Areas can also be defined to restrict Sprinklers, Spray, Pipe, or any combination of those three. Other functions allow placement of sprinklers along an existing line or curve or along a temporary line. Automatic and Manual Lateral Line Placement includes variables and settings for defining how RainCAD will pipe your system. Restrictions can be predefined to keep pipe out of an area. Manual Pipe function will allow you place pipe manually already sized or unsized, place pipe hops, break pipe at intersections, and change existing pipe.
Hydraulic calculations includes elevation changes and service line loss per zone.
New Version 6.0 Features During Automatic Sprinkler Placement, you can adjust the sprinkler spacing based on a percent of diameter or specified spacing in feet or meters. The Automatic radius reduction option prevents the spray of a sprinkler from throwing outside of a boundary line during the automatic placement of sprinkler symbols. Using the Manual Pipe Functions or Manual Pipe Sizing command, you are able to specify the desired color for both lateral line and main line pipe. An option exists for the Automatic Pipe Sizing command to color code each lateral line section or zone of pipe. The databases currently consist of around 2,500 individual listings.