Building a Channel In ADVANCED
CHANNEL DESIGN 2012
By Christian Shaw
HYPACK® has a new ADVANCED CHANNEL DESIGN program released with HYPACK®
2012. The layout is completely new and it has some great features. This program, like the
previous CHANNEL DESIGN programs, will create a channel design from your right, left and
center line information. You can calculate volumes against these channels, or generate
survey lines to be used in data acquisition or plotting in HYPLOT.
Although the layout has changed a bit, the premise is still pretty much the same. The only
thing that has changed is the order in which you enter data to create your channel.
FIGURE 1. Beginning a New Channel
Plan
1.
In the PLN tab, click [Start
Empty PLN] to get started. When
you click this button, you will find
that a few more tabs will pop up
along the left-hand side of the
program.
FIGURE 2.
2.
Navigate to the Left Toe, Right
Toe and Center Line tabs and
enter your channel limits
(Figure 2).
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FIGURE 3. Generating
the Channel File
3.
Go back to the
PLN tab and click
[Generate CHN].
This will build the
nodes which will be
your channel
coordinates thus
creating a surface
about your channel
dimensions
(Figure 3).
FIGURE 4. Generating
the Line File
Create the
Planned Lines for
your Channel
Design.
a. Go to the
Centerline Tab.
b. Click
[Calculate
Chainage].
c. Enter your
options for
your planned lines, basins and toe points.
d. Click [Generate LNW].
5. In the Profiles tab, save the cross section lines. Click [Save LNW] and name your file.
Your line file is now ready for running survey lines in the SURVEY program and for
volumes calculations in the CROSS SECTIONS AND VOLUMES program .
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FIGURE 5. Saving the Line File
FIGURE 6. The Final .LNW file in the HYPACK® Shell.
Notice the template points have been created where the planned lines intersect the faces of
the CHN file that the ADVANCED CHANNEL DESIGN program has been created based on
your channel geometry.
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