Profile Location Editor

A list of available soil profiles. These profiles are earlier defined in step 2 of this wizard and can be assigned to idents on the pipeline.

The detail view can either provide a detail view of the selected soil profile or a detail view of the selected ident from the pipeline configuration.

An overview of the pipeline and its current soil model configuration are represented in this screen.

One can navigate through the 3D view of the pipeline using:

•The mouse scroll wheel to zoom out/in

•Dragging the middle mouse button to rotate

•Dragging the middle mouse button in combination with holding the Ctrl key to pan

Or by simply using the tools of the Pipeline configuration toolbar to navigate. There are four toolbars located on the upper side of the Pipeline configuration view port.

One can browse through the several Idents defined on the pipeline using the Idents navigator. The selected Ident in the drop-down will also be selected in the Pipeline Configuration screen and the Ident's Detail view.

The pipeline is divided in sections depending on non linear changes (that is: Along the pipeline axis) in soil coverage, (ground) water level and pipe diameter. The aim is to provide some clues for the end user on where there are potential changes in soil values. And thus, where to assign soil profiles.

The elements of the selected section are coloured yellow. Through the section navigator one can browse through the sections. On the right, the percentage of defined section elements is shown. Once a section has a soil profile assigned to both its beginning and its end it is called 'defined'. Within the section there is no non-linear change in one of the parameters influencing the soil values, so they can be linearly interpolated using the assigned profiles1. The number of elements within defined sections are the defined section elements.

1 For a (semi-)vertical bend the soil coverage changes non-linear along the pipeline axis per definition. However, for simplicity only a section break will be placed at the middle of the bend. For small bends the deviation can be neglected, but attention should be paid for large bends (f.e. a horizontal drilling).

Right click a pipeline section in the Pipeline configuration view port to get some more details.

One can assign a profile to an ident on the pipeline by dragging it from the list of profiles and dropping it on the specific ident page from the pipeline configuration.

Another possibility is to right click an ident page and choose a profile from the Assign profile option in the drop down menu.

A third option is to drag the profile from the list of profiles to the Ident's Detail view screen.

To assign a profile to multiple idents, first multiple ident pages should be selected. Drag a selection rectangle while in selection mode to select a range of indents, or hold the Ctrl key while selecting the ident pages one by one (Ctrl+A will select all ident pages at once). To assign a profile to the selected ident pages: Right click one of the selected ident pages and choose a profile from the 'Assign a profile' option in the drop down menu. One cannot assign a profile to multiple ident pages by dragging.

Furthermore one can cut, copy, paste and remove assigned profiles.

The fourth option for assigning profiles to an ident is via its properties screen. Right click an ident and choose 'Properties' from the drop down menu. Click the Change profile(s) button to modify the assignment.