User Manual - Geocomp Consulting
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1. Pit Default Values Pit Type SEP Side Entry Pit Construction Type Cl Cast Insitu Lid Type Cl Concrete Insert Litter Trap Pipe Default Values Pipe Material AC Reinforced Concrete Ma Class Diameter mm 375 Return Period yrs 5 Property Connection Default Values F C Material YC Polyvinylchloride P C Diameter mm 150 Load Parameters Save Parameters Click the Populate Database button to close the parameters form and move on to adding the as constructed data to the database 18 Option 1701 Populate D SPEC Pits Pipes amp Connections The elements of the current selection are used to populate the database This means that different regions of a drainage project can be added as required Before making a selection turn off all elements not required The only elements required are Pits Pipes and Property Connections G Database Link Manager rz ox Database Linked Data D SPEC GIS Databases Tables Table Pipe D SPEC Survey mdb ID GIN Pipe Number Subdivision Name Stage Number Street Name DS IL CAMBERWELL ESTATE MARGARET COURT 74 557 Pit CAMBERWELL ESTATE MARGARET COURT r4 rE Property Connection CAMBERWELL ESTATE MARGARET COURT 75 237 CAMBERWELL ESTATE MARGARET COURT PAWB Option 1702 Export When Pit Pipe and Property Connection database tables are completed and verified the data is exported in MapInfo Mid Mif format as CSV files and the grap2. digital data specifications GeoCivil DATA PREPARATION AND EXPORT TO D SPEC Geocomp Consulting Pty Ltd 4 Ashburn Grove Ashburtin 3147 Tel 03 9882 0422 Fax 03 9882 0755 geocivil Q geocompconsult com au 24 April 2007 SUPPLY OF DIGITAL DATA TO COUNCILS D SPEC is the acronym for the Consultant Developer Specifications for the delivery of Digital Data to Local Government A consortium of Councils Utilities was formed to participate in the use of the D SPEC standard these being Bass Coast Baw Baw Brimbank Ballarat Casey Colac Otway Greater Dandenong Greater Geelong Hume Latrobe Melbourne Melton Mitchell Surf Coast Wellington Whittlesea Wyndham The D SPEC standard was developed to streamline the processes undertaken to display all new drainage assets and telecommunication conduits within each D SPEC member s GIS A common specification for the supply of digital drainage data was identified as a major opportunity for the consortium members to achieve efficiency and cost savings in the process of maintaining their corporate geographic information systems GIS and asset management systems AMS Moreover a common specification shared between Councils would also provide efficiencies to the Land Development Industry by removing the need to maintain separate processes standards and software tools for numerous Councils The key objectives of the D SPEC consortium are to streamline stakeholders processes for rec
3. Join Lower to Higher Coord Pipe Ends A requirement of the D SPEC specification is that all pipes must be snapped to the centre of pits Use Option 1383 Move End of Line Retaining Grade to make the pipe ends coincident with the pit centre press Shift key to snap onto point This retains the grade of the line Property Connection End The downstream end of the Property Connections should either coincide with a Pit centre or lie on the Line of a Pipe use Option 1715 Extend Property Connection to Pipe on Grade Pipe Directions The direction of all Pipe and Property Connections lines should be checked using Option 1712 Check the Direction of Pipes amp PCs Where required Lines may be reversed by clicking Edit gt Position gt Reverse Direction of Elements Property Connection Depth The finished surface level FSL point near the end of the Property Connection must be made coincident in X amp Y using Option 32 Move Coord on Screen click on the FSL point and then press Shift key to snap onto upstream end of Property Connection Assign Attributes Where Pipe or Pit attributes differ from the stage default they must be individually assigned using Option 1703 Assign Pipe Attributes or Option 1704 Assign Pit Attributes Each Property Connection must be assigned to an allotment using Option 1705 Assign Attributes to Property Connections If the Property Connection diameter material etc are dif
