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Data Entries

After the units type has been confirmed, the next step for the user is to click on the Data menu, and three categories will appear:

 - Data Entry Section 1.

 - Data Entry Section 2.

 - Data Entry Section 3.

Data Entry Section 1

By clicking on the first category (Data Entry Section 1), the user will see three groups of information: soil type, outlet type, and manifold pipe sizes (see Fig. 4). Under each of these groups there are several options. The user has to select one option from each group. After that, he must click on the OK button to proceed to the next step.

Data Entry Section 2

After clicking on the second category (Data Entry Section 2), the user will see two groups of information, which are lateral configuration and manifold configuration (see Fig. 5). Under each of these two groups there are five options. The user must select one option from each group, and then click on the OK button to proceed to the next step.

Data Entry Section 3

There will be 31 data questions to which the user must respond. These data entries are divided into four groups of forms, with seven or eight questions per form (see Fig. 6). The 31 questions are divided into two types:

       - Required Questions.

 - Optional Questions.

The user can edit the data at any time by clicking on the Next and Back buttons that appear at the bottom of each of the four forms.

Required questions.  Required questions need to be answered for the hydraulic design calculations. There should be a valid value for each required question. The total number of required questions is 18.

Optional questions. Optional questions do not need to be answered if the user is only concerned with the hydraulic design. The results of the calculations based on these optional questions will appear in the General Results Report. There are 13 optional questions.

Beside each variable (required or optional) there is a small help button. If the user clicks on the help button, he will get more information about the variable beside this button. This information will be like this: “Is this a required or an optional variable? If it is a required variable, are there any typical values? If it is an optional variable, why is it included here and for what type of calculations will it be used?” For convenience, the small help buttons are captioned as follows:

 - This button   is for a required variable.

 - This button   is for an optional variable.

 Finally, the user should be sure to enter zero for the optional questions if his concern is only the hydraulic design. He should then proceed to the next step.