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Multiple Templates on One Alignment

  • 1.  Multiple Templates on One Alignment

    Posted 10-17-2022 13:15
    Good afternoon.  Is it possible to enter multiple corridor templates on one alignment?  The Alignment that I have, has a bridge incorporated in it.  I am trying to Building may Corridor, minus the bridge section, and can not figure out that best approach to do so.  Is there a way to select the End Station for a specific template?  As you can see in the screen shot below, my typical section starts at STA 40+66.69 and ends at STA 48+70.00; then it begins again at STA 49+78.50 and ends at STA 50+40.85.  Is there a way to draw this without creating two separate alignments?

    Thanks in advance for any help.


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    Ryne Gibson
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  • 2.  RE: Multiple Templates on One Alignment

    Posted 10-17-2022 13:27
    Yes, Ryne, it's very simple to do. Insert a new corridor template with no instructions at the stop station of your previous template. Then insert a new corridor template where it picks up again either copying the first template or creating a new one.

     Let me know if you have any questions.

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    Charlie Sorg
    Product Owner
    Trimble Business Center, CIS
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  • 3.  RE: Multiple Templates on One Alignment

    Posted 10-18-2022 08:08
    Another important point to keep in mind: Yes, you can insert an empty template at the start of the bridge. Then what do you do at the end of the bridge?  Assuming your template has not changed do NOT insert a copy of your template. Instead insert a 'reference' template.  If you insert a copy and later need to make changes you have to change both templates (or in the case of one of my projects 43 templates. Lots of bridges).  But it you use reference templates you only need to change one and all other reference template update automatically.

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    Michael Shipione
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  • 4.  RE: Multiple Templates on One Alignment

    Posted 10-18-2022 08:55
    Edited by David Olander 10-18-2022 08:55

    In addition to Charlie's recommendation, which is the cleanest way to do it, once you enter this 'cutoff template', you can resume your corridor with a reference template linked to the last one before the cutoff. I usually try to build all my corridors in one template, so this is pretty straight-forward. Oh I see someone jumped in with this while I was sitting on it!!

    Another way to build gaps, if you are building your corridor using nested tables, is to use a '?' in a nested table at that 'cut-off station and resume the corridor at a station later. This is more practical when you are only having certain nodes come in and out, however, not gapping the whole corridor.



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    Dave Olander
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