4. concrete Diameter Depth to invert below FSL at the property end DATA PREPARATION AND EXPORT IN D SPEC FORMAT As constructed stormwater data needs to comprise the following Lines representing pipes from centre of pit to centre of pit joined from downstream to upstream Points at the centre of each pit lid the unique name of this Coord being the pit number Objects comprising Lines representing the shape of each pit generally rectangles the object name being the pit number Lines representing the property connection joined from downstream to upstream A finished surface level Point with the same X Y as the end of the property connection This is used to determine the depth of the property connection In the absence of this a depth attribute may be assigned to the property connection Lines joining the invert of the pit generally the invert of the outlet pipe to the point on the pit lid This is used to determine the depth of the pit A Parcel of class 199 encompassing the project data Data Preparation Pit Number Each Pit must have a unigue number Where possible these numbers should increase as you progress upstream through the pipe network These numbers are allocated to each Pit Lid point using Option 1171 Assign Coord Name and can be a maximum of 10 characters Pit Extents Once the Pit Lid points have been numbered a rectangle can be created about each defining the inner extents of th
5. coordinates This means that the surveyed ends of all pipes entering a pit must be moved to the notional centre of the pit This raises the issue of data integrity as in some instances it may mean that the pipe end is moved a significant distance laterally The surveyed invert level of the moved pipe must also change to maintain the pipe grade Common Attributes For each Pit Pipe and Property Connection the following must be provided e Subdivision Name e Stage Number Street Name Design Company Construction Company Plan Number Construction Date Return Period Basically all of this information comes from the design plan Pit Attributes Each Pit must also have Type e g SEP side entry pit GP grated pit EW end wall Construction Type e g PC pre cast CI cast insitu BR brick Lid Type e g CA cast iron CI concrete insert GR grate Side Length and Width Cover Level generally finish surface level Depth from pit lid to pit bottom Litter Traps Yes or No Pipe Attributes Each Pipe must also have Downstream and upstream invert levels Length Diameter or width 1f a culvert Height if a culvert Material e g CONC concrete RC reinforced concrete Property Connection Attributes Each Property Connection must also have Name of pipe into which it discharges Allotment number served by the Property Connection Material e g CONC concrete RC reinforced
6. trap GS _Grated top and side entry pit JP Junction Pit OO A NL ul ui MI dis osar e a O NN uw uu eru ue ue Lu NL T I I V b wad ren IIN VP V Throated Pit ia Diameters Pipe amp Property Connection diameters may alternatively be assigned on the basis of feature 1 e entity This is done through the GeoCivil Feature Definition Manager Feature Properties from Database Feature Definition General File Tools Content configuration G Current Level Feature Levels Save Load LAND TITLES OFFICE Traverse general Features Mew Hew Set Current Current Feature Definition General Symbol Size Line Type Line Weight T M 1 rarn 1 0mm 1 ram 1 ram 1 Oran 1 Orrirn 1 rarn 1 rarn 1 rarn 1 Orrirn 1 Oran Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid 0 13mm 0 1 3mm 0 1 Sram 0 13mm 0 1 Sram Dl 13mm 0 13mm Dl 13mm 0 13mm Dl 13mm 0 1 Sram G Feature A Sele Diameter m Name Short Entity Colour Symbol SwDd1 200 D120 347 M Gx 404 SVD 350 D135 345 M34 Gx 404 S117 50 D150 332 M34 Gx 404 S17 S00 D150 349 M34 Gx 404 SWDTESD D165 350 M34 Gw 404 SwD1 800 D180 351 p34 Gx 404 SWD 550 D195 352 M34 Gk 404 SWD2100 D210 353 M34 Gs 404 SwD225 D225 333 M34 Gs 404 SwE 300 D300 334 p34 Gx 404 SVD 375 D375 35 M4 Gs 40
7. 4 i Sw Select All Ctrl A cw Deselect Ctrl D Delete w Col Insert Update Feature in Database m w Collapse Grid Clearance Under m p45 Clearance Over m 01 0 1 Delete Conduit Attributes Cancel OF Ck a a a Pa 13 gt LL 4 SOFTWARE TOOLS A number of software tools have been included in GeoCivil to assist with the data preparation These have been grouped onto a D SPEC toolbar The D SPEC process basically progresses from left to right across the toolbar Pi Option 1171 Assign Pit Name Before running this option you should turn off all features except the Pit Lid Centre Points Commencing at the drainage discharge point click on the Pit Lid Centre Point and assign its unique number using a maximum of 10 characters These may be alpha numeric and may contain the stage number e g 321 3022 etc Eli Option 1382 Create Rectangle by Length and Width Before running this option set the current feature to Pit or Access Point This requires you to enter the length amp width click the centre point and then enter or click the orientation bearing The rectangle will be created of the current feature and will be made into an object which is assigned the name of the centre point the pit name Option 1707 Define Pit as Object If the pit rectangle already exists it can be made conform with the D SPEC reguirements Click on a Pit line and then click the P
