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Drawing Style Configuration

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04-19-2021 17:20

David Kosakowski

Use this tool for the following:

To create user-defined presentation styles for alignment
To customize alignment presentation styles (user-defined and pre-defined)

This is a new function with the following new options in addition to the existing options of the old function.

New alignment styles are created by adding drawing style elements from a list and/or selecting the drawing style elements from another style (pre-defined or user-defined).

Alignment styles (pre-defined) are provided with a preview.
Style elements are also provided with a preview.
The style elements can be turned off instead of removing the elements from the style
The style is created on a base scale factor and it automatically adjusts to the actual 'detailing scale' when presenting the alignment.
- The style can be simulated to various scales in the creating/customizing phase.
The segment types (alignment element types - line/spiral curve/circular curve) can be presented in desired colors.
Visibility Condition: Conditional customization is also possible and is based on segment type and its length.
- If the length is less than the specified value, the labels associated with the segment types shall not be presented
The placement of labels can be Inside/Outside (effective for reverse curves) or Left side/Right side of the alignment.
View Direction:
Sample Alignment: The style being created/customizing can be viewed on three sample alignments - 2D Alignment (horizontal geometry details), 3D Alignment (horizontal and vertical), and Railway Alignment (railway specific details, horizontal, and vertical)

User-defined drawing styles can be used as “Company Standards” and can be reused in other projects as well. These new styles will be available in the alignment presentation function.

Run the function from the following locations:

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Road ⇒ Tools: Drawing Style Configuration…
MOUS_ICO Menu: Road > Tools > Drawing Style Configuration…

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Railway: Drawing Style Configuration…
MOUS_ICO Menu: Railway > Draw Horizontal Alignment > Drawing Style Configuration…

MOUS_ICO Menu: Bridge > Horizontal Geometry > Draw Single Alignment (Setup)…

MOUS_ICO Menu: Water and Sewer > Drawing > Drawing Setup Configuration…

The dialog <Style Name> [<Source>] - Alignment Style Editor will pop up.

Customization Environment

Before starting customizing or creating styles, familiarize yourself with the customization environment. Once familiar with the environment, take advantage of the flexibility of this function.

A style is composed of elements and each element is a group of CAD entities
The dialog is having panels arranged in the order of customization as mentioned below:
Elements View - Tree view of elements and their entities
Style Parameters View - Basic values on which the style is intended to customize and simulation options
- Simulate the style for scale value other than base scale and view direction and check the influence on the style
Element Parameters View - The active element's parameters
- These parameters apply for the whole group (entities)
CAD Properties View - The active entity's CAD properties

Tree view of style elements and its entities of the active style

Add/Remove these elements using the toolbar, shortcut menu, or menu
- Add elements from another style or the list of configuration elements
Toggle (On/Off): Double click the element to turn on/off
The elements are parametric and the values are defined at 'Element Parameters View' and 'CAD Properties View'
Tutorial - Alignment Style

Elements View

Note:

Style elements will be drawn in the order as they are in the panel 'Elements View'
Drag and Drop to change the order of style elements

Tip:

Style elements can be used multiple times with different parametric values (element and/or entity) as per the requirements
E.g.: Tick mark along the alignment, Grid lines (major and minor), etc.

Entities: The entities that are not desired can be removed from the style using the shortcut menu

Note:

It is not possible to bring back the removed entities
Alternatively, remove the style element and add it again

Style Parameters View

Scale Factor

The base scale value is the basis for the parameters in the lower levels.

All parameter values such as height/length, offset, shift, radius, text height, etc., are defined for this base scale
Conditional parameter values (e.g. Visibility Condition) are an exception
The function reads the actual drawing scale and adjust the style to the drawing scale while presenting the objects (alignments), ASCII files, and CAD entities

Sample Situation

Simulation options for scale and view direction.

Use these options to check the style for various scales and view direction values.
View Direction: Define the view direction (decimal degree) and check its influence on the style.

Style Parameters

Basic values are set to the elements when the elements are added.

If required, the basic value(s) of each element can be modified at 'Element Parameters View' by selecting a desired value from the pull-down menu.
This basic value is also available in the pull-down menu
Style Interval: The basic interval that is set as 'Interval' for the elements when they are added.

Sample Data

Simulation options for the style being created or customizing. The style is created/customized can be viewed on these sample alignments. Three sample alignments with critical segment combinations are available.

2D Alignment - only the horizontal geometry details can be viewed on this sample data.
- If the style is intended for alignments with vertical geometry, this sample data will simulate the situation of using this style on alignments without vertical geometry.
3D Alignment - both horizontal and profile details can be viewed on this sample data.
- This sample data simulates the style for alignments with vertical geometry.
Railway Alignment - details specific to railway alignments (cant, speed profile, etc.), horizontal, and vertical can be viewed on this sample data.
- This sample data simulates the style for alignment with railway-specific details.

Element Parameters View

The active style element's parameters can be customized in this panel.

