OpenRail Overhead Line Designer Help

Place Fence

Used to place a fence.

You can access this tool from the following:





  • Ribbon: Drawing > View > Home > Selection > Fence Tools split button
  • Ribbon: Modeling > Home > Selection > Fence Tools split button
  • Ribbon: Visualization > Home > Selection > Fence Tools split button
  • Ribbon: Admin > Home > Selection > Fence Tools split button
  • Toolbox: Fence


SettingDescription
Fence Type When the Fence Type is:
  • Block, Shape, or Circle — Sets the geometric characteristics of a fence for graphical placement.
  • Element — Lets you create a fence by selecting an element. Elements that can be used for a fence include closed planar elements (shapes, circles, ellipses, complex shapes, grouped holes), any solid (other than spheres or feature solids) or closed extrusion, or cylinders. If a planar element is used in a 3D file, then the volume is applied by sweeping the planar region through the entire model.
  • From View — Sets a fence to include the contents of the selected view.
  • From File — Sets a fence to include the contents of a DGN file. An option menu lets you choose from:
    • Active — elements in the active model from a selected view.
    • All — elements in the active model and its references, from a selected view.
    • Choose — elements from a selected reference (or the active model), which you identify by selecting an element from the required model/reference.
  • From Flood — Sets a fence to include the (minimum) area enclosed by a set of elements.
Fence Mode Sets the Fence (Selection) Mode that, in conjunction with the fence placement, defines the fence contents for manipulation defines the fence contents for manipulation.
Expand


Expands the tool settings to reveal the named fence tools.
Named fence tools Clicking the Expand arrow expands the tool settings to reveal the named fence tools.
  • Activate Named Fence — Makes the named fence (selected in the list box) the active fence.
  • Create Named Boundary from Active Fence — Creates a named boundary from the selected fence.
  • Named Boundaries — Opens the Named Boundaries dialog.
  • List box - The list box contains following columns:
    • Name - Lists the name of the named boundary.
    • Description - Allows you to enter description for the named boundary.
    • Display - Allows you to toggle on and off the display of a named boundary.
Key-in: PLACE FENCE [ BLOCK | SHAPE | CIRCLE | FROMSHAPE | ELEMENT | VIEW | DESIGN | UNIVERSE | ACTIVE | ALLFILES ]
Key-in: PLACE FENCE [ BLOCK | SHAPE | CIRCLE | FROMSHAPE | ELEMENT | VIEW | UNIVERSE | ACTIVE | ALLFILES ]
Note: Selecting Place Fence automatically disables AccuDraw if it was not already disabled. To activate AccuDraw for use with Place Fence, select the Toggle AccuDraw tool (Drawing > Drawing Aids > AccuDraw).
Tip: If, after placing a fence but before selecting another tool, you decide the fence placement is unsatisfactory, simply Reset to begin re-placing it.