Vertical Alignment Diagram

Use the following procedure to generate vertical alignment details graphically onto AutoCAD.

Note: The look of the table depends on the horizontal and vertical scale. Hence run the function 'Drawing Scale' of the menu Novapoint and set the scales.

Find the function here:

Ribbon: Bridge > Longitudinal Geometry Vertical Alignment Diagram

The dialog box 'Select Line to use as Main Alignment' will pop up, which list all the alignments in the database (Digital Terrain Model) including the lines, which were not used in Road Design.

Seek

If there are many lines in the database, you can seek the correct line by typing the first few letters at the field Enter the first few letters.

Horizontal alignment

For a horizontal alignment, the following details will be listed for each element of horizontal alignment.

ID (Element No.), Element Type (Straight/Curve/Clothoid), Start/End Stations, Start/End Radius, Coordinates of Start/End points.

Vertical alignment

The vertical alignment details will be shown with or without the vertical intersection points. When Show vertical PIís is selected, the list shows station numbers, elevations, and radii for the PIís. With the Show vertical PIís off the list shows the element type with station number and elevation at the beginning and end of each element.

Choose the correct alignment from the list and click OK. The dialog box Select stations by tangent' will pop up. Select the section from the list and click OK. Tip: You can select multiple rows using the key Shift and Ctrl. On the command line, you now have to specify the table header text and finally, you must pick the location on the drawing for the lower-left corner of the table. 

Command prompts for:

• Table heading text - Give a name for the Table being inserted.

• Table lower-left corner - Pick the insertion point for the table. The lower-left corner is the insertion point.

E.g., the output is shown below.