OpenRail Overhead Line Designer Help

Cut Catenary

Ribbon: Catenary Design > Catenary > Catenary

With the Cut Catenary function it is possible to cut a catenary into two separate catenaries. Sicat Master creates the data structure for the second catenary and associates the catenary elements with the higher station values to the new catenary. Besides that, the allocation to the original catenary is deleted. The other data like the allocation of the type of catenary are preserved in both catenaries.

Note: The position of the single catenary elements remains unchanged with the separation of two catenary works.

Intention

Divide one catenary into two catenaries.

Instructions
  1. Run the Cut Catenary function.
  2. Select the first catenary (Mouseclick on the catenary).
  3. Select the location where the catenary should be cut. (Mouseclick at the position) Sicat Master drops a perpendicular to the track path and divides the catenary at the perpendicular.
  4. Make any corrections, if necessary.
  5. Divide the catenary with the Cut function. Sicat Master will delete the catenary between the adjacent support points.

Result

The catenary was divided into two separate and independent catenaries.