Create An Alignment Using The Alignment Layout Tools
Create An Alignment Using The Alignment Layout Tools
Alignment drop-down
Alignment Creation
2. In the Create Alignment Layout Dialog Box, enter a unique name for the alignment.
3. Specify the alignment Type.
4. Enter an optional description.
5. Enter a starting station value.
6. On the General tab, specify the following settings:
o SiteSpecify a site with which to associate the alignment or accept the default
<None>. For more information, see Understanding Sites.
o Alignment Style
o Alignment Layer
o Alignment Label Set
7. On the Design Criteria tab, specify a Starting Design Speed to apply to the alignment
starting station.This design speed is applied to the entire alignment. Additional design
speeds can be applied at other stations after the alignment has been created. For more
information, see Alignment Properties.
NoteIf you do not want to apply design criteria to the alignment, proceed to Step 8.
8. To associate design standards with the alignment, select the Use Criteria-Based Design
check box.For more information, see Criteria-Based Alignment Design.
On the Design Criteria tab, specify the following settings:
Use Design Criteria FileSelect this check box to associate a design criteria file with the
alignment. The default design criteria file location and the Default Criteria properties
becomes available when you select the check box.
Note Depending on the specified alignment type, the first design criteria file found in the
following directory is used by default when the criteria-based design feature is used.
Assembly drop-down
Create Assembly
In the Create Assembly dialog box, for Name, enter Transition. Click OK.
When the Specify assembly baseline location prompt is displayed on the command line,
click a point in the drawing to place the assembly.
The viewport zooms to the assembly baseline, which looks like this:
Palettes
1. .
2. In the tool palette, right-click the Tool Palettes control bar. Click Civil Imperial
Subassemblies.
3. Click the Basic tab.
4. Click
BasicLaneTransition.
BasicCurbAndGutter.
BasicSidewalk.
BasicSideSlopeCutDitch.
BasicLaneTransition.
Corridor
1. .
2. In the Create Corridor dialog box, specify the following parameters:
o Name: Corridor Transition Lanes
o Alignment: Centerline (1)
o Profile: Layout (1)
o Assembly: Transition
The Transition assembly includes the BasicLaneTransition subassembly, which
uses the Transition parameter to specify that both the offset and elevation can
change on the right side of the corridor. The offset can change on the left side of
the corridor but the grade is held at -2%.
o Target Surface: EG
o Set Baseline and Region Parameters: Selected
3. Click OK.
The entities are added to the table at the bottom of the Set Width Or Offset Target dialog
box.
5. Click OK.
Notice that because the subassembly names contain the assembly side, it is easy to
determine which assembly must target which offset object. This naming convention is
even more useful in road designs that contain many alignments and subassemblies. For
information on updating the subassembly naming template, see the Modifying the
Subassembly Name Template exercise.
Specify the fixed lane elevation targets
1. In the Transition Profile row for BasicLaneTransition (Right), click the Object Name
field.
2. In the Set Slope Or Elevation Target dialog box, specify the following parameters:
o Select Object Type To Target: Profiles
o Select An Alignment: Right (1)
o Select Profiles: Layout (1)
3. Click Add. Click OK.
The right-side edge-of-pavement elevation is set to the Layout (1) profile. The left-side
edge-of-pavement elevation does not need to be set since its elevation is determined by
the grade setting.
4. Click OK twice.
The corridor model is built, and looks like this:
Note:
Notice that at station 7+50, the lane uses the polyline as a target, and not the feature line.
When more than one target object is found at a station, the object that is closest to the
corridor baseline is used as the target.