8. 5 Assign Attributes to Property Connections Property connection attributes may be entered into the form Fields left empty will inherit the project D SPEC Parameters Property Connection Attributes DS Pipe No default values a aeee Diameter mm 12 z The Allot Number must be assigned ce es being the lot served by the Property Steet Name PONTING PLACE Connection o B Cancel The diameter of a pipe may alternatively be derived from the associated Line s feature attributes 1 Option 1711 Define Design Boundary Extent D_SPEC requires the graphics to include the extent of the drainage project to be represented by a closed boundary Create each extent node by LMB click Use a RMB to finish and close the polygon Enter a name for the region e g STAGE 3 The resultant GeoCivil Parcel will be assigned class 199 X Option 1015 GIS Database This option uses the drawing configuration file DSPEC Plan DWC to only display Pipes Pits Property Connections and pit vertical axis When the Database Link Manager is first loaded 1t will automatically copy the D SPEC database template file DSPEC_V5 mdb which contains empty Pit Pipe and Property Connection tables and should be found in the directory C Program Files geoZ GeoCivil Controls After copying the empty database it will be assigned a name ProjectName DSPEC_V5 mdb and opened Note It may sometimes be necessary to Remove the linked data
9. base recopy the template database and re populate it G Database Link Manager Database Linked Data D SPEC Table D GIN Pipe Number Upstream Pit Number Downstream Pit Number Subdivision Name Bad GIS Databases Tables lt 11111asceondrainageD5 DSPEC PropertyConnection lt M 17 The logic adopted when populating the database is as follows All displayed Point features are considered to be Pit Lid centres Line elements are differentiated as follows All Lines containing the attribute DS Pipe Number or Allot Num will be considered to be Property Connections All Lines comprising an Object are considered to be Pit extents All Lines comprising Parcels are considered to be part of the bounding polygon All other Lines are considered to be drainage Pipes On the Database Link Manager torm click D SPEC gt Add Pits Pipes PCs A D SPEC Parameters form will be displayed into which the project header and default values are entered These values can be saved to a TXT file by clicking the Save Parameters button In subseguent sessions these parameters can be retrieved by clicking the Load Parameters button m D SPEC Pipe 4s Constructed Header and Default Data Subdivision Name CAMBERWELL ESTATE Stage Number 2B Design Company GECOMP SUNTACPTYLTD a Construction Company BOBTHEBUILDER Plan Number 9876544 Street Mame MARGARET COURT Construction Date wis Flot Scale 500
10. e Pit using Option 1382 Create Rectangle by Length and Width These rectangles comprise a GeoCivil object the name of which 1s the Pit number These Pit objects become blocks when the drawing 1s created Typically at each pit there will be a point at the centre of the lid plus a point at the invert of each pipe and property connection entering or exiting the pit Pipes Pipes may either be strung in the field to create Line elements automatically in GeoCivil or they may be picked up as Points and be joined to create Line elements in the office When stringing in the field you should endeavour to start at the downstream end of the pipe and where possible adopt the upstream pit number as the string number To create the pipes in the office adopt the D SPEC feature then use Option 1714 Create Pipe Join amp Retain Points as this will retain the invert points in their surveyed positions when the Pipe ends are moved to coincide with the plan position of the Pit Lid centre point as is required in D SPEC Property Connections For each property connection an invert point is required in a pit or near a pipe plus a point within the property and in order to compute a depth a finished surface level taken nearby Pit Depth For each pit you should join the point on the lid to the lowest pit invert point which is generally the invert of the exit pipe This line is created as a Pit Vertical Axis feature using Option 1713
11. efined from downstream to upstream end This tool will display an arrow on each Pipe and Property Connection Click on any that are to be reversed Option 1708 View Data in Elevation This option displays the pipe network in elevation view Click a Coord about which the Z axis 1s to be rotated then enter of define the bearing to become the new X axis Zooming in on the elevation view allows you to examine the relationship between pipes pits and property connections If you press F9 the RLs will be displayed 15 A Option 1709 Remove Elevation View The screen display reverts from elevation to plan view ar Option 1703 Assign Attributes to Pipes Pipe attributes may be entered S TETTEI into the form Fields left empty Pipe Altibutes fF will inherit the project default NEA Diameter mm vi values u 6 Haterial CONC Concrete Return Period sm The diameter of a pipe may Steet Name i aar SAND BEDDING alternatively be derived from the associated Line s feature 8 Cancel attributes see Diameters above at Option 1704 Assign Attributes to Pits Pit attributes may be entered into D SPEC Parameters EEk i 5 Pit Attributes the form Fields left empty will ii MH inherit the project default values o Cn N Construct Type Cl CastInstu Depth na Length Rad o Width on Litter Trap Y N Y Street Name PONTING PLAEE Comment Cancel arr Option 170
