To key in an alignment

You can define a new alignment by keying in the definition. The alignment is stored as an RXL file. Once an alignment is defined, you can edit it as required.

The 管道 software provides complete functionality for managing alignments, including handling transitions and superelevations. Only the most common features used for pipelines are documented here. For information on the less common features you can use for pipeline alignments, refer to the Roads section of the Trimble Access Help.

  1. Tap and select Key in / Alignment.

  2. Tap New.

  3. Enter a name for the RXL file.
  4. To define a new alignment from an existing RXL definition, enable the Copy existing road switch and then select the file to copy from. The file must be in the current project folder.

  5. To define a new alignment, select the method you will use to key in each component.

    1. To define the horizontal alignment you can use the:

    2. Select the transition type.

    3. To define the vertical alignment, you can use the:

  6. Tap Accept.

    If the list of components shows only Horizontal alignment, Vertical alignment, and Station equations.

    To change the entry method or the transition type, tap Options. However, once you have entered two or more elements defining the horizontal or vertical alignment definition, the entry method and transition type cannot be changed.

  7. Select each component and define it as required.

  8. To save your changes at any time, tap Store.

    The alignment definition screen closes and the software shows the alignment in the map.

  • The 管道 software treats all distances, including station and offset values, as grid distances. The value in the Distances field in the Cogo Settings screen has no effect on the alignment definition or the way alignment distances are displayed.
  • If a ground coordinate system is defined in the job, the grid coordinates are, in effect, also ground coordinates.