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Integrated Sewer Plan and Profile Design System
PIPE Design Pro®

Latest Version Ver 17.0.0.3

Longitudinal PlanningLongitudinal CalculationPlan DrawingLongitudinal drawing creationFlow Calculation

PIPE Design Pro® is AutoCAD or BricsCAD based system for planning and detailed design of sewer pipelines.

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Plan	Subscription Plan Japanese versionEnglish version AutoCAD or BricsCAD available License management by software license ( Software Battery)
Price	Product Pricing Evaluation Edition (1 month): Free of Charge 1 year: 3,000USD 3 years: 5,500USD PIPE-Support Include in product price Option Plan and longitudinal sections: Included in the product price. Cross Section Drawing: Included in the product price Quantity sheets: Included in the product price CSV input/output tool: Included in the product price House connection pipe design: Included in the product price. See the price list

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Subscription Plan

Japanese versionEnglish version

AutoCAD or BricsCAD available
License management by software license ( Software Battery)

Price

Product Pricing
Evaluation Edition (1 month): Free of Charge
1 year: 3,000USD
3 years: 5,500USD

PIPE-Support
Include in product price

Option

Plan and longitudinal sections: Included in the product price.
Cross Section Drawing: Included in the product price
Quantity sheets: Included in the product price
CSV input/output tool: Included in the product price
House connection pipe design: Included in the product price.

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Added functions are markedNEW.

Functions for Planning Design

Plan view Style Grid Extension
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

The reordering function of each data attribute in the plan style setting makes it much easier to assign a plan style to each attribute, making it easier than ever to accommodate a variety of plan drawing styles.

Collaboration with storm runoff analysis software
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

Designs that take infiltration pipes and catch basins into account are now available for stormwater runoff control. Flow calculations that take infiltration volume into account can be easily performed, which is especially effective for design work in urban areas.

DM Converter
Plan view drawing option

Digital Mapping (DM) data, JSP, and SIMA-DM data can now be converted and used as PIPE series status maps.。

Functions for Detailed Design

Project file management
Project

By managing multiple pipe networks as a single project file, it is possible to unify the drawing scale, design parameters, pipe section data, manhole data, flow calculation style, longitudinal section style, etc.

Support for various treatment types
Longitudinal calculation

The system flexibly responds to the specifications of municipalities nationwide, including stormwater, sewage, combined sewerage, and agricultural drainage as design treatment types.

Support for flow type
Longitudinal calculation

In addition to natural flow methods, pressure pipes and vacuum sewers can also be designed. For the vacuum type, the lift is automatically determined according to the clearance of underground facilities, etc., and the optimum longitudinal design is performed. In addition, a loss calculation sheet can be prepared to check the balance of the plan.

House connection/vacuum valve unit information
Longitudinal calculation

For the natural flow system, a house connection pipe is installed from the house catch basin, and for the vacuum system, a vacuum valve unit and connection pipe are attached to the main pipe. These are reflected as conditions in the longitudinal design, as well as in the underground facilities. In addition, for agricultural drainage, each span is counted as the number of houses.

Automatic functions
Longitudinal calculation

The system can automatically calculate the area of each route and adjust the area of the entire pipe network. As a new feature, a check function for the area to be acquired has been added. In addition, automatic functions such as obtaining ground elevation information from strings, automatic transfer of route numbers and manhole numbers, and change of pipe network endings are provided. In addition, longitudinal design, longitudinal drawings, and flow calculation sheets can be executed directly on the CAD, and the results can be output.

Longitudinal design and layout functions
Longitudinal calculation

Equivalent to PIPE NETWORK, it is equipped with longitudinal design functions and can create longitudinal profiles and flow calculation sheets. A seamless environment is provided with route information on the plan and a centralized data structure. New features include multi-layout functionality and expanded longitudinal diagram format settings.

Customization of flow calculation methods
Longitudinal calculation

Each project can register a calculation method for each treatment type as a treatment formula name. This allows designers to intuitively use multiple calculation settings.

Attribute addition of underground facilities and ground lines
Plan view drawing

Lines of underground structures, ground lines, points of public catch basins, etc. created with AutoCAD LT (general-purpose CAD) or other software can be received as figures, and attributes (information such as bore size or height) can be added.

