your waterway to begin Always begin to draw the waterway from the outlet Continue clicking points on the map to draw the waterway centerline Double click on the last point to complete the centerline The beginning of the waterway or Station 0 00 will always be at the upper end of the waterway waterway or Station 0 00 will always be at the upper end of the waterway To change the location of the waterway centerline click the Redraw Primary tool originally the Draw Primary tool The original waterway centerline will remain visible enabling you to trace portions of the original drawing until you double click to end the new water
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