These parameters control the entire group of entities of this style element
All style elements need not have element parameters
Context help is available for each parameter at the bottom of the panel

Parameters Terminology

Parameters	Description	Choice
Visibility Condition
Minimum Segment Length	Specify the minimum length of alignment segments (line/circular curve/spiral curve). The segment parameters (labels for segments - length/radius/clothoid parameter/fixed label) shall not be drawn if the 'Visibility Condition' is true. This condition can be further customized to desired segment type(s) instead of applying it for all the segments - see 'Segment Type'.	<positive value>
Segment Type	Choose the segment type(s) for which the 'Visibility Condition' is to be applied	All, Circular & Transition, Line & Transition, Circular & Line, Transition, Circular, and Line
Properties
Interval	Interval for the entities of the active element group	5,10,20,…,StyleInterval
Chainage Source	Source for the interval at which the entities are to be placed	Interval Only, Interval+Start/End, Interval-Start/End, Start, End, and Start+End
Text Orientation	Position of labels (text) relative to a tangent to alignment	Tangent Forward, Tangent Backward, Tangent+90, and Tangent-90
Arm Length	Length of the element along the alignment	<positive value>
Length	Length of the line entity of the active element group	<positive value>
Radius/Circle Radius	The radius of the circle entities of the active element group	<positive value>
Offset Type	Entities can be positioned (laterally) based on either alignment (left/right side) or circular curve (inside/outside). The latter type is effective in the case of reverse curves.	Left/Ride Side and In/Out Side Curve
Label Offset	Specify the offset for the entity (label) from alignment. If the element group is having the option 'Offset Type', based on the choice at 'Offset Type' and the +/- value the label shall be positioned either left/right side or in/out side. For further details, see 'Offset and Shift'.	<+/- value>
Endline Offset	Offset for end point of line entity (leader line for the label). Based on the choice at 'Offset Type' and the value the line shall be positioned either left/right side or in/out side. For further details, see 'Offset and Shift'.	<positive value>
Offset	See 'Label Offset'
Symbol Offset	See 'Label Offset'
Chainage Offset	See 'Label Offset'
Slope Text Offset	Offset for the text from the 'Arm Length'	<positive value>
Slope Text Shift	Specify a value to move the text along the 'Arm Length'	<positive value>
Symbol Height	Width (left/right side of alignment) of element across the alignment. If the element group is having the option 'Offset Type', based on the choice at 'Offset Type' and the +/- value the label shall be positioned either left/right side or in/out side	<+/- value>
Arrow Size	Specify the length of the arrow	<positive value>
Direction Type	Specify the reference direction for angular measurement. The choice 'Angle' follows the direction of the CAD system. The choice 'Azimuth' present the whole circle bearings (north-based azimuths)	Angle and Azimuth
Flag Properties	See 'Properties'
Label Position	See 'Properties'
Label Source at Start Segment	Choose the detail that is to be presented as a label at the start of segments.
Circular Curve	Choose the detail that is to be presented as a label for circular curve segments	Fixed Circular Label, Segment Length, Deflection (or Chainage), and Curve Radius
Transition Curve	Choose the detail that is to be presented as a label for spiral curve segments	Fixed Clothoid Label, Segment Length, Deflection (or Chainage), and Clothoid Parameter
Straight Line	Choose the detail that is to be presented as a label for straight line segments	Fixed Line Label, Segment Length, and Chainage
Label Source at End Segment	See Label Source at Start Segment
Label Source	See Label Source at Start Segment
Fixed Label	Designers can define their own character string for the segment types and represent them as labels by choosing *'Fixed <segment type> Label'* at 'Label Source at Start Segment' and/or 'Label Source at End Segment'
Chainage Formatting
Unit	Measurement unit	Meter or Kilometer
Preview	Preview of chainage text for the chainage formatting options	Nil
Sample	Sample value for formatting and preview	<key in any desired value>
Format Type	Specify the unit type for representing the value	Decimal, Integer, and Chainage
Positive Sign	Plus sign for positive values can be turned on	None and Plus
Precision	Select the number of decimal places/fractional size to be shown	0,1,2,…,8
Prefix	Key in the desired character as a prefix for the value. Control Codes (% %d, % %p, % %c, etc.), Unicode Strings (\U+00B1, \U+00B1, \U+2205, etc.), can be directly used. ASCII codes are to be used with the prefix ~ (e.g. ~237)	<key in any desired character>
Suffix	See 'Prefix'
Decimal Symbol	Specify the separator for decimal format in 'Format Type'	System, Dot, and Comma
Separator	Specify the symbol for separating the digits of value (chainage) for the decimal and integer formats in 'Format Type', e.g. 72,495.0 (Comma is the separator)	<key in any desired character>
Station Separator	Specify the symbol for separating the digits of value (chainage) for chainage format in 'Format Type', e.g. 72+495.0 (Plus is the separator)	<key in any desired character>
Grouping	Grouping of digits for separator, e.g. 72,495.0, 72+495.0 (grouping value is 3). Select the number of digits before which the 'Separator'/'Station Separator' is to be used	1,2,3,…,6
Move Decimal	Move the decimal symbol to increase or reduce the value	-5,-4,…,0,…,4,5
Trailing	Omits trailing zeros (false) for the format types 'Decimal' and 'Chainage'	True and False
Radius Formatting	Format options for the label representing radius. See Chainage Formatting
Kv Formatting	Format options for the label representing K-value (for parabolic vertical curves). See Chainage Formatting
Transition Formatting	Format options for the label representing the parameter of spiral curve segments. See Chainage Formatting
Length Formatting	Format options for the label representing the length of segments. See Chainage Formatting
Deflection Formatting	Format options for the label representing deflection angle between segments at horizontal tangent points. See Chainage Formatting
Speed Formatting	Format options for the label representing Speed details. See Chainage Formatting
Section Number Formatting	Format options for the label representing section numbers. See Chainage Formatting
Level Formatting	Format options for the label representing elevations. See Chainage Formatting
Vertical Slope Formatting	Format options for the label representing gradients. See Chainage Formatting
PVI Formatting	Format options for the label representing chainage at PVI. See Chainage Formatting
E value Formatting	Format options for the label representing elevations of PVI. See Chainage Formatting

