Option

 

Description

Symbol

Default Pen

The node is displayed as a circle in the specified colour if Colour Scheme (see below) is set to Default. To change the colour, click the button and select a colour from the Colour dialog.

Symbol Size

Specify the diameter of the circle in mm on paper.

Line Width (mm)

Specify the width of the node symbol line in mm on paper.

Colour Scheme

Select the design parameter that will determine the node colour. The options here are:

The Default option uses the default line pen.

Range Start

Enter the minimum value for the selected design item. Only available when Colour Scheme is not set to Default.

Increment

Enter the increment value for each step in the range of values. There are 20 steps in the range. Only available when Colour Scheme is not set to Default.

Colour Ramp

Click to access the Colour Ramp so you can specify a ramp to be applied to the Colour Range.

Colour Range

Click the relevant button to change the colour assigned to that particular range item.

Annotations

Pen

The node annotations are displayed in the specified colour. To change the colour, click the button and select a colour from the Colour dialog.

Text Size (mm)

Specify the node annotation text size in mm. Use the arrows to step through a list of available sizes.

Box

Select this checkbox to have a box filled in the current drawing background colour placed behind the annotation text. This is a useful option if you want to blank out portions of the underlying data in order to highlight the text.

Horizontal offset from symbol

Specify the horizontal offset between the annotation text and the node symbol.

Vertical offset from symbol

Specify the vertical offset between the annotation text and the node symbol.

Text position

Select one of the eight available positions for the annotation text origin.

The centre position is the actual node position.

Text

Enter the text to be written as annotation for each node. A number of variables are available:

Right-click the relevant cell to select from a menu.

  • FITTINGS - Fittings list.

  • QUALITY – Numerical result of Water Quality analysis.

  • QUALITY_FULL – Fully annotated Water Quality result, comprising of descriptive analysis name, value and unit. Example: Chlorine 0.43 mg/l.

You can also define the number of decimals for numeric items. For example, an item {DISCHARGE.1} will display the discharge of the node to one decimal. The default display is three decimals.

Clear manual offsets

By design, manually altered text offsets and positions are preserved when you alter relevant global values on this page. Select this checkbox to clear manual settings and revert all text offsets and positions to default values.