Network part grips

A computer-readable medium containing a program which when executed by a processor, performs operations for editing a computer aided design (CAD) model of a utility network, including the steps of:

• receiving a user selection of a network part associated with the CAD model;
• enabling at least one grip associated with the selected network part;
• in response to enabling the at least one grip, displaying on a display device one or more hash marks corresponding to one or more sizes of the selected network part available in a catalog of network parts stored in a memory:
• receiving a first grip editing input from the user, wherein the first grip editing input is restricted to selecting one of the one or more sizes of the selected network part available in the catalog of network parts by choosing a hash mark corresponding to one of the one or more sizes;
• updating the selected network part based on the first grip editing input corresponding to the selected size;
• displaying on the display device a modified display of the network to reflect the updated selected network part having the selected size.

A computing device comprising:

• a display device:
• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store an application that includes instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for editing a computer generated computer aided design (CAD) of a real-world utility network, including the steps of:
• receiving a user selection of a network part associated with the CAD model,
• enabling at least one grip associated with the selected network part,
• in response to enabling the at least one grip, displaying on a display device one or more hash marks corresponding to one or more sizes of the selected network part available in a catalog of network parts stored in a memory,
• receiving a first grip editing input from the user, wherein the first grip editing input is restricted to selecting one of the one or more sizes of the selected network part available in the catalog of network parts by choosing a hash mark corresponding to one of the one or more sizes,
• updating the selected network part based on the grip editing input corresponding to the selected size,
• displaying on the display device a modified display of the network to reflect the updated selected network part having the selected size.