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Draw drain lines

Trace pipe runs and trenches on the map, straight or curved, from a template, on web or mobile.

Drain lines turn a scattered set of basins and outlets into a system you can trace underground. Each line is drawn from a drain line template, so the pipe material, size, trench dimensions, and styling are locked in as you draw, with no data entry mid-trace.

Draw a line

  1. In the Drainage section, click the pencil button on the left toolbar (Drain line tools on hover). The Drain Line panel opens on its Draw tab.

  2. Under Select drain line template, pick a preset from the Choose drain line template dropdown. The panel shows the template’s saved specs and reminds you: “Template specs stay locked while drawing. Switch templates any time.”

  3. Click Start Drawing. The panel switches to drawing mode: “Choose how you draw on the map.”

  4. Pick Straight or Curved:

    • Straight: each click drops a corner point and saves that leg of the run. This works well for tile laid in straight sections.
    • Curved: clicks drop draggable control points and Turfile smooths a curve through them. Drag a point to adjust it, double-click a point to remove it, or press Backspace to remove the last one. Nothing saves until you finish.

  5. Trace the run. Near an existing line or drainage object, a blue dot shows the snap point. Click there and the new line connects to it.

  6. Click Finish Drawing to save (“Finish saves the current drain line. Cancel removes the in-progress points.”). Cancel throws away the in-progress points, Esc exits drawing, and ← Back lets you pick a different template.

  1. In the Drainage section, tap Drain Tools in the bottom command bar.

  2. Under Templates, tap the one you want (it’s tagged Selected), then tap Start drawing.

  3. Under Drawing mode, choose Straight or Curved, then tap the map to drop points. If you’re standing on the trench, tap Drop point on my location and walk the run.

  4. Undo removes the last point. Cancel discards the in-progress line.

  5. Tap Finish to save.

Tapping a drain line on the mobile map shows its specs, but editing and deleting lines is web-only.

Check a line’s specs

Click or tap any drain line to select it. A Drain Line label pops up at its midpoint with everything recorded on it: Template, Type (Pipe in trench or Trench (no pipe)), Pipe, Size, Wall, Perforation, Sock/Wrap, Trench dimensions, Backfill, and Length.

Edit a line (web)

Click a drain line on the map. Its label shows the template, type, pipe and trench details and length, with a small pencil button in the corner. Click the pencil to open the editor. It slides in from the right, the label steps aside, the map centres on the line, and the line’s control points appear on the map. All editing happens here; the Drain Line panel only draws.

The editor lists the line’s template, type, pipe details (material, size, wall, perforation and sock/wrap, for a pipe-in-trench line), trench size, backfill, map width, length and point count, then:

  • Template: choose another template from the dropdown and the line takes that template’s name, specs, color, line style and map width straight away. The line’s own notes stay.
  • Name and Notes: type in the row; a Save button appears when the text changes. Click it or press Enter.
  • Shape: drag a point on the map to move it. Drag one of the small midpoint handles to add a point. Double-click a point to remove it. Each change saves as you release, and Undo steps back through the changes you made in this session. If an end point lands on a drainage object (a basin, an outlet) it connects to it; moving an end point away disconnects it.
  • Redraw drain line: the drawer stays open and switches to redraw mode. Pick Straight or Curved; for straight, tick New segment at every point if each pair of points should become its own line (the first pair always replaces this one), or leave it off for one continuous run. The drawer then says Start clicking the map to draw the new route. Click along the route (curved: Backspace removes the last point), then click Finish (on a curved route Enter also finishes). The line keeps its template, name, notes and history; only the route changes, and Undo afterwards restores the old route. Cancel or Esc backs out.

Changes show on the map, and on every teammate’s map, as they save.

Delete a line (web)

At the bottom of the editor, click Delete drain line. Turfile asks Delete this drain line? and explains that the line and its connections are removed permanently. Enter your password and click Delete drain line to confirm. Owners and Management can delete; other roles do not see the button.

If something’s not working

The Drain line tools button isn’t there. Drawing is limited to Owners and Management (“Pipe tools are limited to management or owners.”). Ask a manager to draw the line or change your role.

Start Drawing is grayed out. No template is selected. If the list is empty, none exist yet: “Add a drain line template to enable drawing.” Click Create Templates.

“Template required” (mobile). The same applies on the phone: “Pick a template first, then start drawing.” If the drawer says “No drainage line templates yet. Add one on desktop to start drawing.”, create the template on the web app first.

The Delete drain line button isn’t there. Deleting drain lines needs Owner or Management; other roles do not see the button.

“Password was incorrect. Try again.” The delete confirmation checks your Turfile password. Enter it again.

“Unable to save the shape: …” The change didn’t reach the server. Check your connection and move the point again.

“Location unavailable” (mobile). “We couldn’t find your current location yet.” No GPS fix, so Drop point on my location can’t fire. Wait for a fix or tap the map instead.

My line didn’t connect to the basin. Connections are made by snapping. Watch for the blue snap dot before you click or tap. If you missed it, delete the last leg and redraw it onto the object.