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Pressure Network

Potable water, firefighting, irrigation and rising mains: from polylines to a designed, checked pressure network with profiles, crossings, valve boxes and catalog parts.

7 tools

Create Pressure Network

ZIPRESSURENET

Turns the route polylines into pressure pipe runs at a fixed cover below the surface.

Draw the routes, pick them, and the whole network is built in one step instead of run by run.
Parts list, size and style are chosen once for every polyline.
The cover follows the ground along the whole route, so the first model is already at the right depth.

Profile

ZIPROFILE

Draws the profile views of many pipe runs at once, with the surfaces, styles and band set you choose.

Tens of profile views in one go instead of one wizard per run.
You set the gap between views, measured from the lowest band, so the views and bands never overlap.
The same styles on every view, ready for the drawing sheets.

Crossing

ZICROSSING

Shows every pipe that crosses the chosen runs inside their profile views.

All crossing pipes appear in all profiles in one step, with an override style that stands out.
No more projecting crossings by hand view by view before a coordination meeting.
Crossing solids are projected too, for clear crossing details on the sheets.

Create Part

ZICREATEPART

Draws a hollow 3D solid of an elbow, tee, reduced tee, reducer or cap from its sizes.

Make the fitting that is missing from the catalog from its real dimensions.
The solid is ready to become a catalog part, so the model uses the real fitting and not a stand in.

Surface Box

ZISURFBOX

Places a riser and a surface box over every valve of a pressure network, up to the surface.

All the valves of the network are done at once, each one up to the finished ground.
The boxes show in the profile views and are counted in the BOQ.

Design check

ZIPRESSCHECK

Checks one or several pressure networks against your design criteria.

Cover, slope, length, deflection and more checked in seconds for the whole network.
Every error in one list: click it and the drawing zooms to the part.
Export the list to Excel as the QA record of the design before issue.

Edit

ZIPRESSEDIT

Every part of a pressure network, grouped by pipe run, in one list you can edit.

Edit on drawing: point at any part in the plan to read its values, click to change them directly on the drawing.
Draw vertical: draw risers and vertical pipes in a vertical plane with a live preview; they become pipes with the right bends from the parts list.
Merge or split networks, promote many data shortcut networks at once, and place valve chambers.
Change names, levels and slopes of many parts together, with Undo.

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Pipe Network

Storm, sanitary and sewer: from polylines and level texts to a full gravity network, then profiles, drops, house connections, design checks and editing in one list.

9 tools

Create Pipe Network

ZIGRAVITYNET

Turns polylines into a gravity pipe network, reading the invert and slope texts of the drawing.

The designer's layout with its level texts becomes a full network in minutes.
Each pipe starts at its invert text and falls by its slope text; a manhole is placed at every vertex.
No typing of inverts pipe by pipe, and no mistakes copying levels from the drawing.

Profile

ZIGRAVPROFILE

Draws the profile views of many gravity runs at once, with your surfaces, styles and band set.

Every run of the network gets its profile in one step.
The gap between views is measured with the bands, so the sheets come out clean.
Same styles and band set everywhere, ready for plan and profile sheets.

Crossing

ZIGRAVCROSSING

Shows the pipes that cross the chosen gravity runs inside their profile views.

All crossings in all profiles at once, with an override style.
See the clearance to every crossing service before you fix the levels.
Crossing solids projected for the crossing details.

Structure Drop

ZIDROP

Lists every drop in a pipe network and draws a back drop box against the manhole.

Find every drop of the network without going manhole by manhole.
Zoom to each one from the list and draw its back drop in a click.
The back drops are counted in the BOQ.

House Connection

ZIHOUSECONN

Joins house connection points to the nearest manhole with the chosen pipe and slope.

Pick all the connection points and the connections are built together.
Each one comes in above the highest invert of the manhole, so no connection enters below the main flow.
Hundreds of connections on a residential scheme in minutes.

Alignment

ZIPIPEALIGN

Makes an alignment along the pipes and structures between two structures you pick.

Pick the first and the last manhole; the path between them is found for you.
A ready alignment for profiles and labels without drawing it by hand.

Part Builder

ZIPARTBUILDER

Edits the values of a part in the pipe network catalog in one window.

Lists, ranges, constants and the size table of a part, all in one place.
A drawing shows which dimensions change, so you know what you edit.
Adjust catalog parts to the project specification without the long Part Builder routine.

Design check

ZINETCHECK

Checks one or several pipe networks against your design criteria.

Slope, length, cover, drops, reverse slopes, outlet higher than inlet and more, for the whole network.
Every error in one list: click it and the drawing zooms to it.
Export to Excel as the QA record before issue.

Edit

ZINETEDIT

Every structure of a pipe network with its connected pipes in one list you can edit.

Edit on drawing: point at a structure or pipe in plan to see its values and connected pipes, click to change them directly on the drawing.
Change names, rims, sumps, inverts and slopes of many parts together, with Undo.
Merge or split networks, promote many data shortcut networks at once, apply rules, rotate structures and bulk edit.
Zoom to any part from the list.

