Place Trench Along a Pathway

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Placing a Trench along a Pathway will utilize a defined Topology Route. A Topology Route (Pathway) is a collection of Topology Edges, which forms a Route (Pathway).

By placing a Trench along a route, will provide possibilities to layout out the Trench along several geometries, for example, starting the Trench along the main track, continue through a turnout and end the trench along a siding track.

To access the Pathways (Routes), place the cursor on top of a geometry, the popup-message will show type of element and other properties. In the picture below, the Trench will be placed along the geometry Main Track.

Right click, when the popup-message is shown, and the Place Trench tool will pick first Pathway (Route) available. Continue right-click to circulate through the Pathways (Routes). If no Pathway (Route) exists, the geometry is the only one shown in the popup-message.

Workflow

Select the Place Trench tool
Place the cursor on top of a geometry
Right click until desired Pathway (Route) is shown in the popup-message
Accept Pathway (Route) by a left click
From this point onwards, the workflow is same as Placing a Trench along a geometry

Elevation (apart from selecting Elevation Mode: Absolute or Relative to Active Terrain Model) will be relative the individual geometries included in the Pathway (Route).