Edit Feature Settings - Corridor Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to view and change corridor-related settings.

This topic documents settings in all corridor-related Edit Settings dialog boxes (drawing-level, feature-level, and command-level).

• Drawing-level ambient settings are identified by the drawing icon.
• Corridor feature settings are listed near the top of this dialog box, after the General property group, and are identified by the corridor icon.
• Corridor command settings are identified by the command icon.

For information about drawing-level ambient settings, see Ambient Settings Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box).

Profile Creation Option

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the CreateAlignfromCorridor command.

Use this setting, to establish the defaults when exporting alignments and profiles from a corridor.

Create Profile From Corridor

Specifies whether a profile is automatically created when creating an alignment from a corridor feature line. If set to Yes, the profile is automatically added to the profile view.

Feature Line Creation

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the CreateAlignfromCorridor or FeatureLinesFromCorridor commands.

Use this setting to establish the defaults when exporting feature lines from a corridor:

Smoothen Created Entities

Specifies whether corridor feature lines are smoothed when created.

Assembly Insertion Defaults

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the CreateCorridor or CreateSimpleCorridor commands.

Use these settings to establish the defaults assigned to corridor creation.

Lock Region To

Specifies whether to lock the corridor regions to either the geometry or station of the parent alignment:

• Geometry Locking: Locks corridor regions to the alignment geometry. If the alignment is modified, the corridor region start and end stations are updated to maintain the region location relative to the alignment geometry.
• Station Locking: Locks corridor region start and end stations to the corresponding alignment stations. If the alignment is modified, the corridor region start and end stations are maintained, even if the region must move geometrically.

Alignment - Along Tangents

Specifies the corridor station placement frequency along the tangent portion of an alignment. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.

Alignment - Along Curves

Specifies how the frequency for inserting assemblies along curves is determined.

• At An Increment: Stations are placed along the curve at the value specified in the Alignment - Curve Increment field.
• By Curvature: Baseline alignment curves are tessellated using the Alignment - Mid-Ordinate Distance to Define Curvature value. Stations are created along the tessellated curve at each point where the tessellation touches the curve.

  

• Both: Uses both the By Curvature option and the At An Increment option.

Alignment - Curve Increment

Specifies the corridor station placement frequency along the curve portion of an alignment. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.

Alignment - Mid-Ordinate Distance to Define Curvature

Specifies the value to define the mid-ordinate distance by which to tessellate baseline alignment curves.

Alignment - Along Spirals

Specifies the corridor station placement frequency along the spiral portion of an alignment. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.

Alignment - At Horizontal Geometry Points

Specifies whether corridor stations are placed at horizontal geometry points.

Alignment - Superelevation Critical Points

Specifies whether corridor stations are placed at superelevation critical points (such as ‘end normal crown,’ ‘level crown,’ ‘reverse crown,’ and ‘begin full super’).

Profile - Along Profile Curves

Specifies the corridor station placement frequency along curve portions of the profile geometry. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.

Profile - At Profile Geometry Points

Specifies whether corridor stations are placed at profile geometry points.

Profile - At High/Low Points

Specifies whether assemblies are inserted at the high and low points of the profile geometry.

Offset Target - At Offset Target Geometry Points

Specifies whether or not to automatically add assemblies (assembly insertion stations) to the corridor regions, based on offset target objects (feature lines, alignments, or polylines).

Offset Target - Adjacent to Offset Target Start/End

Specifies whether the assembly should be inserted adjacent to the offset target start and end. This option creates stations at a small offset before the offset target start and after the offset target end, rather than creating the stations exactly at the offset target start and end. For more information, see About Changing the Frequency of Stations in a Corridor Region.

Offset Target - Along Offset Target Curves

Specifies how the frequency for inserting assemblies along offset target curves is determined.

• <None>: Does not add stations along offset target curves.
• At An Increment: Stations are placed along the curve at the value specified in the Offset Target - Curve Increment field.
• By Curvature: Offset target curves are tessellated using the Offset Target - Mid-Ordinate Distance to Define Curvature value. Stations are created along the tessellated curve at each point where the tessellation touches the curve.

