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Typing field notes into a design network for a record drawing, one structure at a time: rim , sump (depth or elevation) and each pipe invert @ the structure on one small dialog, Enter to apply and walk down the run (the view follows, in plan or in a profile view). The design values stay in each part , so the model becomes the as-built and the Design vs As-built table can still show both.

Command VDCSTRUCTEDIT VDCPIPEEDIT · VDC QC tab › Closeout panel

VDCPIPEEDIT is part of Structure Quick Edit; the full section follows.

Typing field notes into a design network for a record drawing, one structure at a time: rim, sump (depth or elevation) and each pipe invert @ the structure on one small dialog, Enter to apply and walk down the run (the view follows, in plan or in a profile view). The design values stay in each part, so the model becomes the as-built and the Design vs As-built table can still show both.
Type the shots → Enter → next structure down the run; design kept, as-built in the model, flags never block. Structure MH-2 (STORM) Rim elevation 350.07 Sump: depth below lowest invert / elevation 1.00 Design rim 350.31, delta -0.24 | sump elev 340.52 Pipe Flow Dir Invert @ Design Delta Crown P-1 from MH-1 IN W 341.70 341.76 -0.06 342.95 P-2 to MH-3 OUT E 341.52 341.52 0.00 343.02 Tab: rim → sump → each invert → name · Match invert / crown... Enter = Apply + Next (one Undo per Apply) Flags (never block): LOW SLOPE · REVERSED · INV OFF · RIM OFF · NEG DROP · SUMP HIGH untouched fields are never written - a no-op Apply writes nothing WALK THE RUN MH-1 MH-2 MH-3 Enter → DESIGN VS AS-BUILT TABLE (option) STRUCT DESIGN RIM AS-BUILT DELTA PIPE DESIGN INV AS-BUILT FLAGS MH-2 350.31 350.07 -0.24 P-1 341.76 341.70 - P-2 341.52 341.52 - refilled in place after every Apply and every Set Inverts run gravity networks only · names unique across the drawing
Typed as-built values   Pipes / table   Deltas & flags

What it does

  • Structure: name (unique drawing-wide, checked first), rim, sump as a depth below the lowest invert or an elevation (dropdown, remembered), every connected pipe's invert @ this structure with the far structure, its compass direction and its crown live; station / offset, size, material read-only; slope live. Match invert / crown... types another pipe's invert, or the invert that levels the crowns, into a pipe's box.
  • Pipe: name, start / end invert with delta vs design beside each, Move both ends by (slope holds); slope derived (read-only), length / size / direction read-only; Match @ start / end against the other pipes at that structure.
  • Pick in plan or in a profile view; the model part is edited and the profile view redraws. Follow on screen centers the view on each part as the editor moves along the run.
  • Design kept: the first write to a part (this tool, Set Inverts, Build Structs, Build Pipes) saves its design values in the part; Re-baseline... drops them on purpose.
  • Read-back: anything Civil 3D moves after Apply (a surface-driven rim, a depth-controlled sump) is reported as a warning.

Settings & options

  • Design vs As-built table on / off (remembered); hold sump depth; typed rim stops following the surface; follow on screen (on by default); sump shown as depth or elevation.
  • Flag criteria: invert / rim tolerance 0.10 ft, minimum slope = the size table, seeded 0.40 % for every size (editable; empty it for Manning full flow 2 ft/s, n 0.013), decimals, table text height.
  • Sump keeps its depth below the lowest invert when an invert moves - from either editor (the pipe editor carries it to the structures at both ends).
  • Settings at %APPDATA%\VDC\StructEdit\settings.json (override VDC_STRUCTEDIT_SETTINGS), shared with the VDC.AsBuilt import commands.

Dialog

Structure Quick Edit dialog
Structure Quick Edit - VDCSTRUCTEDIT
Structure Quick Edit dialog
Structure Quick Edit - VDCSTRUCTEDIT
Pipe Quick Edit dialog
Pipe Quick Edit - VDCPIPEEDIT

When to use it

  • Working up a record drawing from field notes (rim, inverts, sump depth per structure) with no COGO points.
  • Fixing one shot after VDCSETINVERTS, or renaming a structure while you are there.
  • Any time Civil 3D's Properties panel (two tabs, one property per double-click) is the alternative.

How to run it

  1. Run VDCSTRUCTEDIT and pick the first structure of the run (or type N and its name).
  2. Type the rim, Tab, the sump (depth or elevation, as the dropdown says), Tab, each pipe invert that changed. Untouched fields stay as they are. Match invert / crown... fills a pipe's invert from another pipe at the structure.
  3. Watch the slope, crown and the flags update as you type, then press Enter: the values are written (one Undo) and the next structure down the run opens, with the view following it (plan or profile view).
  4. Optional: Place table... once; from then on every Apply keeps the Design vs As-built table current.
  5. Close when the run is done. Flags are in the QC findings palette (double-click to zoom).

Options

  • Sump as depth or elevation: the dropdown beside the box (remembered). Depth is measured from the lowest connected invert (after the inverts you typed); switching converts the value. With no pipe connected the field is the sump elevation.
  • Follow on screen: on by default - Next, Previous, Enter and Edit center the view on the part, in plan or in the profile view it was picked in.
  • Hold the sump depth when an invert changes: on by default - moving the lowest invert moves the sump with it (it keeps its depth, not its elevation); the pipe editor does the same for the structures at its ends.
  • A typed rim stops the rim following its surface: on by default - otherwise a surface-driven rim would snap back.
  • Re-baseline...: drops the saved design values (this structure and its pipes) so the current values become the design. For redesigns, not field data.
  • Flag criteria...: invert and rim tolerances (0.10 ft), minimum slope from the size table (seeded 0.40 % for every size, editable; empty it for Manning 2 ft/s, n 0.013), decimals, table text height.

Watch out for

  • Names are unique across the whole drawing (every network) - the dialog refuses a taken name before anything is written.
  • Gravity networks only. Parts in a data-shortcut reference are read-only here.
  • If Civil 3D puts a value back after Apply (a surface, a depth-controlled sump), the dialog shows a WARNING with the value it now reports.
  • Flags compare against the criteria you set; they are not a compliance check.

Related: Pipe Quick Edit · Set Inverts from Survey Points · As-Built Record Drawing · Pipe QC