Ribbon: Catenary Design > Catenary > Catenary
You will need the function Create Catenary if you want to
create a catenary manually or if you prepare the automatic positioning.
Once you create a new catenary, Sicat Master will add a
span length delimited by two support points in the drawing area. For each
support point, poles and anchors (even tunnel supports), a head span, messenger
wires etc., will be created. Sicat Master calculates the stagger automatically,
considering the given maximum stagger, but it is also possible to manually
enter the stagger for each support point.
The approach for mounting a new catenary is shown with the
help of an example in the following. The queries and dialog boxes are
automatically viewed by Sicat Master. You can correct the entries with the
button located in the toolbar before you confirm catenary.
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Intention
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Create a catenary of the type DB AG Re 200
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| Instructions
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- Run the function
catenary new. Sicat Master jumps into the according sublevel and interrogates
on the solicited inputs.
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Select the track path which the catenary
elements should be associated with (mouse click on the track path). This query
does not appear if you have already selected a track path before calling the
New Catenary function. If several track paths lie on top of each other (belong
to the same rail axis) you can select the Rectangle Select function from the
Graphics menu and drag the mouse over the desired track axis. The desired track
path can be selected from the indicated list of the opening window.
- Select the
starting point of the catenary (input of the position or mouse click in the
drawing area - the coordinates are indicated in the dialogue box).
- Select the
endpoint of the catenary (input of the position or mouse click in the drawing
area - the coordinates are indicated in the dialog box). If the distance to the
starting point is bigger than the maximum length span and the length span
optimization is switched on, Sicat Master adopts the maximum length span.
- Select the design
for the catenary from the list shown in the dialogue box below:
- If design is not
included in the list, you have to create it in the master data first.
- Besides the
choice of the type of catenary you can select two display options. You have the
possibility to indicate the wind drift and the pantograph range in the drawing
area.
- You can change
these inputs with the function edit of the catenary at any time.
- Make necessary
corrections, if required.
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Execute the New function in the submenu.
Sicat Master adopts your inputs and creates the desired catenary.
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Result
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The desired catenary was created. You can see two
supporting points which are connected by the catenary. Sicat Master returns to
the function level catenary.
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