Edit Vaults

Vaults are an important component of a successful conduit network and are required to take advantage of Editor XI’s Conduit Manager’s functionality. Vault features are created using out of the box Esri editing tools.

The Vault Orientation in the Layout Editor pane doesn't respond directly to edits made in ArcGIS Pro. This means geometry edits to a vault wall while the vault is selected in the Layout Editor, do not display automatically. For the new edits to display, you must re-select the vault again with the Select Vault tool.

It's important to ensure the vault polygon is correct and final before adding duct banks and ducts to the vault's walls, since it is very difficult to restore the geometric coincidence of existing ducts with the vault outline after modifying the shape of the vault outline in any way.

IMPORTANT: Before using the Create Duct Bank tool to create a duct bank between two vault features, make sure the WallHeight attribute for each of the vaults is populated. It must be populated in the same units as your map, for example, in feet if your map units are in feet, or in meters if your map units are in meters. The Z value for vaults is measured at the ceiling of the vault polygon (not the floor).

For example, a vault with a Z value of 0 (ceiling is at ground level) and a wall height of 3, means your duct bank Z value must be between 0 and -3.

View Vaults in 3D

A Vault feature is modeled in GIS as a planar polygon, which the ArcFM Conduit Manager data model interprets as representing the ceiling of the vault. Since the Vault feature also gives the height of its walls via the WallHeight attribute, it is possible to display the vault as a 3D figure with volume in an ArcGIS Pro 3D Scene by extruding the ceiling (i.e. the polygon) downward by the amount given in the WallHeight attribute. This allows you to visualize not just the ceiling of the vault, but also the walls and the floor, and to see the positions of the DuctEnd features on the walls. Follow the steps below to set up Extrusion for vault features in a 3D Scene to achieve this effect.

Add Structure Boundary to a Scene in ArcGIS Pro.
Select the Structure Boundary in the Scene’s table of contents.
Click the Appearance tab.
Click Type and select either Min Height or Max Height from the list (either will work the same).
Select Custom from the Field drop-down.
Set Unit to the unit of measure used in your map.
Click the Extrusion Expression button.

The Expression Builder dialog opens. In the Expression field add a — (minus) sign in front of the existing expression so the expression now reads:

-$feature.wallheight

This setting allows values entered in the WallHeight field to be displayed in a 3D form on the map.

This is an example of how the vault will look before and after extrusion is set up.

Vault Before Extrusion	Vault After Extrusion