LV Assets Settings

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LVA Settings contain default placement parameters for Equipment and Trenches. Those parameters will update Place Equipment and Place Trench UI, when user is selecting a Feature Definition, which has a setting associated.

LVAssets Settings will only apply pre-defined placement parameters when placing an Equipment or Trench. There are no constraints to the Setting after the Equipment or Trench is placed. Pre-defined placement parameters (such as Offset, Elevation, etc.) will update the UI, but user is free to change any of those parameters before and after placing.

Changing/updating the Setting has no effect on already placed Equipment or Trenches.

LVAssets Settings are stored in the Explorer's Group: OpenRail Standards under node LVAssets Settings, which contains two sub-nodes,
  • Equipment Settings
  • Trench Settings

Workflow

  1. Right click on the Equipment Settings node
  2. Select New
  3. (optional) rename the new setting
  4. Open the Property panel
  5. Select the new setting
  6. Select and fill-in,
    • Location Type
    • Offset Type
    • Offset
    • Elevation Type
    • Elevation
    • Rotation Type
    • Rotation
Workflow associate a Feature Definition with a LVAssets Settings using the Explorer,
  • Create a LVAssets Settings
  • Locate a Feature Definition, which should be associated with the LVAssets Setting
  • Open the Property panel
  • Select the Feature Definition
  • Locate the property group Feature Details and property Equipment Defaults
  • Select the desired LVAssets Settings in property: Equipment Defaults

LVAssets Settings can be imported using the Feature Definition import tool. This tool only has a key-in: LVASSETS FEATUREDEFS IMPORT

Import tool uses an Excel spreadsheet for importing Feature Definitions and/or LVAssets Settings, required syntax of the Excel spreadsheet can be created by running the key-in: LVASSETS FEATUREDEFS EXPORTTEMPLATE, which create a Excel template with required tabs and columns.

The Excel template contains 5 tabs,
  • Feature Definitions are defined in tabs,
    • Equipment
    • Trench
    • Cable
  • LVAssets Settings are defined in tabs,
    • Equipment Settings
    • Trench Settings

Equipment and Trench tab contain the column,

  1. ? Equipment -> Equipment Settings
  1. ? Trench -> Trench Settings

Those should contain the name of the LVAssets Settings, that should be used with the Feature Definition.

Note! If Equipment/Trench Settings column do not contain any entry, no LVAssets Settings will be associated with this Feature Definition.

Equipment Settings tab, contains following columns,
  • Name
    • Name of the (Equipment) LVAssets Settings
  • Location Type
    • Valid Location Types,
      • Absolute, AlongCenterline or RelativeToPoint
  • Location Point Offset
    • Offset value relative to Point
  • Offset Type
    • Valid Offset Types,
      • OffsetFromCenterline or OffsetFromClosestRail
  • Offset
    • Offset value
  • Elevation Mode
    • Valid Elevation Modes,
      • Absolute, RelativeToActiveTerrain, RelativeToCenterline or RelativeToClosestRail
  • Elevation
    • Elevation value
  • Rotation Mode
    • Valid Rotation Modes,
      • Absolute or RelativeToCenterline
  • Rotation
    • Rotation value

Trench Settings tab, contains following columns,

  • Name
    • Name of the (Equipment) LVAssets Settings
  • Offset Type
    • Valid Offset Types,
      • OffsetFromCenterline or OffsetFromClosestRail
  • Offset
    • Offset value
  • Elevation Mode
    • Valid Elevation Modes,
      • Absolute, RelativeToActiveTerrain, RelativeToCenterline or RelativeToClosestRail
  • Elevation
    • Elevation value

If only Feature Definitions are to be imported, Equipment/Trench Settings tabs can be empty. If only LVAssets Settings are to be imported, the Feature Definitions can be empty. If importing both Feature Definitions and LVAssets Settings, the LVAssets Settings Name should be entered for the Feature Definition.