Bentley GEOPAK Drainage


This 2-day course focuses on the design and analysis of urban and highway drainage systems, and covers every applicable tool in the GEOPAK drainage software. This class is applicable to the following versions: V8, XM and V8i.

GEOPAK Course Outline (this outline may be customized, and may be taught in 4 hour segments)
Project Setup

  • Project Commands
  • Project Preferences
  • Drainage Library
  • Node Cells
  • File Types

Drainage Area Design

  • Rational method
  • SCS method

Structure Design

  • Curbs
  • Grates
  • Slotted Drains
  • Curb & Grate
  • Junctions
  • Outlets
  • Others
  • Bottoms
  • Delete
  • Renumber

Link Design

  • Pipes
  • Fixed Geometry Ditches
  • Variable Geometry Ditches

Networks

  • Introduction
  • Analyze
  • Design

Profiles

  • Single
  • Multiple
  • Projections
  • Revisions

Reports

  • Preset
  • Customized
  • Spreadsheets

Miscellaneous Tools

  • 3D Visualization
  • Annotating w/ D&C Manager
  • Conflict Finder
  • Culverts
  • DTM Drainage Tools
  • Drainage Structure X-Sections
  • Export Survey to Drainage
  • HEC-RAS
  • Labeler
  • Miscellaneous Utilities
  • Navigator: Main
  • Navigator: Global Editor
  • Navigator: Query
  • Quantities
  • Routing
  • Trenching
  • Outlet Design
  • Profiles

Appendix

  • Error Messages
  • Troubleshooting
  • Increasing Productivity
  • File Extension List
  • Pipe Envelope
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Time of Concentration
  • Inlet Spacing
  • Existing Amenities
  • Videos
  • VBA

Training Manuals
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About the Instructor:
Dan Calistrat, P.E.
As a licensed civil engineer in the state of Texas, Dan Calistrat has been actively practicing in Austin for 18 years. After engineering for the land development community, Dan joined GEOPAK where he was instrumental in the development, certification, and training of Bentley civil products to assist clients with their engineering needs. After nearly eight years at GEOPAK, Dan left to implement Bentley software on some of the largest construction projects in the United States.

Dan consults with all size firms to make their transition and integration to civil engineering software as seamless as possible. His vision is based on providing billable solutions to clients in need of civil engineering software training.

Dan holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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