When the next pipe is to be created and the pipe is to be
connected to the previous pipe, move the cursor towards the circle indicating
the node. Start by right-clicking, then select Draw pipe. Move the cursor
towards the node. When you have contact with the node, this is shown by an
indication. IMPORTANT! You have to left-click to start the draw command while
the indication is on. If the indication is not visible when you start drawing, a
new node is created when you start drawing and you will not get the designated
link between the pipes as intended. You can see this because a new start node is
created, not an end node. If so, cancel this and start again!
Of course,
you can both start and end the pipe in an existing node. If you left-click on a
node which indicates that it has been hit and then right-click straight away,
the pipe will be connected to the selected node.
Important: In NetSim versions before 3.0.54, you could create a pipe with a length of 0 m by right-clicking immediately after starting drawing at the first pipe. This pipe cannot be calculated! If you have updated from an earlier version, sort the pipe table according to length in order to locate the pipes with 0 length. Pay attention to the name of the end node (copy it to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl+C). From the right-click menu, select Delete object. Open the node table, select the node column, then from the right-click menu select Search, paste in the node name by pressing Ctrl+V in the search box and the node table now displayed the node sought. In the right-click menu, select Delete object and the unwanted node will disappear. We will select this method instead of selecting the node in the map because this will have exactly the same coordinates as another node and so it is difficult to select the correct node for deletion!