How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in infoSWMM

Subject:  How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in InfoSWMM

How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in infoSWMM by dickinsonre Subject:  How to Import the SWMM 5 Report File as a Layer in infoSWMM  The idea of this blog of note is to show how one may extract information from the SWMM 5 or InfoSWMM RPT file and import the Excel  File as a feature in InfoSWMM. This blog has an example Excel file to illustrate the linkage. The steps are:  Step 1:  Copy the whole row  from Conduit Summary from the InfoSWMM Browser Step 2:  Add the two columns length and  slope from the Link Summary Table and the InfoSWMM Browser Step 3:  You need a few calculations based on the table values from SWMM 5 to estimate the CFL  time steps in the . Step 4:   Add the Excel Spreadsheet as a layer in InfoSWMM – the Named Rangeshould be added to insure valid numbers and not Nulls after the join Step 5:  You can now plot the CFL Time Step for the Links using the Layer Properties command in Arc Map   Step 1:  Copy the whole row  from Conduit Summary    Step 2:  Add the two columns length and  slope from the Link Summary Table Step 3:  You need a few calculations based on the table values from SWMM 5 to estimate the CFL  time steps. The CFL Step      = Length / (Full  Velocity + (Gravity * Full Depth)^0.5) Full Velocity        = Full Flow / Full  Area You also need to create a Name A Range for you data so that the data does not show up as Nulls  Step 4:  Add the Excel Spreadsheet as a layer in InfoSWMM – the Named Range should be added    Step 4:  Join the Excel  Table to the InfoSWMM Conduit Feature Layer    Step 5:  You can now plot the CFL Time Step for the Links using the Layer Properties command in Arc Map