# Data Entry - Connectors

Connectors allow multiple pipes to join without experiencing any pressure loss. This may not reflect a practical situation. Figure 1: Input requirement for a connector. Unique Name: Allows you to enter a descriptive name for this element. You can use this to describe the connector element. It is not necessary to add any data to this field. If you do enter data here you can use this later to sort via the Lists. Status: For connector elements there are 2 possible status values: On; Off. On is the normal position and tells the application that this node is open and to calculate the flow through the element. Off means that this component is closed to flow. Elevation: This is the height above a selected datum. You can select any datum (base line with elevation = 0) that is convenient for you. When you construct any network you need to decide on a datum. This can typically be ground level, or the centerline of a pump. In flow calculations absolute elevations are not important, only the relative elevations of the nodes are important. The elevation that you enter in this row is the elevation of the connector measured from the datum. Elevation Unit: The unit of length that defines the elevation that you have entered into the elevation row. User-Defined Fields: Allows you to add "fields" to the element, for use in, for example, scripting or reporting. Clicking on the input will display the User-Defined Fields dialog to add/edit/delete fields. Properties On Flowsheet: This value can either be: Show; or Hide. The Properties on Flowsheet row is available for all components. This means that you can decide what properties you wish to show on the flowsheet and for which components. If Show is selected then additional rows appear in the Input Editor, which allow you to set text font, color, size, text position and the properties you wish to display. The additional rows are shown in Figure 2: Figure 2: Additional input data required for showing properties on the flowsheet. Alignment: This row controls the alignment of the component properties on-screen. Possible values are: Top; Bottom; Left; or Right. Alignment of the displayed text is relative to the center of the component. Font: Text font properties can be set from the standard windows font dialog. Properties: Shows/hides Input and Result fields for display of properties on flowsheet. This allows for visibility of any input or calculated/result data to be controlled for each component. Individual property setting is made via the Select Element Properties dialog.