Drawing Style Configuration

Use this tool for the following:

• To create user-defined presentation styles for alignment.

• To customize alignment presentation styles (user-defined and pre-defined).

This is a new function with the following new options in addition to the existing options of the old function.

New alignment styles are created by adding drawing style elements from a list and/or selecting the drawing style elements from another style (pre-defined or user-defined).

• Alignment styles (pre-defined) are provided with a preview.

• Style elements are also provided with a preview.

• The style elements can be turned off instead of removing the elements from the style.

• The style is created on a base scale factor and it automatically adjusts to the actual detailing scale when presenting the alignment.

  • The style can be simulated to various scales in the creating/customizing phase.

• The segment types (alignment element types - line/spiral curve/circular curve) can be presented in desired colors.

• Visibility Condition - Conditional customization is also possible and is based on segment type and its length.

  • If the length is less than the specified value, the labels associated with the segment types shall not be presented.

• The placement of labels can be Inside/Outside (effective for reverse curves) or Left side/Right side of the alignment.

• Sample Alignment - The style being created/customizing can be viewed on three sample alignments - 2D Alignment (horizontal geometry details), 3D Alignment (horizontal and vertical), and Railway Alignment (railway specific details, horizontal, and vertical).

User-defined drawing styles can be used as Company Standards and can be reused in other projects as well. These new styles will be available in the alignment presentation function.

Run the function from the following locations:

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Road > Tools: Drawing Style Configuration

MOUS_ICO Menu: Road > Tools > Drawing Style Configuration

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Railway: Drawing Style Configuration

MOUS_ICO Menu: Railway > Draw Horizontal Alignment > Drawing Style Configuration

MOUS_ICO Menu: Bridge > Horizontal Geometry > Draw Single Alignment (Setup)

MOUS_ICO Menu: Water and Sewer > Drawing > Drawing Setup Configuration

The dialog Alignment Style Editor will pop up.

Customization Environment

Before starting to customize or create styles, familiarize yourself with the customization environment. Once familiar with the environment, take advantage of the flexibility of this function.

• A style is composed of elements and each element is a group of CAD entities.

• The dialog is having panels arranged in the order of customization as mentioned below.

• Elements View - tree view of elements and their entities.

• Style Parameters View - basic values on which the style is intended to customize and simulation options.

  • Simulate the style for scale value other than base scale and view direction and check the influence on the style.

• Element Parameters View - the active element's parameters.

  • These parameters apply to the whole group (entities).

• CAD Properties View - the active entity's CAD properties.

Tree view of style elements and their entities of the active style.

• Add/Remove these elements using the toolbar, shortcut menu, or menu.

  • Add elements from another style or the list of configuration elements.

• Toggle (On/Off): Double-click the element to turn it ON/OFF.

• The elements are parametric and the values are defined at Element Parameters View and CAD Properties View (see below).

• Tutorial - Alignment Style

Elements View

Notes:

• Style elements will be drawn in the order as they are in the panel Elements View.

• Drag and drop to change the order of style elements.

Tips:

• Style elements can be used multiple times with different parametric values (element and/or entity) as per the requirements.

• E.g., tick mark along the alignment, Grid lines (major and minor), etc.

Entities: The entities that are not desired can be removed from the style using the shortcut menu.

Notes:

• It is not possible to bring back the removed entities.

• Alternatively, remove the style element and add it again.

Style Parameters View

Scale Factor

The base scale value is the basis for the parameters in the lower levels.

• All parameter values such as height/length, offset, shift, radius, text height, etc., are defined for this base scale.

• Conditional parameter values (e.g. Visibility Condition) are an exception.

• The function reads the actual drawing scale and adjusts the style to the drawing scale while presenting the objects (alignments), ASCII files, and CAD entities.

Sample Situation

Simulation options for scale and view direction.

• Use these options to check the style for various scales and view direction values.

• View Direction - Define the view direction (decimal degree) and check its influence on the style.

Style Parameters

Basic values are set to the elements when the elements are added.

• If required, the basic value(s) of each element can be modified at Element Parameters View (see below) by selecting a desired value from the pull-down menu.

• This basic value is also available in the pull-down menu.

• Style Interval - The basic interval that is set as Interval for the elements when they are added.

Sample Data

Simulation options for the style being created or customized. The created/customized style can be viewed on these sample alignments. Three sample alignments with critical segment combinations are available.

1. 2D Alignment - only the horizontal geometry details can be viewed on this sample data.

   • If the style is intended for alignments with vertical geometry, this sample data will simulate the situation of using this style on alignments without vertical geometry.

2. 3D Alignment - both horizontal and profile details can be viewed on this sample data.

   • This sample data simulates the style for alignments with vertical geometry.

3. Railway Alignment - details specific to railway alignments (cant, speed profile, etc.), horizontal, and vertical can be viewed on this sample data.

   • This sample data simulates the style for alignment with railway-specific details.

Element Parameters View

The active style element's parameters can be customized in this panel.

• These parameters control the entire group of entities of this style element.

• All style elements need not have element parameters.

• Context help is available for each parameter at the bottom of the panel.

Parameters Terminology

See Table 1 below.

Offset and Shift

See Figure 2 below.

• A = Alignment

• B = Data Points (interval, tangent point, etc.). The insertion point of entity when the offset and shift value is 0

• C = Insertion point of the entity with offset/offset and shift

• D = Tangent to alignment at data point

• E = Offset (perpendicular to tangent)

• F = Shift (along the tangent)

CAD Properties View

The active entity's CAD properties and geometry can be customized in this panel.

• Context help is available for each parameter at the bottom of the panel.

Properties Terminology

See Table 2 below.

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