To Work With Curve and Transition Settings for Alignments

Specify default transition type and values in the Curve and Transition Settings dialog box or by editing the Curve and Transition Settings for the CreateAlignmentLayout command.

While you can select various combinations of Transition In, Curve, and Transition Out, the A value of the transitions is controlled by the radius of the curve. The length of the transitions is controlled by changing the A Value.

The parameter values in the Curve and Transition Settings dialog box apply only to the curves and transitions created using the Straight-Straight with Curves command in the current alignment. You can specify default settings for all curves and transitions by editing the settings in the CreateAlignmentLayout command.

To change the default Curve and Transition Settings for all instances

1. On the Settings tab in Toolspace, expand the Alignments collection and then expand the Commands collection.
2. Right-click CreateAlignmentLayout Edit Command Settings.
3. In the Edit Command Settings-CreateAlignmentLayout dialog box, expand the Curve and Transition Settings property.
4. Specify the settings, click Apply and click OK.
   Note: To save these command settings at the drawing level, on the Ambient Settings tab in the Drawing Settings dialog box, select Yes in the value column for Save Command Changes To Settings.

To change the Curve and Transition Settings used by the straight-straight with curves method

1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelAlignment drop-downAlignment Creation Tools Find.
2. In the Create Alignment-Layout dialog box, enter creation information.
3. On the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, click Curve And Transition Settings.
4. In the Curve and Transition Settings dialog box, enter curves values.
   Note: The transition type you specify in the Curve and Transition Settings dialog box is used in all transition commands on the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar.