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Learn a new workflow or solve the task in front of you. Explore illustrated IrriMaker and Model Maker guides, from your first irrigation block to clearer plans and reports.
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Build your skills with the five-part IrriMaker series.
5 guides
Start Here
Build your skills with the five-part IrriMaker series.
Part 4 · Pipe-sizing principles
Understand the hydraulic principles behind in-field pipe sizing.
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Follow along with Part 1: Download the sample project (ZIP)
General
Everyday design, CAD, reporting and coordinate workflows.
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General
Everyday design, CAD, reporting and coordinate workflows.
Combine multiple irrigation MIR files
Bring several irrigation projects together in one working file.
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Build your own irrigation reports
Choose report fields and build a layout for your project information.
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Shift and rotate old projects to GPS coordinates
Move a local project onto GPS coordinates using reference points.
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Long sections with hydraulic gradient
View the mainline hydraulic gradient in a long-section profile.
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Import your WCADI and other designs
Bring a WCADI DXF drawing into Model Maker as a basis for a design.
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Add custom detail blocks to your irrigation plans
Use CAD tools to add custom details to your irrigation plans.
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create circular irrigation laterals
Use CAD circles as a starting point for circular irrigation laterals.
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Load Garmin MapSource into Model Maker and calculate an area
Transfer Garmin MapSource data and calculate an area in Model Maker.
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Neaten up lateral designs for installation
Review lateral pipe lengths to simplify installation layouts.
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import geographical coordinates (LAT/LON)
Import latitude and longitude data into an IrriMaker project.
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Google Earth
Bring mapping context into your work and share your designs.
3 guides
Google Earth
Bring mapping context into your work and share your designs.
Database
Organise parts and turn design information into a bill of materials.
3 guides
Database
Organise parts and turn design information into a bill of materials.
Pivots
Explore pivot placement and terrain considerations.
1 guide
Pivots
Explore pivot placement and terrain considerations.
Introduction to the PIVOT design tool
Assess pivot placement, ground slope and span clearance.
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Turf Tool
Get started with landscape and turf layout tools.
1 guide
Turf Tool
Get started with landscape and turf layout tools.
Volumes
Turn your surveyed dam model into a storage calculation.
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Volumes
Turn your surveyed dam model into a storage calculation.
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