Establish different alignment and label styles for each design phase.
All objects have a default style that you can copy, edit, and then save with a new name. You may begin by establishing styles for different design phases. For example, design styles might have details that would not be necessary in plotting styles.
| Set up alignment styles | Alignment styles control the visual display of each alignment component. |
| Set up alignment label styles | Alignment label styles control the visual display of each label component. |
| Set up alignment label sets | Alignment label sets control the label styles that are applied to the individual elements that you want to label on the alignment. |
| Set up the design criteria file | The design criteria file contains minimum local standards tables for design speed, radius, and length of individual alignment sub-elements. |
| Set up design checks and design check sets | Design checks verify design criteria for parameters that are not included in the design criteria file. |