Define Extra Stations
Command Licensing and Default Menu Location
- The Define Extra Stations command is part of the RPS Modeling Toolbox
- The command is located on the Modeling macros menu ribbon
- The command is located in the Corridor menu group
Command Description
Add additional modeling and reporting stations into corridor models outside of the corridor model and template definition. The extra stations are stored with the alignment and are then used in any corridor or sideslope model that utilizes the alignment.
Command Training Video
The following video shows how to utilize the Define Extra Stations command
Update Information
Command Interface Description
The Define Extra Stations command dialog looks as follows
Alignment:
Select the alignment on which the Extra Station locations will be defined. The Extra Station locations will be used in the Corridor Model, the Corridor Earthworks and Mass Haul Reports as well as in the Corridor Cut Sheet Report etc.
Station:
Input the Station Values at which you want additional model and reporting locations for a corridor or sideslope model. Each station entered will be added to the list of Extra Stations. These additional stations supplement the locations already computed in the corridor model i.e. at PC, PT, PI, PVC, PVT, Intervals, Superelevation locations, Instruction Table locations etc.
As you enter station values, a yellow marker will be dropped at each station. If you select an extra station in the list of values, the yellow marker will be enlarged to indicate it’s location.
Command Tips
Header Commands
In the header bar of the command you will find command icons that link you to other commands that you may need access to while using this command. In this command the following commands are linked
- Help - this document access
- RPS Settings
- Takeoff Lines
- Smart Edit
- Adjust Linestring Elevation
- Create Alignment
- Create Horizontal Alignment Labels
- Create Corridor
- Create X-Lines
Apply
When you tap apply, the extra stations will be added to the alignment and at that point dependent corridor or sideslope models will be updated. The command will ready itself for another selection set and repeat process execution. If you do not want to make a second selection and repeat the process tap Close to finish the process.
Close
Closes the command without further execution.
Use Case Videos
The following videos show the use of the Define Extra Stations command in a work process context
Feedback and Enhancement Requests
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