12. eiving handling and storing of underground infrastructure related to subdivision developments in their GIS This process will increase the efficiency of information access and result in greater customer satisfaction when dealing with inquiries from consultants developers and prospective residents significant duplication of effort exists in the digitising of as constructed drainage information This duplication exists between the private sector who capture as constructed information and council staff who may digitise that information from paper plans Perceived Benefits In the process of accepting and processing lodgements and in checking existing data against design criteria and or design plans the consortium members believe that D SPEC will improve process efficiency improve customer service improve the quality of drainage information held by councils and ultimately enable them to manage drainage assets better The D SPEC Version 5 0 specification document can be downloaded from www dpsec com au It contains details on the as constructed attribute definitions The surveyed as constructed digital data of the assets are to be positioned relative to the State Digital Map Base plus e be positioned relative to the existing digital drainage data It is the responsibility of the consultant to ensure the as constructed survey digital data of the assets are related to the current digital drainage data held in the council s GIS T
13. ferent to the default values enter them on the same form View in Elevation Some aspects of data verification and editing are best achieved by viewing the pipe network in elevation using Option 1708 View Data in Elevation Use Option 1709 Remove Elevation View to return to the plan view Design Boundary Extents The D SPEC specification reguires the design boundary extents be supplied as a polygon in a separate layer with the Development Name and Stage as text labels To achieve this create a GeoC1vil Parcel using Option 1711 Define Design Boundary Extent You will be requested to set the appropriate Feature click the bounding node points and enter the name The resultant Parcel will be automatically assigned class 199 D_SPEC ATTRIBUTE NAMES Individual Pipes Pits and Property Connections may be assigned attributes which are held as part of the element description Each attribute in the description string 18 separated by V For example a pipe may be assigned the following description Pipe_Diam 375 Material CONC Return_Period 25 The available attribute names are PIPE PIT PROPERTY CONNECTION Pipe_Num Pit_Type DS_Pipe_Num Pipe_Diam Lid_Type Allot_Num Material Con_Type Depth Comment Depth Diam Street_ Name Side_Len Material Return_ Period Side_ Wid Comment Litter_Trap Street_ Name Comment Street_ Name These attributes may be included in the total station Code List together with a list of the associated para
14. he D SPEC consortium members will make available an extract of any digital stormwater data in the specific project area held in their respective GIS environments If the position of the new assets clearly indicates a discrepancy when compared to the position of the existing assets the surveyor must record such discrepancies in the supplied graphics file This is done through inserting a P surrounded by a 10m radius circle Responsibility of the Consultant The consultant shall be responsible for e ensuring that the as constructed details of the works are recorded and certified by a Licensed Surveyor in accordance with the D SPEC requirements and forwarded to the consortium member prior to works being accepted and receiving a Statement of Compliance e ensuring that the data supplied is correct accurate and complete e ensuring the data is supplied within 3 weeks of work being completed e ensuring that the information provided is relative to SII s digital cadastral map base and e ensuring that any information provided by the consortia members is verified by the consultant prior to any works being processed Graphical Specifications The key principle of D SPEC is to assign a unique ID to each individual asset 1 e Pit Pipe and Property Connection and for this to provide the link between the graphics and the associated attribute data tables Where data is supplied in a proprietary GIS format it can be assumed that this is alread
