Insert Block

Ribbon: Catenary Design > Block

Ribbon: Track-Side Design > Block

With the Insert function you can paste elements from the clipboard to any point of the drawing area in which a track path exists. To find out the exact place of the track path where the elements should be pasted, Sicat Master needs a reference point. This was already entered by copying the elements to the clipboard. With the insert of the elements several options are available which are shown in a dialogue box before the insert.

In the upper corner of the dialogue box you may find entries for the number of the elements which you paste, as well as the number of the track paths to which these have to be associated. Beside these entries you can select one or several mirroring options in the check boxes.

Mirror longitudinal to track: With the insert, a change of sign will be made for all stations of the Catenary elements, in relation to the reference point. This corresponds to an axis mirroring before the insert at an axis vertically to the track path.
Mirror transversal to track: For all poles a change of sign will be made for the signs of the MVK-values rather the distances perpendicular to the track. In the direction of chainage all poles will be inserted on the opposite side of the track path.
Mirror stagger: Changes the sign of the stagger on each support point.

With the button TP List, Sicat Master will show you all track paths, to which related elements are stored in the clipboard. The list will show the exact amount of required track paths.

You will leave the dialogue with by clicking on the button OK. Furthermore you confirm the settings you have chosen. During the insert you have to assign the new elements to their new track path. Sicat Master will ask you for the necessary track paths one after another.

Note: For Catenary elements that show relations to more than one track path, the origin and destination track paths must have the same orientation. If this is not the case, the distances and the order of the catenary elements can considerably deviate from the original.

When the functions copy and paste are used, only the stations and vertical distances to the track are used for the calculation of the position. This is the reason why it is possible to copy an overlap from a straight line track into the paste buffer and to insert it from the paste buffer to a circular arc track section. Afterwards the distances have to be adjusted.

Note: Cross sections and longitudinal profiles are not copied. These Objects have to be generated newly.