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Tools

The daily work around the networks: naming, swapping, surfaces, labels, encasement, tie ins, trench, quantities, feature lines and sheet export.

13 tools

Rename

ZIRENAME

Renames surfaces, alignments, corridors, networks and their parts in one go.

Use a numbered pattern or the naming convention Excel file of the project.
Consistent names across the model for the BEP and the deliverables, without renaming one by one.

M.Swap

ZIMULTISWAP

Swaps many pipe network and pressure network parts at once.

Change the size or type of a whole stretch in one step: picked parts, a pressure pipe run or a pipe alignment.
Design changes that used to take an afternoon of Swap Part now take a minute.

Concrete encasement

ZIENCASE

Draws a concrete encasement box around pipes, sized from their outer diameter.

Encasement for many pipes at once, correct to each pipe size.
Shown in the profile views and counted in the BOQ.

Label arrange

ZILABELS

Spreads the plan and profile labels of a network so they do not overlap.

Pipe labels slide along their pipe and are dragged out only when there is no room.
Readable sheets without hours of moving labels by hand.

Copy surface

ZICOPYSURF

Makes a new surface from another one, raised or lowered by an offset.

A finished level, formation or cover surface from the ground in one step.
Positive goes up, negative goes down.

M.Ref surface

ZIREFSURF

Sets one reference surface for many parts at once.

Picked parts of any kind, a whole network, a pressure pipe run or a pipe alignment.
Rims and covers follow the right surface after a ground update without editing part by part.

X Line

ZIXL

Draws construction lines on the pipes, in profile or in plan, as a guide to edit them.

In profile: a line on the top of the outer wall of each pipe. In plan: a line along each centre line.
Quick references to align, offset or check clearances while editing.

Tie in

ZITIEIN

Takes the ends of gravity pipes and pressure pipe runs to their tie in points.

Pick the point or type its E, N and Z, at the invert, centre or crown.
Exact connections to existing services and to other packages, many ends at once.

BOQ

ZIBOQ

Bill of quantities of the pipe and pressure networks, exported to Excel.

Pipes by size and depth band, with structures, fittings, back drops, surface boxes and concrete encasement.
Quantities straight from the model, so they match the drawings at every revision.

Trench

ZITRENCH

One trench for the pipes of several networks, with its surfaces and excavation quantities.

Bedding under the invert, clearance each side and side slope up to the ground.
Makes the trench surface, a volume surface against the ground and the excavation quantities.
Shared trenches for several services in one model.

Select

ZISELECT

Every object of the drawing in one list, grouped by type, network or layer.

Select, zoom to, or select all of a type, a network or a layer from the list.
Find anything in a heavy drawing without filters and Quick Select.

F.L

ZIFL

Feature lines from polylines, with the elevations of their points from texts, a surface or one value.

Grading lines from the survey or design texts in one step.
Edit every point of the chosen feature lines in a list: type its elevation, take it from the drawing, or zoom to it.

Export

ZIEXPORT

Prepares and exports all the layouts of a drawing at once.

Rename layouts, set plotter, paper and plot style, and put one title block in all of them.
Export PDFs and single sheet drawings named after each layout, ready for the submission.

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Clash Detection

Find the clashes between networks and Revit solids, track them in one report, and solve them in profile or in plan.

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Clash Detection

CLASHZI

Finds the clashes between gravity networks, pressure networks and Revit 3D solids.

Every clash is marked with a COGO point in the point group Clashes, so it shows in plan and profile.
Run it again after every design change and see what is still open.

Clash Report

CLASHZIREPORT

Lists every clash, zooms to it, and keeps its status.

One list for the coordination: zoom to each clash and set its status.
Export the report to Excel or PDF for the coordination meeting.

3D Clash Helper

CLASH3DHELPER

Solves clashes in profile: the pressure pipes pass below or above the gravity pipes.

Pick the pressure pipes and the gravity pipes in the profile view, and the clashes are solved for you.
1 to 4 bends taken from the parts list.
Several clashes solved at once instead of redesigning each crossing by hand.

2D Clash Helper

CLASH2DHELPER

Solves clashes in plan: the pressure pipes go around pipes and structures.

Pick the pressure pipes and what they must avoid; they go left or right with 1 to 4 bends.
The detour clears the real outline of each structure, not just its insertion point.
Many clashes solved in one go.

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Navisworks

Send the networks to Navisworks and bring its clash results back into the drawing.

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Navis Import/Export

NAVISEXPORT

Exports the networks to Navisworks and imports the Navisworks clash report back.

Export: the chosen gravity and pressure networks to NWC files in one step, ready for the federated model.
Import: the clash report of Navisworks (Text or XML) comes back as COGO points in a point group.
Each Navisworks clash sits in Civil 3D at its place, where it can be fixed.

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