You can use the Alignment Properties dialog box to assign a name, style, and other properties to the alignment.
You can adjust the style, chainage, design criteria, and superelevation parameters of a selected alignment. You can also view basic information about profiles and profile views that have been created for the current alignment.
The Alignment Properties dialog box has the following tabs:
- Information. Specifies name, description, and object style.
- Chainage Control. Displays alignment length and raw chaining as well as options to change the chainage reference point, and apply chainage equations.
- Masking. Specifies one or more regions of the alignment that can be suppressed from display.
- Intersection Point. Specifies the display of implied intersection points, where the IP is not defined by two fixed straights.
- Constraint Editing. Specifies the behavior of the Tangency Constraint (Not Constrained, Constrained by Preceding, Constrained by Following, and Constrained on Both Sides) and Parameter Constraint (Radius, Length, Pass Through Point, etc.) while the alignment is edited.
- Design Criteria. Specifies design speed options to select points in the drawing where you want to assign travel speeds to aid in design and labeling. When you assign a design speed to an alignment chainage, that speed is applied to all subsequent points on the alignment, unless another speed is applied at some point. This value is also displayed in the Superelevation Curve Manager dialog box.
This tab also contains the options related to criteria-based design. This optional feature allows you to specify the design criteria file, default criteria, and design check set for the alignment, as well as to check the alignment for tangency between elements.
- Profiles. Displays information for profiles associated with the alignment.
- Profile Views. Displays information for profile views associated with the alignment.
- Offset Parameters. If the alignment is a dependent offset, this tab displays properties of the offset.
- Corner Radius Parameters. If the alignment is a corner radius, this tab displays data about the two parent alignments, offset values, and update mode.
- Rail Parameters. If the alignment is a rail alignment, this tab displays railway-specific data, such as track width.
Note: Alignment label properties are controlled using the
Alignment Labels dialog box.