To Track Stations in Alignments, Profiles, and Sections

The Station Tracker provides visual cues to help you locate the stations that match your cursor position when working with alignments, profiles and sections.

• When the cursor is above a horizontal alignment, and one or more profile views for the same horizontal alignment are in the drawing, a temporary line is drawn in each profile view at the station defined by the orthogonal projection of the cursor onto the horizontal alignment. The temporary line is drawn to the full height of the profile view, and moves as the cursor moves.
• When the cursor is within a profile view, a temporary line is drawn orthogonal to the horizontal alignment at the cursor's station. The line extends 200 world distance units to the left and right sides of the horizontal alignment. As the cursor's position changes in the profile view, the temporary line's position is redrawn at the new station location.
• When the cursor is within a section view, a temporary line is drawn orthogonal to the horizontal alignment at the station of the cross-section view. The line extends 200 world distance units to the left and right sides of the horizontal alignment. Additionally, a vertical line is drawn in each associated profile view. The vertical line is drawn at the station of the section view.

This setting is controlled per drawing.

For information on the use of the similar station tracker utility in corridor section views, see To Track Corridor Stations Relative to Cursor Position.

To display the Station Tracker in the current viewport

• Click Analyze tabInquiry panelStation Tracker drop-downCurrent Viewport Find.

To display the Station Tracker in all viewports

• Click Analyze tabInquiry panelStation Tracker drop-downAll Viewports Find.

To turn off the display of the Station Tracker

• Click Analyze tabInquiry panelStation Tracker drop-downOff Find.