Found on the
Home ribbon tab in the
Superstructure group.
To place a deck between supportlines, you must select the
first and second supportlines. You are then asked to add constraints to the
deck with a third data point in the view window.
If you select to Add Constraints, then the
Solid Constraints Definition dialog
opens. Specify any necessary point or variable constraints along the deck and
then click
Apply.
Tool
Settings
Setting
Description
Deck group
Setting
Description
Template Name
Click
[?] to open the
Template Selection dialog,
which is used to select a deck template from the deck template library. Click
OK to use the selected template.
Start Station Offset
Offset distance along stationing from the
starting supportline station to the start of deck.
End Station Offset
Offset distance along stationing from the end
of deck to the end supportline station.
Horizontal Offset
Horizontal offset distance from alignment to
WP of deck template.
Vertical Offset
Vertical offset distance from alignment to WP
of deck template.
Add Constraints
Set this option to assign variable constraint
values immediately after the object is placed.
Chord Tolerance
A lower tolerance allows for further
refinement in the alignment and profile curves, and helps in building a more
accurate model. Uses master units.
A finer model results in a larger file size,
and depending on the model could take more time to regenerate.
Max Dist Between Sections
Type a distance to use for the accuracy of the
modeled object.
A lower number increases the model accuracy
for tight radius curves, etc. but can slow performance. Uses master units.
Solid Placement group
Setting
Description
Template Orientation
Specifies the orientation of the faces of
solids placed along the alignment.
Vertical ? the
template faces are vertical in the Z axis (world coordinate system) (i.e.,
“plumb”).
Normal ? the
template faces are perpendicular to the alignment
Figure 1. Template orientation: a)
Vertical (in Z axis) and b) Normal (to alignment)
Setting
Description
End Cut Orientation
Set how the ends of the barrier are to be modeled. Chose
from Normal to Path or Follow Skew.
Feature group
Setting
Description
Feature Definition
Select an existing
feature definition from the drop-down list to use for
object being placed.
Name Prefix
Type a prefix value to use for all objects
set using this Feature Definition, which are useful in quickly identifying
features in a group.
Material group
Select the material to assign to the barrier object being
placed. Also select the Pay unit which is to be used for computing quantities.
If set to Area, the program uses the area between the top left and right key
points to extract the area.
