Trimble Business Center

I'm having an issue using VCLs with Siteworks. When we open alignments in Siteworks, and stake the alignment on elevation, custom elevation (just like we do PROs), while on random, it does not pull the new alignment elevation. I'm not sure if this is for all alignments but all of the ones I've been trying are stepped alignments where we step down 1' vertically over 1/2" horizontally. Could that be the problem? I've tried all the options for staking the alignment, can't figure this one out.

I have forwarded this to the product Manager for Siteworks to comment

Alan

Hi Adam

Sorry for the delay, I just saw this post, as Alan's email got buried in my inbox.

I'm not quite sure I follow your question in terms of when the "custom elevation" is pulled from the alignment.  Custom is meant to be a user-entered elevation.  So can you explain your workflow and how the PRO is behaving differently than a VCL?  I just tried on some sample data with a corridor (granted it did not have a 1': 1/2" steps you said, but when I go into the station selection window and select Custom elevation, there's an elevation listed as my "design elevation" which was the custom elevation that was entered in the station selection scree, and that does not change regardless of fixed/random stationing mode.   I might be missing something in what/how you're trying to do what you do, so more details about the steps being taken can help figure out what might be happening. 

If you'd like to PM me your VCL file I can take a look.