To Create a Turnout

Place a turnout along a rail alignment.

Note: When creating turnouts and crossovers, calculations for the parent and diverted alignment are all based at the centre of the rail line, not the left or right rail tracks.

1. Click Rail tab Turnout panel Create Find.
2. Select the rail alignment on which to create the turnout.
3. Select the station at which to create the turnout.

   If you have not yet loaded a turnout catalogue into the drawing, the Turnout Catalogue dialog box is displayed.

4. Use the Turnout Catalogue dialog box to load a turnout catalogue to use and click OK. By default, turnout catalogues are installed to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2024\eng\Data\Railway Design Standards\Turnout.

   The Create Turnout dialog box is displayed.

5. In the Create Turnout dialog box, on the General tab, specify the name and other general details for the turnout.
6. Click on the Content tab to specify the type, angle, model and other details of turnout to insert.
7. Click on the Diverted Alignment tab to specify whether to merge the diverted alignment with an existing alignment.
8. Click on the Profile tab to specify whether to create a profile for the diverted alignment.
9. Click OK.

After the turnout is created, you can use grips to move it and the AutoCAD Properties palette to change its properties. For more information, see To Grip Edit Rail Turnouts and To Modify Turnouts.