Drainage Design
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Infodrainage - Display Settings - Annotation Connections Slope
Infodrainage - Display Settings
Slope annotation in connections to be 1:x rather than shown as x(1:x)
4 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted. This is to confirm that we've received your suggestion and that it will be reviewed for future consideration.
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Import EPASWMM5 Files
Importing EPASWMM5 files for US users would help to streamline the transition from SSA (you can export to SWMM5 from SSA)
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InfoDrainage - Time of entry to be called time of entry, not time of concentration
Te has specific meaning in the UK when using the rational method (modified).
Tc also has speific meaning (Te + sumTf).
It would be better if the software wants the user to input a Te, that it calls it Te. At the moment it calls the Te Time of concentration, which is very confusing.4 votes -
Include SuDS Maintenance
Add the ability to have a maintenance sheet in the print outs for SuDS structures.
4 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted. This is to confirm that we've received your suggestion and that it will be reviewed and discussed for future consideration.
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Need Papadaskis-Kazen Time of Concentration for Preliminary Sizing
The local requirement for Arizona require the use of Papdaskis-Kazen as the time of concentration method. Please add.
3 votesThank you for submitting and voting for this idea. We've received it and it will be reviewed for future consideration.
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Updating an Existing C3D Drainage Network When Importing Back
As a workflow we start our design in C3D then export for analysis in Infodrainage, We then bring back to C3D the amended network, but it is a new network, and so all the formatting that was initially done on it is lost.
C3D should update the network with the amended information from Infodrainage, including HGL, pit rotation etc.3 votesThank you for submitting and voting for this idea. This is to confirm that we've received the idea and it will be reviewed by the Product Management and development team for future consideration.
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Perforated pipes
This will be hard to implement so it's kind of a longer term ambition, but it would be really helpful if InfoDrainage could properly model a perforated pipe.
Pretty often we have a perforated pipe below a structure - what would now be called a stormwater control - like a permeable car park or a swale. The "main" flow is running through the pipe, usually because depth won't permit it to be sent directly into a shallow feature, but as the hydraulic head rises water infiltrates out of the pipe in a gravel trench and builds up until it fills…
3 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted.
Within SWCs, we have added an option called Under Drain, with this option, you can model a perforated pipe, and once the pipe is out of the system into the flow control chamber, it won't be perforated anymore so you can use a conventional pipe to model it.
Please feel free to touch base with our support team if you have any questions on the above.
Does the above address your suggestion?
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Fall column
Include a column in the connection design table that displays an editable 'fall' value, i.e. calculated value of US/IL - DS/IL, used to be a handy feature in MicroDrainage Network
3 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted. This is to confirm that we've received your suggestion and that it will be reviewed for future consideration.
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3 votes
Thank you for the suggestion, and thanks to those who commented and voted. This is to confirm that we've received your suggestion and that it will be reviewed for future consideration.
We are working on enhancing the long section, so it shows more data in the tables, and we made it flexible so users can select what to view. We are also working on annotating the Hydraulic Grade Line and the Energy Grade Line. This is now on our road map for future releases of InfoDrainage.
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Please can the output drawings be able to be produced in landscape.
When using the extend view to produce drawings it appears to be only able to undertake in portrait. Also the title block cannot be changed in size which can make the drawings untidy. Finally can there be an option to move the lables around so they do not clash.
3 votesYou can scale the labels in InfoDrainage from the display setting to ensure that they do not clash.
Does the above address your suggestion re moving labels?
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Include Linear Drainage Channels
Support a wider range of linear drainage channels.
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Realistic Flow in SuDS structures
Realistic flow through bioretention, permeable paving and other SuDS within hydraulic models.
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Support Biodiversity net gain
Support the ability to create a biodiversity metric for SuDS structures as per the Defra tool.
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Printing Critical Storm pipes Results in ascending order.
When presenting Critical Storm simulation calculations to the LLFA/Sewage undertaker, they must be in pipe code order, for example, 1-1.000-1-1.012. So from the top to the bottom of the network. One of your support staff informed me that when printing reports, the simulation results are printed in pipe creation order rather than ascending order. I need to be able to print in ascending order.
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Provide Inlet spread in FDOT Spreadsheet Reports
Please provide a inlet spread reports as specified in the FDOT Drainage Handbook.
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SuDS and Inlet Level sync stepdowns
Infodrainage 2023.2
Inlets into SuDS features need to be able to be different from the SuDS features bed level.
It is almost always necessary to have a step down between inlets and outlets on Ponds and Swales etc.2 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted.
The inlet pipe will always try to sync to the bed level of your Storm Water Control (SWC), however, you can easily lock the pipe and manipulate the level so your inlet pipe can be higher and your outlet pipe can be lower. You can introduce inlet and outlet chambers and you will have full flexibility in dropping the levels as required.
Does the above address the issue?
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Better Level Coordination of Swales
InfoDrainage 2023.2
If you have a swale with several branches discharging into it the invert level of those branches is fixed at the swales outlet invert level and not at the bed level corresponding to its position along the swale.2 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted.
We agree that in scenarios where multiple pipes are discharging into a steep swale at various points, the bed level might not be the best level to sync to. This has been discussed and it's been agreed that we will interpolate the right level using the centre line and sync the connection to it. This is now in the road map for future implementation.
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Automatic M5-60 and R values based on Location
Most models are built on surveys that are on National Grid Coordinates. It would therefore be good for the rainfall data to automatically generate M5-60 and R values based on NGC for the site with the option to click Map and reposition if necessary.
2 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted.
FSR is an outdated rainfall method which was developed in the 1970s, this is why various LLFAs around the UK are now rejecting drainage statements submissions when FSR was used as a rainfall. This is one of the reasons why we would be hesitant to invest into investing more time into this. We are currently working on FEH22 implementation which will be made available to UK customers in future releases of the software.
However, FSR has a 1km2 resolution, therefore, you can still get the exact site accuratley by hoovering over the map and keeping an eye on the coordinates on the top-left corner (see screenshot). Take one coordinate from your site and use the first three digits from the easting and the first three digits from the northing to establish the exact location on the FSR…
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Sum of contributing areas in design tables
Add a column to the "Junctions" design table when Inflow/Catchment Areas are selected that shows a running total of contributing area to aide pipe sizing
2 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted. This is to confirm that we've received your suggestion and that it will be reviewed for future consideration.
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Results format
Why does InfoDrainage deafult to showing you the Stormwater Controls summary, and only the Stormwater Controls summary, when a model finishes running?
This occurs even if the Stormwater Controls are fine but the Junctions are showing flooding.
I mean, I know you can manually check all the other results summaries, but why doesn't InfoDrainage either open them all or choose the most critical one?
2 votesThank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who commented and voted. This is to confirm that we've received and reviewed your suggestion and here is our response:
We believe that stormwater controls are the most critical element of the drainage design. Hence we show the results of SWCs as soon as the simulation is finalised.
Users can/should check the rest of the model to ensure that there aren't any bottlenecks in the system.
It might be feasible to implement a dropdown menu within the SWC results so we can still show results from SWCs, but we make it easier for users to jump to different screens and check the inflows, connections and junctions.
Would the above address what is required for this case?
