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Add Urban Creep locally for each area/catchment

This is especially applicable now given some areas may have 100% impermeable while other will have greenfield with a possible option to turn to impermeable. Users can also adjust Cv value locally. The design report should contain the new additions.
Tom Fox over 2 years ago in Flow 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Infiltration volume

Add a column called ‘Infiltration Volume’ to the simulation results table which indicates the total volume of water infiltrating into the ground at the upstream manhole during the selected storm.
Guest over 1 year ago in Flow 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Infiltration Half Drain time calculations

We have recently been challenged by Wiltshire LLFA regarding half drain times. As I understand it, Flow calculates the half drain time to CIRIA 156 which gives a significantly longer half drain time than the BRE365 method that Micro Drainage uses....
Ben Stoodley over 1 year ago in Flow 1 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Ability to renumber and reorder design locked nodes and pipes.

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Tom Fox over 2 years ago in Flow 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

placing retaining walls/stairs

some sites we are working on have had some significant level differences, which has led to the need for retaining walls. At present Live Design tries to grade the surface between these level differences. Please can you add a feature where a retain...
Guest almost 3 years ago in LiveDesign 0 Planned

Volume Summary Report

One page formal print out summarising the manhole, pipe and storage structure volumes within the SW network. This is often requested during planning stages of developments.
Guest about 2 years ago in Flow 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Storage for Link Surround

There has been an update to FLOW where you know have to go into the storage tab to adjust the porosity, the base coeff, the Side coeff, the surround shape and Diameter. (say for a filter drain) You used to be able to change all of this from the sk...
Guest 8 months ago in Flow 0 📋Registered

Vertical Design – Design setting option where we can specify that the levels should be a certain height above or below existing ground levels

Is it feasible to look into an option whereby we can specify the height above or below existing ground that the designs should be set? This should allow designers to easily adjust levels to help achieve a cut and fill balance
Mick Taylor 8 months ago in LiveDesign 2 Already exists

Add Loading classification to Manhole schedule

Add a column for manhole cover loading classification on manhole schedule. Required for S104 and construction plans
Guest about 1 year ago in Flow 0 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted

Cumulative area discounts flow through structures and network before

The cumulative area calculation discounts everything before a flow through structure and the nodes attached to the structure. LLFA's are now requesting calc files due to the print out also reading your incorrect pathing of calculations. Theirs no ...
Guest about 1 year ago in Flow 1 👷🏽‍♀️Promoted