DesignSeries00085.pngEditing Drain Valleys

Drain valleys, the valleys that connect two drains, can be edited and deleted using context menu commands that are available when the Slab Drainage tool is selected.

Editing Drain Valley Saddles

Drain valleys can be given saddles, which are small slab slopes over the valley that direct the water to one of the two connected drains. Both simple saddles and split saddles are available, and their slopes and angles can be set by the user.

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To edit drain valley saddles:

  1. Select the slab object.

  2. Click the Slab Drainage tool from the Building Shell tool set, and then click Edit mode from the Tool bar.

  3. Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on one or more drain valleys and select Edit Connection(s) from the context menu.

    4. The Connection Settings dialog box opens.

  4. Edit the properties and click OK.

Alternatively, to create a simple saddle or remove an existing saddle on a drain valley, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on one or more drain valleys and select Create Saddle or Remove Saddle from the context menu. If multiple drain valleys are selected, and some have existing saddles and some do not, the appropriate context menu command appears for the last valley selected. To edit the properties of a simple saddle, select Edit Connection(s) from the context menu.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

If a drain valley has a non-zero slope, the saddle’s slopes must be steeper than the valley slope.

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Deleting Drain Valleys

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To delete a drain valley:

  1. Select the slab object.

  2. Click the Slab Drainage tool from the Building Shell tool set, and then click Edit mode from the Tool bar.

  3. Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on one or more drain valleys and select Delete from the context menu.

The drain valley is deleted.

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Editing Slab Drainage Elements

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