Display of pipe network
Longitudinal calculation

Pipe networks (routes) can now be displayed or hidden by pipe network name. This makes it easier to check and edit the treatment area, etc., and is expected to improve work efficiency. In addition, the current pipe network name can be displayed at any time.

Plotting of existing pipes
Longitudinal calculation

It is now possible to draw a second pipe culvert in one span on a longitudinal section. This reduces the amount of CAD additions without worrying about pipe attributes such as existing pipes or service pipes.

Partial Longitudinal Calculation
Longitudinal calculation

It is possible to perform longitudinal sectioning on a section of the pipe network. It is also possible to specify a temporary minimum soil cover for longitudinal calculations.

Addition of comment information
Longitudinal calculation

Comment information can now be added to route, span, and manhole data. This allows for flexible output of text strings to longitudinal profiles and flow calculation sheets. In the case of manholes, in particular, it is now possible to edit the flagging strings of longitudinal profiles individually, thereby reducing the amount of work required to modify them in the CAD system.

Longitudinal Calculation for Existing Ground
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

The ground elevation used in the longitudinal calculation can now be set to the existing ground elevation. Also, it is now possible to select the target ground for each route, making it easy to perform longitudinal studies according to the situation, which is expected to improve the efficiency of design work.

Longitudinal Simulation
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

In addition to "minimum cover," "standard slope," and "constant flow velocity," a new " Minimum average covering" is available as a longitudinal simulation. This new longitudinal simulation mode is a development of the existing "minimum cover" mode, which flexibly responds to the avoidance of steep slopes and underground structures, and provides the shallowest planning line. It enables smooth operations in a shorter period of time than ever before and improves operational efficiency.

Stormwater runoff control support
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

SWMM 5 is free software, but it provides the same results as other commercial software. SWMM 5 data can also be loaded into XP-SWMM*2 or InfoWorks*3 for use.

Output of quantity reports
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

Data can be exported to PIPE VOLC, a sewer quantity calculation system. The system manages data, classifies work, manages Excel sheets, assigns variables to cells, etc., and finally creates quantity calculation reports on Excel sheets.　Other calculation functions are provided by Excel, which incorporates calculation formulas in advance and outputs the results.

Additional object conversion
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

Newly added are the Boundary Line, Compartment Line, Land use region line, and Invalid Runoff Coefficient Regions commands.

Copy & Paste Extension
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

Support for copying and pasting multiple cells. Input is completed by pasting from multiple cell selections. Data edited in Excel or other Office applications can also be pasted.

Dialog size retention
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

All dialogs displayed on the longitudinal design data construction can be resized. On a large display, they can be enlarged to give the user a sense of the amount of information available. Of course, once you set the size, it will be valid for the next time, and the grid column widths will be retained.

Pipe network splitting and merging
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

New commands for pipe network division and pipe network merging have been added. This makes it easier and faster to control the extent of the pipe network.

Pipe Diameter Plotting for Routes
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

It is now possible to draw a plan view of a line (span) in terms of pipe diameter (width). This is expected to improve work efficiency not only in the final product but also in actually grasping the degree of occupancy of the pipeline.

Plane Style Grid Extension
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

Total pipe network length/area display
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

The total length and total area of the pipe network can now be displayed in the pipe network information display. This is useful for instantly grasping the status of the pipe network.

Plan Style Extraction Settings
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

An extraction function has been added to the plan style to allocate data by attribute, etc., making it easy to set up styles for main lines, branch lines, etc.

Extension of automatic main pipe setting
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

When main routes are automatically determined by area, it is now possible to set whether or not the area of each route in question is taken into account. This enables accurate determination of main routes, eliminating confirmation work and preventing careless mistakes.

Extended items for longitudinal calculation
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

In addition to the conventional "margin ratio," the section and slope are automatically selected by selecting the "water depth ratio," which is determined based on the actual flow velocity and other factors, as the flow capacity of the pipeline. A "surcharge factor" for runoff volume is set for the entire pipeline network to evaluate the flow capacity of the pipeline.

