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Improve Reporting for Drainage Reports

Overall, throughout the years I've been disappointed with the report compilation that Bentley generates. It's currently very cumbersome to generate a readable report of the computations so that they can be included in drainage reports. The "Custom...
about 1 year ago in Storm and Sewer Products 2 Needs review

Hydraulic toolbox

incorporate the FHWA hydraulic toolbox into the product for quick calcs, channel lining, culvert outlet protection, etc... Could be an add on that can pull the data out of the model.
7 months ago in Storm and Sewer Products / StormCAD 0 Needs review

Add New Features through ModelBuilder to All Topologies

I know you can configure your [Active] topology data sets to cascade, but sometimes we inherit models that are not set up like this. When you do a bulk import, you have to then go and activate every feature set for every [Active] topology. Add a c...
7 months ago in Water Distribution Products / WaterGEMS 0 Future consideration

Post Calculation Processor Enhancements

Currently there is only one post calculation. It's a pain to keep reconfiguring the calculator. This could be a data store like most other things in GEMS where you can make a new one, edit them, pick which ones are active or which to run after a s...
7 months ago in Water Distribution Products / WaterGEMS 0 Future consideration

Warning for Acute Angles Between Inlet and Outlet Pipes

Problem: The software does not warn users when the angle between the inlet and outlet pipes at a manhole is less than 90 degrees, which is a design flaw. Suggestion: Activate a warning when acute angles are detected between inlet and outlet pipes.
7 months ago in Storm and Sewer Products / SewerGEMS 0 Needs review

Automatic Manhole Numbering

Problem: Manhole numbering is done manually according to the layout of main lines and branches, which is time-consuming and error-prone. Suggestion: Add a feature for automatic numbering of manholes based on the network’s sequence.
7 months ago in Storm and Sewer Products / SewerGEMS 0 Needs review

Pipe Sizes and Slopes Based on Street Widths

Problem: Pipe diameters and slopes in rural area codes depend on the width of the streets and are currently input manually. Suggestion: Enable automatic selection of pipe diameters and slopes based on the street width in accordance with applicable...
7 months ago in Storm and Sewer Products / SewerGEMS 0 Needs review

Support for Preliminary Design Using Google Maps

Problem: In preliminary design stages, the absence of topographic surveys forces designers to rely on Google Maps for drawing site layouts manually and extracting elevations using separate tools. Suggestion: Integrate Google Maps as a background w...
7 months ago in Storm and Sewer Products / SewerGEMS 0 Needs review

Reorganize Order of Scenarios

Applicable to all CivilStorm/StormCAD/PondPack/OpenRoads Drainage products. It would b nice to be able to reorganize the scenarios (the ones on the same hierarchy level). Currently, the scenarios are organized in the order that they are created. B...
7 months ago in Storm and Sewer Products / CivilStorm 0 Needs review

Add a toggle to disable moving elements in stand-alone applications.

It is far too easy to move elements in stand-alone WaterGEMS, such that I frequently move things by accident (thank you for easy undo). It would be nice to have the option to disable moving elements since we're 1:1 integrated with GIS and I rarely...
almost 2 years ago in Water Distribution Products / WaterGEMS 0 Future consideration