Offset and Shift


A=	Alignment	B=	Data Points (interval, tangent point, etc.). The insertion point of entity when the offset and shift value is 0
C=	Insertion point of the entity with offset/offset and shift	D=	Tangent to alignment at data point
E=	Offset (perpendicular to tangent)	F=	Shift (along the tangent)

CAD Properties View

The active entity's CAD properties and geometry can be customized in this panel.

Context help is available for each parameter at the bottom of the panel

Properties Terminology

Properties	Description	Choice
General
Layer	Define the layer on which the entity is to be drawn. Click the field Current and select an existing layer, create a new layer from the dialog 'Layer Properties Manager'. Current - to draw on the current layer when the alignment is actually drawn. The properties of the layer such as Color, Linetype, and Lineweight can also be defined from this dialog. Click the field to define the property.
Color	Define the color for the entity. Click the field and select the desired color.
Linetype	Define the line type for the entity. Click the field and select the desired line type from the dialog.
Linetype scale	Specify the line type scale factor	<positive value>
Lineweight	Define the line weight for the entity. Click the field and select the desired line weight from the dialog.
Geometry
Global Width	Specify the constant width for the entity	<positive value>
Linetype generation	Specify whether the line type generation is to be continuous or discontinuous through the tangent points (alignment)/vertices (break points of entities other than alignment). In the case of an entity, other than alignment (polyline), the option 'closed' can also be availed.	Disabled, Enabled, Closed, and Enabled and Closed
Offset	Specify the offset for the entity from alignment.	<+/- value>
Shift	Specify a value to move the entity along the alignment (tangential). Offset and Shift will move the entity parallel to the tangent of alignment. Offset and shift define the insertion point of the entity. For further details, see 'Offset and Shift'.	<+/- value>
Radius	Specify the radius of the entity	<positive value>
Text and Geometry
Offset	See 'Geometry'
Shift	See 'Geometry'
Style	Define the text style. Click the field and select an existing text style or create a new text style from the dialog 'Text Style Manager'. Click the field font to select the font for new text styles.
Rotation	Specify whether or not the text labels are to be rotated to adjust as per the view. The 'View Direction' and its angle are enabled and defined in the 'draw_horizontal_aligment'.	View Related and View Not Affected
	View Related: If the 'View Direction' is enabled and the angle defined at 'View Direction' and the tangent (alignment) at the entity insertion point meet the condition, the text will be rotated by 180 degrees
	View Not Effected: View Direction settings have no effect and the entity will always be rotated to tangent and additional rotation if any
Add Rotation	Specify the additional rotation angle for the text labels	<+/- value in degree>
Justify Horizontally	Choose the horizontal justification for the text labels. Auto Left Right is meant for the 'Offset Type' In/Out Side. If 'View Direction' is enabled, 'AutoLeftRight' justification can be availed.	AutoLeftRight, Left, Center, and Right
Justify Vertically	Choose the vertical justification for the text labels. If 'View Direction' is enabled, 'Auto Top Base' can be availed.	Baseline, Bottom, Middle, Top, Auto Top Base
Height	Specify the text height	<positive value>
Scale Relate	Specify whether or not the text height has to be adjusted as per the setting in the 'Drawing Scale'	True or False
Width factor	Specify the text width factor	<positive value>
Obliquing	Specify the text inclination angle (slant)	<+/- value in degree>
Default Horizontal Justification	Specify the horizontal justification of text that is to be used for the value 'Auto Left Right' of the property 'Justify Horizontally'	Left, Center, and Right
Default Vertical Justification	Specify the vertical justification of text that is to be used for the value 'Auto Base Top' of the property 'Justify Vertically'	Baseline, Middle, and Top