Animating a Water Age Analysis

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After a water age analysis has been conducted,

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you can view the results as a graph and as an animation of the map display

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to begin

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double click the desired project dot APR file to open

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Agis Pro.

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Once the project starts,

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click the info water pro tab to open the info water pro ribbon

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in the project panel, click initialize

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in the map, select any junction

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in the model explorer on the attribute tab, click the graph icon

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in the report manager that opens change the graph parameter to water age.

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Water quality parameters are only listed when

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a water quality simulation is performed.

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Note the initial rise in water age

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at time zero,

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all pipes are full and the age is showing as

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zero because an initial water quality value was not entered.

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Water quality results typically level out after stable conditions are reached

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click hide to close the report manager.

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You can also set up color coding of the water

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age analysis simulation results over time in the map.

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In the model explorer use the output dropdown list or drag

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the time bar to change the time to 184 hours.

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Next, you can set the display options for the animation

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on the info water pro toolbar in the view panel, click map display

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in the map display dialogue, select junction as the element type

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and active output as the data source.

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Now set the data field to water age hours.

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The class is to five

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and then click set breaks

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in the table, leave the values for the color and size columns as they are

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set the values for the break column for the five rows from top to bottom to 48

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click apply.

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Now select pipe as the element type

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and active output as the data source

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set the data field to water age hours, the classes to five

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and then click set breaks

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in the table. Set the value to two for the size column for all five rows,

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set the values for the break column for the five rows from top to bottom to 48

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click apply

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click close to close the map display window

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back in the model explorer, change the output time bar to a different time.

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As soon as you do, the color is update in the map to reflect the current output values

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in large models.

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Dragging the time bar may cause the map to freeze as

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it loads in the new data corresponding to the time step.

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You can disable refresh output to prevent this.

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But you would need to re enable it to update the map at your desired time step.

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Now you are ready to set up an animation of this color coded map,

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drag the output time bar back to 180 hours

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in the model explorer on the command center tab, expand the tools folder

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and then double click animation editor

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in the animation editor, dialogue,

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select save animation to file and then enter a name of age and then click create

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a screenshot is taken of the thematic map at each output timestep.

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This takes a few minutes to complete.

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Be aware that if you did not zoom to the extent of the model,

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then your animation only includes the features that were in

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the viewable map area when the animation was created.

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Once it is completed recording the time steps,

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double click animation viewer in the tools folder

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in the animation viewer, click the delay setting, hourglass icon

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in the display delay pop-up,

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set the delay time to 250 milliseconds and then click OK.

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When playing the animation for optimal results,

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the viewer should be the same size and dimensions as the map area.

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When the animation was created,

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click the fast forward icon to animate the map to see how the

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colors display the water age within the junctions and pipes over time.

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As the animation plays,

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you can easily distinguish the areas where the water is moving well,

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the darker more red colors show locations where water may be stagnating

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water pooling up for too long at a specific location can lead

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to water quality issues like microbial

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growth and increased disinfectant byproduct formation.

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These are the areas where high

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water age mitigation strategies should be considered

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when you are finished reviewing the animation. Close the animation viewer

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on the info Water pro ribbon in the view panel,

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click reset map display to reset the display

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to the default as set in the preferences.