Place SupportLine By Midpoint tool

Used to place a supportline by the supportline's midpoint at a specified station.

Found on the Home ribbon tab in the Support Line group.

To place a supportline with this tool, you must specify the station value of the supportline.

Tool Settings

Setting Description
Skew Angle Type the skew angle to use for the supportlines. This value can be changed for individual spans using the Place Multi SupportLines dialog.
Length Type the transverse length of the supportline. This value can be changed for individual spans using the Place Multi SupportLines dialog.
Station Type the station value for the intersection of the supportline midpoint on the alignment.
Direction Mode
  • Skew ? Orient by supportline skew.
  • Direction ? Uses the MicroStation Direction Mode as selected on the Design File Settings dialog Angle Readout tab.
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.
Key-in: bmgeom supportline placebymidpoint