15. hics saved in DWG and DXF files On the Database Link Manager form click D SPEC gt Export A report is displayed showing the current contents of the database D SPEC SurveyP D SPEC TXT Notepad peRppg 00000 a bd ad et z HAADHH u gdggan rt 09909 ff O oo aad ga v 9999 tiiat rtrtrtz 73332325 UA 2 89884 NNNNNO 8 BBBSBA hvi Te e e me 3333337 gogogo ag FEEFEE HH YD O Hw ECE J sh ah ah ah ah ak SISISISID fj pf bbbbO RRRRRRR mne FAN w Option 1706 Create D SPEC Plan Drawing This creates a drawing of the currently displayed elements and treats Objects eg Pits as drawing blocks Pipes are automatically labelled with pipe type and diameter A parcel of class 199 is treated as the project extent polygon and will be included in the drawing as such During the drawing creation process the D SPEC data is also exported to CSV files Pipe Pit amp Property Connection 19
16. it centre point to which the pit name has previously been assigned Note Occasionally you may encounter a non standard access point in the form of an end wall inspection shaft or non rectangular pit These must be created using general GeoCivil coordinate geometry routines 1 Option 1714 Create Pipe Join amp Retain Points Where Pipe inverts have been surveyed as Points it is necessary to create the Pipes Click the downstream Point and then the upstream point 7 Option 1713 Join Lower to Higher Coords This tool can be used to create Pipes joining from downstream to upstream end and can be used to create the Pit vertical axis which defines the Pit depth 14 x Option 1383 Move End of Pipe Retaining Grade The pipe ends must coincide with the pit centre When moving the pipe ends it is essential to retain the grade of the pipe The end of a Line is clicked and then a new location clicked The Shift key is held down during the second click to snap onto an existing Coord The original grade of the Line 1s retained Eu Option 1715 Extend Property Connection on Grade to Pipe The surveyed downstream end of a Property Connection must fall on a pipe or coincide with a Pit centre This tool extends a Property Connection on its grade to intersect a Pipe First click the Pipe and then click each associated Property Connection T 1 Option 1712 Check Direction of Pipes amp PCs All Pipes amp PCs must be d
17. meters For example when a Pit is surveyed the user would be prompted for the Pit Type Lid Type and Construction Method with a value selected from a drop down list The D SPEC parameters are held in the database file D SPEC_Parameters mdb The associated tables are 10 Conduit Material CONC GON known if reinforced GEW Earthenware HDPE High Density Polyethylene IRON lron Type Unknown MPDE ta Density Polyethylene PE Polyethylene Used for Underground Conduits PVC Polyvinylchloride RC Reinforced Concrete No Class RC1 Reinforced Concrete Class 1 RC2 Reinforced Concrete Class 2 RC3 Reinforced Concrete Class 3 RC4 Reinforced Concrete Class 4 SPD Glazed Stoneware UCON GN Concrete UNK Unknown UPVC Un plasticised Polyvinylchloride Thin Walled Non Pressure Pipe UPVC P Profile Wall Un plasticised Polyvinylchloride Including Ultra rib VC Vitreous Clay Spigot Socket Pit Construction Type Cl Cast Insitu Concrete Insitu PC Pre cast Concrete pre cast UNK i 11 Pit Lid Type Code Description Comment CA Castlron a PN eae Pit_Type Code Description Comment 3 DGP Double Grated Pit DJP pane Junction Pit DSEP oil Side Entry Pit EP End Pipe End pipes are not pits but necessary codes to define pipe endings EW End Wall End walls are not pits but necessary codes to define pipe endings GF Footpath Pit GP ae Pit GPT ane pollutant
18. y the case whereas if the data is to be supplied in a CAD format with associated ASCII files a unique ID must be assigned to each asset All as constructed data is to be supplied in a format specified by each individual D SPEC consortium member Currently specified formats are e Autodesk Map e MapInfo Native e MapInfo MID MIF e ESRI ArcInfo Native e ESRI ArcView Shapefile e DXF and CSV Attribute File Specifications e All coordinates will be provided in the preferred datum of each individual D SPEC consortium member generally MGA e All Z coordinates levels will be provided in AHD metres e Maximum field widths are specified for alpha numeric and alpha data e For floating point data the number of characters after the decimal point are specified e All fields are to be populated and the associated columns must adopt the specified column names e Attribute files are to be supplied for Pipes Pits and Property Connections Drainage Attribute Data Conventions and Validation Checks Pits Access points must be uniquely numbered with a maximum of 10 alpha numeric characters Where possible the numbers should increase as one progresses upstream Each pipe section must also be uniquely named with a maximum of 10 alpha numeric characters Generally the pipe name will be derived from the downstream and upstream pit numbers The easting and northing coordinates of the pipe ends must coincide with the corresponding pit centre
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