Water Surface Joining
Longitudinal calculation Noteworthy Features

Water surface (actual water level) jointing has been added to the pipe jointing method selection item.

Interceptor inflow
Longitudinal calculation new

Area values can now be fixed on longitudinal data. Modifications can be easily made in conjunction with plan data.

Area data
Longitudinal calculation new

Area values can now be fixed on longitudinal data. Modifications can be easily made in conjunction with plan data.

CSV input/output
Input/Output option

Span (pipe network and route data), interceptor inflow, fixed volume inflow, mountain inflow, outflow, underground buried structures, ground change points, attachment pipes, DL upper section string data, area values, coordinate values, etc. can be exported from PIPE Design Pro® data in CSV format and imported into PIPE Design Pro®. The data can be exported in CSV format and imported into PIPE Design Pro®. The data can be used for various purposes, such as input tools and conversion of data from other formats.

House connection design
Longitudinal calculation option

Pipe network data can be listed by pipe network, and the data can be individually updated to show attributes, consideration of in-home pipes, obstacle separation, etc. to assist in determining the longitudinal section of the pipe to be installed, as well as to output a record of the data.

Quantity report
Longitudinal calculation option

This is a system that performs quantity calculations (totaling of culvert length, number of manholes, excavated soil volume, etc.) for sewer approval design, etc., on Excel. You can freely set and register the style of tallying.

Project data input/output
Input/Output

Pipe network data, boundary lines, and parcel lines can be input and output for multiple projects. This makes it possible to integrate/separate pipe networks in treatment areas, and furthermore, to decentralize work. Newly, it is also possible to import pipe section DB, manhole DB files, design parameters, and other information. XML file input/output functionality facilitates integration with GIS, quantity and quantity calculation systems, etc.

Integration of plan and profile drawings
Longitudinal drawing

The system supports the creation and editing of route information on the sewer plane, as well as automatic longitudinal design, and the automatic creation of longitudinal maps, flow calculations, and other information. Completely centralized data further improves work efficiency.

Section data creation
Longitudinal drawing

The DL upper string has been redesigned as section data because of the complexity and restrictions on input and settings. The new data is much more flexible in terms of section strings to be displayed on the profile, and it is also extremely effective in revising profile drawings, as items that were previously done in CAD can now be retained as data.

Insertion of figures, such as columnar diagrams
Longitudinal drawing Noteworthy Features

Columnar and other data can now be inserted into longitudinal profiles. New graphic data management and insertion of graphic files (*.dxf) for each span unit.

Attribute character support
Longitudinal drawing Noteworthy Features

PDP-specific string variables (e.g., Conduit/Ground elevation/Pipe bottom elevation/Earth covering, etc.) that correspond to AutoCAD attribute characters are now available. PDP data files can be used after creation without corrupting the PDP data files by using AutoCAD general-purpose copy and duplicate commands.

Underground structure information display
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

Underground facility information can be displayed from a list selection in plan view, and the pipe type and pipe section code can be selected and initial values can be set for improved operability.

BricsCAD® V21 support
Plan view drawing new

BricsCAD® is the CAD platform of choice with a perpetual license that offers a rich array of low-cost, high-performance features.

Support for AutoCAD® 2022
Plan view drawing new

AutoCAD® 2022 can be used in conjunction with PIPE Design Pro to increase the functionality of the platform.

Create plan and longitudinal section drawings
Longitudinal drawing option

Longitudinal section layout allows you to automatically create multiple DWG files for implementation plan and longitudinal sections. Route plan drawings associated with the longitudinal section drawings are automatically cut out, which is useful for design changes. In addition, the automatically created drawings can be edited using the general-purpose functions of AutoCAD®.

Create cross sections
Longitudinal drawing option

By specifying a section crossing position on the plan view and linking it to the corresponding multiple section drawing information (DXF file), information on conduits and underground structures can be created as a section drawing. If there is a change in the location of a line or underground facility on the plan, the latest information is redrawn by the update function.

Drawing Unit Management
Plan view drawing

Multiple pipe networks (sub-regions) can be created on a single drawing. Pipe network data can be managed on a per-drawing basis to standardize pipe section definitions, manhole definitions, used area coefficients, plan view styles, etc. In addition, the overall drawing unit and scale can be set.

