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Can annotation use AutoCAD multileaders

Can annotation use autocad multileaders? This would allow visually better annotation and allow default template styles to be used.
Guest about 1 year ago in SmartTools 0 🧑‍🔬Researching

Can PIMP areas be defined

Can PIMP (percentage impermeable) areas be defined to allow catchment areas to calculate the effective impermeable area when catchments include multiple runoff areas such as roof, hard standing and soft landscaping?
Guest about 1 year ago in SmartTools 0 🧑‍🔬Researching

Slope annotation for links to be rounded to the nearest whole number.

When adding the slope annotation for a pipe it always comes through with 2 decimal places. Looks untidy and takes up unnecessary space on the dwg sheet. If this could be rounded to the nearest whole number or the nearest 5 or 10 then we would use ...
Guest 11 months ago in SmartTools 1 🧑‍🔬Researching

Renumbering of Links

When a model is imported into SmartTools, if the model is rebuilt then the link names change to the upstream node name. When using SmartTools to speed up design time, it is very frustrating to have to renumber/rename links.A further addition would...
Ian George almost 2 years ago in SmartTools 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Drawing outputs such as long sections and manhole schedules to indicate manhole & pipe reference prefixes and suffixes the same way as it appears on the plan

For example if I set "F" prefix for the foul chambers in "Annotations", the manholes on the layout will appear as intended (F1, F2, etc...). However these prefixes are ignored when generating other drawing outputs such as schedules or long section...
Guest 7 months ago in SmartTools 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Model building connections to avoid the need to use third party software

Can a function be added to allow users to model building connections such as foul connections or connections from RWPs. This would allow the modelling of all below ground drainage in one model and allow BIM collaboration with other design discipli...
Guest about 1 year ago in SmartTools 0 📋Registered

Adding blind connections without the use of a junction chamber splitting the main run to shorter pipes

This makes it very hard and requires a lot of attention to make sure the main pipe has the same gradient through the junction chambers while that should be 1 pipe. This should be possible within Flow too.
Levente Incze over 1 year ago in SmartTools 0 📋Registered