Offset Target - Curve Increment

Specifies the assembly insertion frequency along the curve portion of an offset target. Enter a value or click and select a distance in the drawing.

Offset Target - Mid-Ordinate Distance to Define Curvature

Specifies the value to define the mid-ordinate distance by which to tessellate offset target curves.

Feature Line Creation

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the FeatureLinesFromCorridor command.

Use these settings to specify the defaults when creating feature lines.

Feature Line Name

Specifies whether a name is applied to feature lines when created.

Use Feature Line Style

Specifies whether a style is applied to feature lines when created.

Layer Setting

Specifies the layer that is applied to feature lines when created. The settings are: Use The Layer Setting (from the drawing settings); and Use The Current Layer.

Create Dynamic Link

Specifies whether a dynamic link is created between the feature line and the alignment.

Smooth The Feature Line

Specifies whether feature lines are smoothed when exported.

Horizontal Deviation

Specifies the maximum 2D distance within which the non-collinear points must be located from the resulting smooth curve. If set to 0, the curve will interpolate all points.

Inclusion Distance

Specifies the maximum distance within which the non-collinear points must be located to be converted into arcs.

Weeding Distance

Specifies the minimum distance between co-linear points in the resulting smooth curve. The intermediate co-linear points are weeded.

View/Edit Options

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the ViewEditCorridorSection command.

Use these settings to establish the default behavior for viewing corridor sections.

Default View Scale

Specifies the scale factor to use when viewing the corridor sections. For example, enter 1 to fit the section exactly to the viewing area.

Note: The new view scale is used for the next section that is viewed.

Turn Off Unassociated Layers

Specifies whether drawing layers unassociated with the corridor are turned off or on.

Rebuild on Edit

Specifies whether the corridor model is automatically rebuilt when you edit a subassembly using the View/Edit Corridor Section Tools.

Front Clip

Specifies the visible extent of 3D objects displayed in a corridor section, measured forward from the sampled section.

Back Clip

Specifies the visible extent of 3D objects displayed in a corridor section, measured from the sampled section back.

Undefined Section Width

Specifies the default width when viewing a section without an assembly.

Apply Viewport Configuration

Determines whether the settings in the Corridor Section Editor: Viewport Configuration dialog box are applied.

Grid Settings

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the ViewEditCorridorSection command.

Use these settings to establish the default behavior for corridor section view grids:

Display Horizontal Grid

Specifies whether there are horizontal grid lines.

Display Vertical Grid

Specifies whether there are vertical grid lines.

Adaptive Grid

Specifies whether the grid spacing in the Corridor Section Editor is adjusted automatically when you change the zoom level.

Major Line Every

Specifies the frequency of major grid lines compared to minor grid lines.

Horizontal Grid Interval

Specifies the interval between horizontal grid lines. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.

Vertical Grid Interval

Specifies the interval between vertical grid lines. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.

Grid Color

Specifies the color for grid lines. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color Dialog Box.

Display Center Axis

Specifies whether there is a center axis line for the grid.

Center Axis Color

Specifies the color for the center axis line. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Grid Text Settings

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the ViewEditCorridorSection command.

Use these settings to establish the default behavior for viewing corridor section grid text:

Text Style

Specifies the text style. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Select Text Style dialog box.

Text Color

Specifies the color for grid text. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Select Color dialog box.

Text Height - Relative To Screen

Specifies the height of grid text as a percentage of the height of the grid.

Annotate Center Axis

Specifies whether there is annotation for the center axis line of the grid.

Section Slider in Multiple Viewports

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the ViewEditCorridorSection command.

Use these settings to specify the defaults for the section slider line.

Section Slider in Multiple Viewports

Specifies whether the section slider line is displayed when multiple viewports have been configured for the section editor.

Horizontal Baseline Slider Color

Specifies the color for the horizontal baseline slider line. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Select Color dialog box.

Profile View Slider Color

Specifies the color for the profile view slider line. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Select Color dialog box.

Match Region Parameters

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the MatchCorrRegionParams command.

