Inputs and outputs
Spreadsheet transfers
The data that makes up a DRAINS model and the results of runs can be transferred to spreadsheet programs using facilities in the Edit menu. Other spreadsheet transfers can be made for any results that can be pasted to the Windows Clipboard. In the ...
Results display in the Main Window
Following a run, peak flowrates and HGL levels are presented in the Main Window, with coloured numbers replacing the names of components. If multiple storms are used, the results for a particular storm can be selected using the pull-down menu in the ...
Reports, Documentation
For Design work, the spreadsheet outputs in DRAINS serve as documentation for the design of piped drainage systems. These show the input data that define the system, and results of minor and major storm runs used to design or check a pipe system. One ...
Quantities
DRAINS calculates the volumes of excavation from the pipe lengths and invert levels, making the following assumptions: The default trench width is as shown below, with 200 mm being added for each parallel pipe in addition to the first one. These ...
Long section drawing preview
This dialog box displays a long-section plot, when selected from options in the File menu. It can be used to modify the plot before it is saved as a DXF file for transfer to CAD and GIS programs. The window appears as follows: This contains detailed ...
Inputs and outputs
Broadly, DRAINS requires three types of input: the data needed to set up a model - indicators selecting the type of hydrological model, the parameters or significant numbers associated with models, and data that is stored in data bases, such as pit ...
DRAINS spreadsheet formats and data
The spreadsheet copy options in the Edit menu of DRAINS can transfer input data and results to spreadsheets and other programs that can interface with DRAINS. Data can be transferred both ways - from and to DRAINS. This has the following advantages: ...
Design drawings
These are drawings created to assist the construction of objects or systems, showing the full extent and details of works to be performed. In urban stormwater drainage applications they will commonly involve: a plan view of a system of pits, pipes ...