Enter a Station
Use the Station control to specify a station on a selected alignment. The station is calculated from the specified point to a perpendicular point on the alignment. "Station" appears on the Status Bar when the control is active.
Station control is used in these commands:
Station control gives you access to this command on the context menu:
To specify a station:
- Pick a point along a horizontal alignment (HAL) in a graphic view.
Note: When the station control is active the cursor will "rubber-band" from a HAL .
- Type a value in the Station box, using any of the standard entry formats. Check and set the entry format in the Project Settings by selecting Project Settings> Units > Station.
If you have defined an alignment and station equations, you can enter the station and segment. If there is more than one roadway that uses the alignment, only the first one found is used. An alignment with two station equations has three segments: one before the first equation, one between the two equations and one after the second equation. To define the station and segment enter "(station):(segment)" e.g.,
14000:3. If no segment is specified, the first segment containing the specified station will be used. You can also specify an absolute distance along an alignment, regardless of station equations or beginning station, by typing zero (0) for the segment number, e.g.,14000:0. - Right-click in a graphic view, select a snap command from the context menu, and specify the necessary parameters.
