Tools Menu
The Tools menu contains the following commands:
Active Topology Selection | Opens a Select dialog to select elements in the drawing to make them Inactive or Active. |
Thiessen Polygon | Opens the Thiessen Polygon Creator, which allows you to quickly create polygon layers for use with the LoadBuilder demand allocation module. |
LoadBuilder | Opens the LoadBuilder manager where you can assign demands to model nodes using data from outside sources. |
Hyperlinks | Lets you associate external files, such as pictures or movie files, with elements. For more information, see Adding Hyperlinks to Elements. |
ModelBuilder | Opens the ModelBuilder Connections Manager, which lets you create, edit, and manage ModelBuilder connections to be used in the model-building/model-synchronizing process. For more information, see ModelBuilder Connections Manager. |
TRex | Opens the TRex Wizard, which steps you through the process of automatically assigning elevations to specified nodes based on data from a Digital Elevation Model or a Digital Terrain Model. |
User Data Extensions | Opens the User Data Extension dialog box, which lets you add and define custom data fields. For example, you can add new fields such as the pipe installation date. For more information, see User Data Extensions. |
Hydraulic Reviewer | Opens the Hydraulic Reviewer tool, which allows you to quickly assess the convergence and stability of the model. |
Element Property Inferencing | Opens the Element Property Inferencing tool, which lets you tell CivilStorm 2024 how to draw "inferences" about missing values from the property values of nearby elements |
Inflow Control Center | Opens the Inflow Control Center, allowing you to create, edit, and delete sanitary inflow definitions. |
Sanitary Load Control Center | Opens the Sanitary Load Control Center, allowing you to create, edit, and delete sanitary load definitions. |
Scenario Comparison | The scenario comparison tool enables you to compare input values between any two scenarios to identify differences quickly. |
Batch Pipe Split | Opens the Batch Pipe Split dialog. |
Database Utilities | Opens a submenu containing the
following commands: Compact Database —When you delete data from a
CivilStorm
2024 model, such as elements or
alternatives, the database store that
CivilStorm
2024 uses can become fragmented, causing
unnecessarily large data files, which impact performance substantially.
Compacting the database eliminates the empty data records, thereby
defragmenting the datastore and improving the performance of the file.
Note: Every tenth
time a file is saved,
CivilStorm
2024 will automatically prompt you to
compact the database. If you open a file without saving it, the count does not
go up. If you open and save a file multiple times in the same session, the
count only goes up on the first save. If you open, save, and close the file,
the count goes up. Click Yes to compact the database, or no to close the prompt
dialog box without compacting. Since compacting the database can take time,
especially for larger models, you may want to postpone the compact procedure
until a later time. You can modify how
CivilStorm
2024 compacts the database in the
Options dialog box. For more information, see
Options Dialog Box - Global Tab.
Synchronize Drawing —Synchronizes the current model
drawing with the model database. Update Database Cache —Ensures consistency
between the database and the model by recalculating and updating certain cached
information. Normally this operation is not required to be used. Update Results
in Custom Result File Location—This command copies the model result files (if
any) from the model directory (the directory where the model .mdb file is
saved) to the custom result file directory. The custom result directory is
specified in Tools>Options>Model tab. This allows you to make a copy of
the results that may exist in the model's save directory and replace the
current results being worked on with them. Copy Results to Custom Result File
Location—This command copies the result files that are currently being used by
the model to the model directory (where the model .mdb is stored). Update
Conduit Descriptions—Update the conduit descriptions.
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Layout | Opens a submenu that lists each of the available element types. Select one of the element types in the submenu to place that element in your model. Note that less commonly used element types can be found under the "Other -..." submenu. |
External Tools | Run an existing external tool or create a new one by opening up the External Tools manager. |
Options | Opens the Options dialog box, which lets you change global settings such as display pane settings, drawing scale, units, display precision and format used, and element labeling. |