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Creating New Inspections of Existing Assets

Using the techniques described in Using WinCan VX with WinCan Map, we can quickly and effectively navigate between objects in WinCan VX and WinCan Map without the need for manual searching.

So there is an existing asset that you need to inspect which already exists in the data because it was imported from the HADDMS shapefile at the start of the round tripping process. First, ensure that the section or lateral (or node) is focussed and selected in the grid view.

Because the data was imported, there may or may not be observation codes already attached to this object, but of they were imported then they will be showing greyed out as read-only. They will also likely contain incorrect observation codes from the old WinCan v7 days, but this does not matter as is described in Creating Exports for Delivery.

Now, see the two buttons in the bottom bar of the grid view:

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To create a new inspection of the object, you simply have to click on one of the two buttons shown in the image above. Hovering your mouse over the buttons will tell you what they do:

• Create new inspection - this will present with you with a pop up where you can select;

  • a new blank inspection - you will be taken to the inspection header where you can fill in the required inspection details like your name etc,

  • a new downstream inspection, or

  • a new upstream inspection.

• Create new inspection from other side - this will create a new inspection record in the opposite direction to the one that is currently selected in the user view (usually the most recent one unless you select to look at a different inspection record).

When you create a new inspection, the software will automatically add the inventory codes from the previous inspection. Theses are:

• START and END codes at the zero and the full length of the asset.

• All types of junction and connection codes with their clock positions reflected vertically if the inspection is in the opposite direction (so 2 o’clock becomes 10 o’clock).

• All types of bending codes with their direction flipped around the vertical clock axis.

The logic here is that if the previous inspection stated that there was a junction at 1 o’clock at 12 m into a 45m section, then on the reverse inspection there must be a junction at 11 o’clock at 33m into the inspection.

Only inventory codes are copied, not defect codes. From here, you can start an inspection in the normal way.

If you subsequently need to abandon this inspection for any reason, then do not worry about the END code that has been automatically added for you. This will be removed when you complete the abandoned code.

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