Data Entry and Review property sheets

Data Entry and Review property sheets

DRAINS uses many 'forms' with spaces allowing you to enter data for a component such as a pit or channel, or to review and change data that were entered previously.

They are opened by placing the mouse pointer on a component, clicking the right mouse button and choosing Edit Data from the menu that appears, e.g.:

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You should place the pointer in the centre of the symbols for components that are located at one point, such as nodes, pits, detention basins, culverts, bridges and sub-catchments. For links such as pipes, channels and overflow routes, you can click on any point along their length. After some practise, you will be able to select particular components, even in complicated arrangements.

The appropriate property sheet will be opened. This can be closed after data is entered or reviewed, by clicking the OK or Cancel buttons. The former will save any changes you have made, while the latter will ignore these. If you have entered incorrect or inappropriate data, error messages should appear when you press OK.

Information on specific property sheets is available in the following links:
  1. The Node property sheet
  2. The Bridge property sheet
  3. The Headwall property sheet, which is used to model culverts
  4. The Detention Basin property sheet
  5. The Pit property sheet
  6. The Baseflow property sheet
  7. The User-Provided Hydrograph property sheet
  8. The Pipe property sheet
  9. The Survey Data property sheet
  10. The Prismatic Open Channel property sheet
  11. The Irregular Open Channel property sheet
  12. The Multi-channel property sheet
  13. The Overflow Route property sheet
  14. The Stream Routing Reach property sheet
  15. The Sub-Catchment property sheet