Valves, mainline outlets, areas and water supplies in a design are automatically named and numbered using the patterns defined in Settings|Names. However the deletion of auto-numbered items may cause the subsequent numbering to be inconsistent.
Some tips to help are:
Reset Numbering
If you have deleted a group of contiguously numbered named items you can reset the numbering in the “Number from” field of Settings|Names. For example if you deleted a set of control valves named “Zone no. “ 11 to 20, then typing 11 into the “Number from” field would cause the automatic naming to begin at “Zone – 11” for subsequently placed valves.
Using Default Name
Right-click|Default Name can be used to temporarily change the base name of the automatic numbering system before placing the items e.g. Block ~~~ instead of Zone no. ~~~.
For example before placing control valves select Right-click|Default Name and type in the new name e.g. Block ~~~. Now place your valves. All the zone names will be Block 1, Block 2 etc. until another tool is selected.
The ~~~ in the dialog is the automatic numbering so do not delete it unless you know where to find it on your keyboard!
Note that temporarily changing the base name after placing auto-numbered items does not restart the numbering. Go in to Settings|Names and enter 1 into the “Number from” field.
With Block Irrigation entities, the Default Name is grayed out in the Right-click menu and cannot be used in this manner.
We hope you have found this helpful. If you have a tip you would like to share, please email your tip to Support@IRRICAD.com