Area-based building (Water Overlay)

Area-based Buildings use polygonal geometry to apply effects across their entire surface area.

Examples of area-based buildings are the following hydraulic structures:

Icon	Name	Description
	Drainage	Expedited and conditional flow from the underground to a surface waterway.
	Inlet	Conditional flow from external area to inlet location. (If INLET_AREA is configured appropriately).

Building effects apply to any intersecting grid cell, treating it as fully contained within the building.

See also

• Point-based building (Water Overlay)
• Line-based building (Water Overlay)

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Water Module

Water Module

Tutorials

Overview

Theory

Benchmarks

Group

Hydraulic structures

Inlet

Inlet q • Inlet area • Inlet capacity •  Lower threshold •  Upper threshold • Inlet underground

Pump

Pump q •  Lower threshold •  Upper threshold • Pump angle • Pump capacity • Pump area

Culvert

Culvert diameter • Culvert rectangular height • Culvert threshold • Culvert n

Weir

Weir height • Weir width • Weir angle • Weir coefficient • Weir n • Weir target level

Sewer overflow

Sewer overflow • Sewer overflow speed

Drainage

Drainage q • Drainage datum • Drainage active • Drainage overflow threshold

Output

Object flow output • Object height output • Object datum output a • Object datum output b • Object water area output • Object width output • Weir dam output

Related

Building attributes • Hydrological features •  Terrain attributes • Model attributes • Results • Simulation data