Editing schematisations

The following edits of your schematisation are possible in the 3Di Modeller Interface:

• Creating new features

• Pasting Features from external data sources

• Editing Feature Attributes

• Editing feature geometries

• Deleting features

The following features have been added to assist you in editing your schematisation:

• Drop-down menus: To facilitate the selection of appropriate values, we have introduced drop-down menus for attributes with multiple value options in tables. This feature proves useful, for instance, when choosing a shape for a cross-section definition.

• Highlighting mandatory fields: When adding a new feature, mandatory fields that require input will be highlighted in orange, ensuring they are easily identifiable.

• Multi-line fields for time series: Multi-line fields are specifically designed for editing time series data. You can edit the time series for Boundary conditions, Laterals, Precipitation and Wind.

Creating new features

To create a new feature:

1. In the Layers panel, select the layer you want to add the feature to.

2. Click Toggle Editing .

3. Click Add Point feature , Add Line feature or Add Polygon feature , depending on what kind of feature you want to add.

4. Left-click on the map canvas to add a Point feature. When adding Line or Polygon features, add multiple locations by left-clicking and finish by right-clicking.

5. Fill in the Attribute Form. The orange fields are required to fill in. The other fields are optional. Click OK to finish the process.

6. When you finished adding the features, click Toggle Editing to stop editing

7. In the 3Di Schematisation Editor toolbar, click Save to Spatialite.

For instructions specific to each layer, see Schematisation objects.

Pasting Features from external data sources

Features can be copy-pasted from external data sources into the schematisation layers. Check out the QGIS Documentation for how to work with the attribute table.

Note

Please note that when pasting features from external sources, the automagic actions of the 3Di Schematisation Editor will not be applied to the features.

Editing Feature Attributes

There are two options available for editing feature attributes:

1. Via the Attribute Table:

   • Right-click the layer in the Layers panel.

   • Select ‘Open Attribute Table’.

   • Click the ‘Toggle Editing’ button located in the top left corner.

   • Make the necessary edits within the table.

   • Click ‘Save Edits’ in the top left corner to save your changes.

2. Using the Identify Feature option:

   • Select the desired feature layer.

   • Enable the ‘Identify Feature’ () option.

   • Click on a feature on the map.

   • A window will open displaying the attributes of the selected feature, along with the attributes of all related features.

   • Explore the different tabs within the window to access the related feature attributes.

Editing feature geometries

For editing the geometries of features, the ‘Vertex tool’ can be used, see the QGIS documentation. On top of the standard QGIS functionalty, the 3Di Schematisation Editor provides extra functionalities:

• When moving a node, all connected features will move along.

• Changing the start/end vertex of a line feature (e.g. pipe, channel, culvert, orifice, weir, pump (impervious) surface map) allows you to connect the line to another connection node.

Deleting features

To learn more about deleting features, refer to the QGIS documentation for general instructions. When using the Schematisation Editor, you will encounter the following options:

• ‘Delete this feature only’: This option deletes only the selected features. It may result in an invalid schematisation, but can be useful when removing a specific part of the model.

• ‘Delete all referenced features’: Choosing this option will delete all connected features along with the selected ones. Your schematisation is likely to remain valid when using this option.

• ‘Cancel’: Selecting this option will cancel the deletion process and leave the features unchanged.

Generating exchange lines

A processing algorithm is available to automatically generate Exchange lines. This processing algorithm can be found via Main menu > Processing > Toolbox > 3Di Schematisation Editor > 1D2D > Generate exchange lines.

This processing algorithm generates exchange lines for (a selection of) channels. The resulting exchange line’s geometry is a copy of the input channel’s geometry, at user specified distance from that channel (the GIS term for this is ‘offset curve’). The resulting exchange lines is added to the exchange line layer, and the attribute ‘channel_id’ refers to the channel it was derived from.

• Input channel layer: Usually this is the Channel layer that is added to the project with the 3Di Schematisation Editor. Technically, any layer with a line geometry and the fields ‘id’ and ‘calculation_type’ can be used as input.

• Distance: Offset distance in meters. A positive value will place the output exchange line to the left of the line, negative values will place it to the right.

• Exchange lines layer: The layer to which the results are written. Usually this is the ‘Exchange line’ layer that is added to the project with the 3Di Schematisation Editor. Technically, any layer with a line geometry and the field ‘channel_id’ can be used.

Auto-fill sewerage properties

The 3Di processing algorithm Guess indicators estimates the correct values for pipe friction, manhole indicator and manhole area (only for NULL fields) with the overall option to only fill NULL fields.

This processing algorithm can be found via Main menu > Processing > Toolbox > 3Di > Schematisation > Guess indicators.