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Determining inlet locations

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Determining inlet locations

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- [Narrator] Before we can place inlets in the design, we need to figure out where they need to be based on how water will flow across the surface. Let's see which tools can help us. The first place I go all the time when I'm trying to analyze where inlets need to go, or just generally look at the flow of water across the site is the water drop tool. I'll click the surface, click Water Drop on the contextual ribbon. Usually I'll just accept the defaults and start clicking some points to see where water is flowing. And I can see how water is going around the building and ultimately ending up in this corner, which is exactly how I designed it. But when I start clicking points over in this area, I see something that concerns me a little bit. I see water that's traveling around this curb and dumping out into the road, which is not typically a good idea. That's not something you want to do. You want to capture this flow and carry it safely away to where it needs to go. Whether that's the…

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