Lateral Sections (AKA Satellite Sections)

Lateral (or satellite) sections are pipe lines connected to the public main sewer sections. WinCan VX uses different tabs to clearly separate these two types of pipe lines from each other. As soon as the survey has been finished or abandoned, WinCan VX may ask the user whether the laterals found during that survey should automatically be created, depending on the options that are selected in Home > Settings.

The operator can also click the Auto create laterals button in the Tools tab at any time and the software will identify all the potential satellite connection points in the existing survey data and prompt to create the corresponding lateral sections:

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The connection between a lateral and the corresponding main section will be labelled in the column Sat of the observation panel(1). Double-clicking on the lateral icon in this column will directly jump to the tab Laterals (2) and highlight the lateral section linked to the previously selected main section:

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Notes on data entry for main sewer and lateral sections:

The input masks for section data and laterals contain two default list items for the field SectionType:

If the user selects the list item Section WinCanVX is going to create a record in the category Sections whereas the selection of the list item Lateral will move the record automatically into the category Laterals.