Edit

The pull-down menu looks like this:

Undo

Use these functions to undo any changes made to the alignment to any marks in the history. This function cancels the latest action.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available from the Toolbar

Note: Undo in the Alignment Design is connected to changes in the alignment and is not to be mixed with the undo in the CAD software.

Tip: Use the History tab in the element data window for visually switching between different versions of the alignment.

Redo

Use these functions to redo any changes made with the undo in the Alignment Design Dialog Box. The function cancels the last undo operations.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available from the Toolbar

Note: Redo in the Alignment Design is connected to changes in the alignment and is not to be mixed with the redo in the CAD software.

Tip: Use the History tab in the element data window for visually switching between different versions of the alignment.

Delete

Use this function to delete one or more selected elements in the horizontal and vertical input data tables.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available from the Toolbar

Tip: Elements can also be deleted using the key Delete on the keyboard. Select the elements to be deleted and hit the Delete key.

Select All

This function selects all elements in the horizontal or vertical input data tables of the Element Data Window.

Tip: All elements in the Element Data Window can also be selected using the keys CTRL + A on the keyboard.

Copy

This option creates an identical copy of the selected elements of the horizontal alignment and opens it in a new alignment dialog.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available when right-clicking an element in the Element Data Window

Tip: Copy the whole alignment by using the key combinations Ctrl + A followed by Ctrl + C.

Note: The new alignment must be saved to the Quadri-model using the function Name... before working on the vertical alignment (described above under Object).

Copy and Offset

This option creates an identical alignment (horizontal and vertical geometry) with options to offset to the left or right side. The dialog box Copy and Offset will pop up where the offset value and direction can be defined.

The function Copy and Offset can be activated using the keys Ctrl + O.

Offset: Define the offset distance in meters.

When editing the alignments the respective dialog box will be highlighted.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available when right-clicking an element in the Element Data Window

Copy and Mirror

This option creates an identical but mirrored alignment (horizontal and vertical geometry). The mirror line is to be defined with two points.

The function Copy and Mirror can be activated using the keys Ctrl + M.

Command prompts for:

When editing the alignments the respective dialog box will be highlighted.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available when right-clicking an element in the Element Data Window

Split after Element

Use this function to split the alignment into two parts at the end of the selected element.

Select an element from the tab Input H (horizontal input data), which is to be the last element to remain in the original alignment after the split.

The second part of the original alignment after the split will be available in a new Alignment Design Dialog Box. The second part of the alignment must be saved to the Quadri-model or drawn out to be saved.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available when right-clicking an element in the Element Data Window

Note: The vertical alignment will not be split. Import the vertical alignment for the second part of alignment from the first part of alignment using the function From Terrain Model.

Tip: This function can also be activated from the shortcut menu of the main dialog box when the tab Input H is active.

Delete Element(s) and Split

The function is similar to Split after Element but also deletes selected elements before splitting the alignment into two parts.

Select (highlight) one or multiple element rows on the tab Input H (horizontal input data), which are to be deleted. The selected elements will be deleted from the alignment and the alignment will be split into two parts.

The second part of the original alignment after the split will be available in a new Alignment Design Dialog Box. Continue the design and remember to save to the database (Quadri Model) with a unique name.

MOUS_ICO In the Alignment Design the function is also available when right-clicking an element in the Element Data Window

Note: The vertical alignment will not be split. Import the vertical alignment for the second part of alignment from the first part of alignment using the function Get Object from task.

History

Use these options to set or return to marks in the history list, and to stop or start the history recording.

All changes and actions done to the alignment since the Alignment Design Dialog Box is opened will be recorded into a log list and can be accessed from the History tab in the Element Data window.

Set Mark

Use this option to mark an action in the history; this will act as a restore point.

Go Back to Mark

Use this option to undo all actions that are carried out after the Set Mark action.

Stop

Use this option to stop recording the actions in the history list, e.g. if the operations being carried using the Alignment Design functions can be defined as a group of actions not needed to be recorded.

Start

Use this option to start recording the actions in the history list.

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