Layer management
Plan view drawing

The layer, line type, and color for each treatment type can be set and managed for each item. The layer sets can be saved in a file and recalled as needed, which is effective for output.

Route information and curve support
Plan view drawing

Create and edit data for routes, inflow fromoutside district, fixed inflows, and inflows from mountain. Editing functions related to routes and pipe networks allow you to easily change the position of manholes, change the flow direction, interrupt routes, delete routes, add and delete intermediate manholes, and split and combine pipe networks. Curved routes (spans) can be curved (circularized), and longitudinal views can be displayed by selecting a route (span) on a plan.

Support for underground facility and ground elevation changes
Plan view drawing

Underground facilities such as water, gas, communication, electricity, etc., and ground lines can be inserted as line segments and reflected as conditions in the longitudinal design. In addition, if there are intersections of stormwater, sewage, etc., they are reflected in the longitudinal design as each other's underground facilities.

Plan Style Management
Plan view drawing

When creating a compartment region plan, facility plan, etc., the plan view style change function allows the user to freely change the route type, arrow size, string size and content, line segment display, and other styles of lines. Newly, the route (span) expression can be set for each pipe type attribute. You can freely customize the style corresponding to each municipality.

Highlighting
Plan view drawing

A function to perform a narrowed-down search by attribute value from the pipe network and visually highlight it on the plan view is provided. Designers can understand the current situation and visually grasp design data for faster design.

Quick dimension
Plan view drawing

PIPE Design Pro displays plan drawings in a plan style. Since it is created as an AutoCAD general-purpose object, the standard AutoCAD editing commands can be used after it is created. This is expected to be very effective for additions to the design in the execution design process.

3D Models
Plan view drawing

The design itself is a 2D design in vertical plans. The function to automatically create a 3D model from the 2D data is included. By using the 3D view, the 2D checking work such as plan view, longitudinal section view, and cross-sectional view can be expected to be further shortened and made more accurate. It can also be used as a basis for presentations, making it easy to create convincing 3D views for clients.

Expanded Plan Style Management
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

Plan styles can be defined for each unit of project, pipe network, route, and span. In addition, file-based configuration greatly facilitates operation.

Enhanced Plan View Expression
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

The plan symbol management file can be managed. In addition, it is now possible to define symbol management files for use with plan styles, making it possible to change plan symbols in conjunction with changes in plan view styles.

Expanded Plan Symbol Management
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

Expanded highlighting
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

The ability to highlight PDP objects on a plane has been improved. It is now possible to define up to three conditions, search using a combination of AND or OR, and highlight the extracted objects. For example, this function can be used to extract spans where the dynamic water level is higher than the ground level.

Object Editing Expanded
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

A new object edit command enables the separation of spans at upstream manholes. This reduces the burden of editing work, facilitating smooth and efficient work in a short period of time.

Move Object
Plan view drawing Noteworthy Features

After data input in PIPE Design Pro, objects such as spans can now be moved during modification work on a plane. By using this function in combination with the existing object editing commands, plan data correction work becomes dramatically easier, and a significant reduction in work time can be expected.

Support for main lines and branch lines
Plan view drawing new

In plan style editing, it is now possible to control the line (span) to be displayed by main route attribute and accumulated area.

Region Object Editing
Plan view drawing new

It is now possible to associate a region with a route (span) that does not exist within the created region (region object).

DM Converter
Plan view drawing option

Digital Mapping (DM) data, JSP, and SIMA-DM data can now be converted and used as PIPE series status maps.。

Related Information

PDP_QGIS_Plugin

Introducing a plug-in to convert PIPE Design Pro® data to QGIS data. Data is provided free of charge.

PDP data can be searched for simple sewer culverts in QGIS.
Data can be updated and added for each treatment method Storm-water, Sewage, Combined sewer) and treatment area.
Background maps (GoogleMap, OpenStreetMap, etc.) can be used by setting the coordinate system.
Data is saved as GeoPackage data, so it can be used in other GIS.
Maintenance and management data (damage degree, inspection data, etc.) can be added in connection with route information.
analysis using pipe network data is available in QGIS.

*Red letters require separate paid customization.

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