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General Guide to RoadPlus - 4.0.0en
Staking a Road Alignment
Sta. Tol. -
Enter a value for station tolerance. This is the
accepted tolerance for the difference between two stations as
calculated from the stationing and the coordinates. If this
value is set to zero the deflection tolerance is ignored.
Vert. Mode -
Choose between
Profile/XSec
,
DTM
and
OFF
.
Profile/XSec
allows you to stakeout a vertical alignment and
cross sections.
DTM
uses a pre-defined digital terrain model.
Set to
OFF
when only a horizontal alignment has to be staked.
The normal mode is
Profile/XSec
.
Crs. Intrpl. -
The cross section interpolation can be switched
ON
or
OFF
. In the case of
OFF
, a cross section assigned to a
station in a Cross Section Assignment File will remain
effective to the next station where another cross section is
assigned. The transition between the two cross sections will
be abrupt. When set to
ON
, all cross sections must consist of
the same number of points. A linear transition will be applied
to two cross sections defined in the Cross Section
Assignment File. If the project continues past the last station
defined in the Cross Section Assignment File, the last given
cross section will be applied. The interpolation between
cross sections makes the staking out of sections of road with
superelevation and widening possible.
Crs. Movemnt -
There are three choices:
Left > Right
,
Right >
Left
and
None
. The direction chosen is for automatic
selection of the next station of a cross section. Points can still
be staked out at any desired direction along the cross
section.
None
is for no automatic pre-selection.
Hinge Mode -
Method for the catch point determination. The
options are
Normal
and
Not from End Pts
. When
Normal
is
selected, the points to the most right or left from the centre
line are used for calculating the catch point. Select
Not from
End Pts
, when the catch point is already available in the cross
section file and therefore the points to the most right or left
from the centre line are not needed for its calculation.
Log File -
If this is set to
ON
, stake out data can be stored in a
file for printing later.
Log FlName -
Enter a file name for the log file.
Edit Height -
If you wish to edit the elevation of a design point
before staking select
YES
. When changing heights before
staking, the Log File will be updated accordingly. This is for
example useful if someone would like to manually enter the
elevation of the invert level of a manhole and then stakeout
the manhole's horizontal location in relation to the horizontal
alignment and the manhole's invert level without being tied to
the vertical alignment. The default setting is
NO
.
When all input fields have been set correctly:
CONT (F1)
This will take you to the
panel Road+ \ Begin
where you can
select the alignment files.