Use these settings to specify the defaults used when using the MatchCorrRegionParams command. These command settings specify the default state of the Match Region Parameters dialog box options (checked or unchecked) when you use this command.

Match Assembly

Specifies whether or not to match assemblies by default when using this command.

Match Targets

Specifies whether or not to match targets by default when using this command.

Match Frequency

Specifies whether or not to match assembly frequency by default when using this command.

Default Styles

Use these settings to establish the default styles assigned to corridor components:

Alignment Style

Specifies the default style for an alignment created from the corridor. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Alignment Style dialog box.

Slope Pattern Style

Specifies the default style for the slope patterns added to corridors. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Slope Pattern Style dialog box.

Code Set Style

Specifies the default code set style. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Code Set Style dialog box.

Code Set Style for Extracted Feature Lines

Specifies the default code set style for feature lines that are extracted from corridors. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Code Set Style for Extracted Feature Lines dialog box.

Alignment Label Set

Specifies the default style for the alignment label sets created from corridors. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Alignment Label Set dialog box.

Corridor Surface Style

Specifies the default corridor surface style. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Corridor Surface Style dialog box.

Style

Specifies the default style for the corridor. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Corridor Style dialog box.

Profile Label Set

Specifies the default profile label set style. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Profile Label Set dialog box.

Profile Style

Specifies the default style for a profile created from the corridor. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Profile Style dialog box.

Feature Line Style

Specifies the default style for a feature line created from a corridor. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Feature Line Style dialog box.

Render Material Style

Specifies the default render material style for the corridor. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Render Material style dialog box.

Default Name Format

Use these settings to specify the default name formats for corridors and corridor surfaces, as well as for alignments and profiles from feature lines. Click in the Value column, and click to make changes in the Name Template dialog box.

Region Highlight Graphics

Use these settings to establish the default styles assigned to corridor region:

Highlight Baseline

Specifies whether the baseline of a corridor region is highlighted by default.

Baseline Color

Specifies the color for the baseline. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color Dialog Box.

Baseline Lineweight

Specifies the default baseline lineweight. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Lineweight dialog box.

Highlight Region Boundary

Specifies whether the boundary of a corridor region is highlighted by default.

Region Boundary Color

Specifies the color for the region boundary. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Region Boundary Lineweight

Specifies the default region boundary lineweight. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Lineweight dialog box.

Highlight Horizontal Targets

Specifies whether the horizontal targets of a corridor region are highlighted by default.

Horizontal Targets Color

Specifies the color for horizontal targets. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Horizontal Targets Lineweight

Specifies the default horizontal targets lineweight. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Lineweight dialog box.

Highlight Interior Assemblies

Specifies whether the interior assemblies of a corridor region are highlighted by default.

Interior Assemblies Color

Specifies the color for interior assemblies. Click in the Value column, and click to select a color in the Select Color dialog box.

Interior Assemblies Lineweight

Specifies the default interior assemblies lineweight. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Lineweight dialog box.

Feature Line Connection Option

Use the Feature Lines Cross Baseline setting to control whether or not you want to allow the feature lines to be drawn so that they cross the baseline. For more information, see To Control Whether Corridor Feature Lines Can Cross the Corridor Baseline.

Note: After changing this setting, an edit to the geometry of the corridor is required before the change will take effect.

Criteria-Based Design Options

Note: This property group is displayed when you access the settings from the CreateProfileFromCorridor command.

Use these settings to specify the defaults used when creating a profile using design criteria.

Note: The design criteria values of the parent alignment take precedence over the default design criteria values of the profile. If the parent alignment does not use design criteria values, then the criteria-based design options in the profile are used.

Use Design Criteria File Option

Specifies whether to associate a design criteria file with the profile.

The first XML file found in the <install directory>\Data\Corridor Design Standards\<units> is used by default.

Use Design Checks Option

Specifies whether to associate a design check set with the profile.

Default Design Check Set

Specifies the default design check set. Click in the Value column, and click to select a set in the Default Design Check Set dialog box.

Note: This setting is not available if the Use Design Checks Option is set to False.