Place Equipment

You can access this dialog from the following:

Ribbon: OpenRail Modeling > Rail > Miscellaneous > LV Assets

The Equipment Attributes section is Item Types, and is defined in the selected feature definition.

The Place Equipment tool will place an Equipment (extended Point Object) in the Plan View or Schematic View (Feature Definition will define if the Equipment will be shown in either or all of the Plan, Schematic and 3D views). The tool requires a geometry in active file or attached as a reference. The geometries should have an active Profile and a Rail Tracks object containing rails (since the tool supports measuring to "closest rail").

Setting	Description
Location Mode	The user can choose from a variety of positioning methods: Absolute - User data-point (XY coordinates). Along Centerline - User data-point or keyed-in station value. Relative to Point - Offset along a centerline from an Equipment/Point Object.
Offset Mode	Perpendicular offset from a centerline. Offset from Centerline Offset from Closest Rail
Elevation Mode	Equipment Elevation, used in 3D model. Absolute - Z-coordinate. Relative Active Terrain Model - Elevation relative to the active terrain model. Relative to Centerline Relative to Closest Rail - Cant will be considered.
Rotation Mode	Absolute - Rotation angle 0-360°. Relative to Centerline - Rotate by bearing of the centerline + rotation.

Equipment Object Properties

Equipment properties are all editable when the Equipment has a Reference Centerline. Reference Centerline property has a push-button which provides the capability to select or change a Reference Centerline.

Location Mode: Relative to Point (Point Offset in Properties) cannot be changed to or from a different Location Mode.