Import GENIO Files (.crd, .mos, .txt)

Import GENIO data to create alignments. At the bottom of the import pane, you can specify settings that affect how the data imports. Use these settings to control how imported layers are named.


Import Settings
Character index	Each object in a GENIO file has a name, and a layer will be created for each object based on its name. Use the character index number to specify the position of a character in the object's name that will replace the ^ character in name mask below. The name mask plus the index character from the object's name becomes the final layer name.
Name mask	This name will be used as the name of the layer created for each object. Move the ^ variable character to the position in this name that you want the index character from the object's name to be placed. You can also change this entire name, as long as you retain the ^ character somewhere in it. If you remove the ^ character, all of the objects will be placed on the same layer (specified in the name mask). For example: If a breakline in the file is named HBL1, and you want the layer created for this object to be named B-String GENIO, set the character index to 2 so that the layer uses the second character (B) from the object's name in the place of the ^ character in the name mask ^-String GENIO. Here are other examples: Object name: HBL1 Char index: 2 Name mask: String ^ Resulting layer name: String B Object name: HBL1 Char index: 1 Name mask: ^string Resulting layer name: Hstring

There are three types of GENIO strings that contain varying amounts of data and can be used in different ways.


Importable Data
Data in the file	How the data is handled when imported
GENIO 3D string
X, Y, and Z coordinates 2D lines	This data is imported and can be used as reference data for manually creating horizontal alignments, but they do not import as alignments, and cannot be converted into alignments.
GENIO 6D string
X, Y, and Z coordinates 2D lines Station data Instantaneous tangencies and radii	This data is imported and can be converted into alignments with horizontal and vertical components.
GENIO 12D string
X, Y, and Z coordinates 3D lines Station data Tangencies and radii with additional parameters	This data is imported and automatically converted into one or more alignments with horizontal and vertical components.