When creating underground facilities through the Diagram Manager, the Configure and Create step only offers rectangular floors and walls.
However, you can use the ArcFM Method for sketching – Features tab, Targets tab, Sketch – to place irregular shaped facilities, including…… CIRCLES! You can then save these diagrams as favorites and reuse them easily.
A. First, follow the steps in Create Circular Structure Favorite to create the favorite.
B. Then follow these steps to place the favorite:
- Apply a Stored Display that is configured for Underground Facilities.
- Start an Edit Session.
- On the ArcFM Underground Facility Manager toolbar, click the first button.
- On the map, click an existing underground structure to launch the Underground Facility Diagram Manager.
- In the Table of Contents, display the Features tab.
- Under the System (or User) Favorites will be the category created by ArcFM when you save a diagram for Underground Facilities. Select the circular structure composite favorite.
- The favorite appears on the ArcFM Attribute Editor, Targets tab where you may modify any of attribute values as needed before sketching.
- Once the attributes are set correctly, click on the Composite node (the top level) and sketch the diagram in your map.
- After the diagram is placed, the Diagram Manager recognizes that its first step has been completed, so you can proceed to place duct banks and ducts.
Many thanks to Brian Higgins for his contributions to this post!
