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Introduction
Graham Parker
Principal Pway Engineer
Contents
1. Objectives
2. File
3. Tools
4. Locks
5. Geometry
6. View Geometry
7. Geometry Utilities
8. Evaluation
9. Drafting
Objectives
By the end of this session you should be familiar with the parts of Bentley Rail
Track (BRT) you will tend to use on a regular basis.
It should give you the background knowledge to enable you to progress to the
various geometric design tutorials which follow.
File Menu
Point Abbreviations
Specifies the point abbreviations used with commands like Review Horizontal Alignment, Review Vertical
Alignment, View Stationing, reports and others. These abbreviations are saved to the civil.xin.
PC - point of curvature
SS - spiral-to-spiral point
PI - point of intersection
CC - center of curvature
PT - point of tangency
TS - tangent-to-spiral point
SC - spiral-to-curve point
CS - curve-to-spiral point
ST - spiral-to-tangent point
Tools Menu
Locks Menu
Feature Filter
The Feature Filter lock is a global setting that enables or disables The Feature Selection Filter
and The Survey Style Filter.
Will be covered at a later date with surfaces.
Feature Highlight
Use this command to highlight selected features in plan view.
Will be covered at a later date with surfaces.
Style
The Style locks affects two groups of commands: the View Surface commands and the
Annotate Cross Section command.
Will be covered at a later date with surfaces and cross-sections.
Pencil/Pen Mode
The Pencil/Pen lock applies to plan display only and controls what happens when a piece of
graphics is redisplayed.
Pencil mode graphics persist only until the item is redisplayed; no duplicates
Pen mode graphics are permanent; allows duplicates (see the Delete Ink lock)
Graphics written in Pen mode using vertical commands are not retained between edits of
display.
It is critical to understand that the current setting of the Pencil/Pen lock is irrelevant in
determining what will happen when you redisplay a piece of graphics. What is relevant is
whether the existing graphics were displayed in Pencil mode or in Pen mode.
Delete Ink
The Delete Ink lock allows your redisplayed graphics to replace even graphics that were drawn
in ink.
Locate Lock
The lock applies when you use a locate button (indicated by a crosshairs icon) to specify a
position in the graphics file.
If the lock is set to graphics (the icon shows a single, red line), locate actions will seek the
nearest displayed graphics.
If the lock is set to features (the icon shows an image of a surface), locate actions will seek the
position of the nearest feature in the active surface whether or not the feature is actually
displayed.
Snap
The Snap lock on the toolbar can be set to either Point Snap mode, Element Snap mode, or No
Snap mode. Click the toolbar button to cycle through the three settings.
The Point Snap lock enables or disables your ability to snap or lock onto any point contained in
the geometry project.
Use this lock to aid the placement process of geometry elements.
The Element Snap lock enables or disables your ability to snap or lock onto any geometry
element in the geometry project.
With this lock toggled on, the software snaps to the element nearest the data point you place in
the drawing file.
When using a point pick button element snap will snap to a point in the same manner as Point
Snap.
Station
The Station lock is applicable only when the first station specified on the horizontal alignment is
an odd-numbered station (for example, 238) and you are generating cross sections, executing
the Roadway Designer, or generating station type reports.
Station lock on and the first station is 238 and the station interval is defined as 50, the software
performs the command action at stations 238, 250, 300, and so on.
Station lock off and the first station is odd-numbered, the software performs the command
action at odd-numbered stations only (for example, 238, 288, 338).
Report
The Report lock is used by several commands to control whether or not the command displays
output in a dialog box as the command calculations are performed.
If this lock is off, the command processes and stores results without displaying them in an
output dialog box.
Toolbar
This command toggles the display of the Locks toolbar.
Geometry Menu
Active Horizontal or Active Vertical - Displays the active horizontal or vertical alignment.
Horizontal or Vertical Annotation - Defines the appearance and display settings for horizontal or
vertical alignments.
Closed Areas - Displays the name, description, and area of a closed alignment.
Stationing (Chainage) - Defines the appearance and display for station annotation.
3D Alignment - Displays a 3-D line that depicts the final grade line of an alignment.
Station Offset Annotation - Controls Gore annotation of elevation at a point using surface
information to obtain more specific annotation.
Curve Set Annotation - Annotates a single set of curves made of arcs and spirals. Also, recognizes
and automatically annotates compound curves.
Vertical Change In Plan - Places annotation along the active horizontal alignment to show where the
active vertical alignment begins and ends, and annotates the changes in grade of the vertical
elements.
Annotate Graphics - Annotates graphics (MicroStation or BRT) with BRT geometry styles.
Annotates lines, linestrings, circular arcs, and circles.
Rails - Provides a means to view rails in 2D or 3D without utilizing the Light Rail Manufacturing
functionality.
Switch Height Plan - Allows you to view either a plan view or a plan and profile view of track
alignments including turnouts.
All Horizontals or Turnouts - Displays all horizontal alignments or turnouts in the active geometry
project.
All Rails, Joints and Distance Keepers - Displays all rails, joints, crossings, switches and distance
keepers. These are defined in Light Rail Manufacturing.
Traverse Edit - Uses deed/plat descriptions and converts the information to a horizontal alignment.
Metes and Bounds - Uses measured distances, angles, and directions to create a legal description
of land.
Traverse Adjustments - Reconciles survey data so errors and blunders are less obvious.
Segment Alignment - Constructs a line by division or proportion along a line, constructs an arc by
division or proportion along an arc or curve.
Chain Points - Constructs a chain of a series of cogo points to form a horizontal alignment in a
geometry project and/or a feature in a surface.
Trim Alignment - Clips an alignment back to the point where it intersects another alignment.
Extend Alignment - Extends or shortens an alignment to the intersection point with another
alignment.
Curve Fitting - Uses a 3D line-string in the form of a horizontal alignment and creates a new
horizontal alignment and vertical alignment that is defined with lines and arcs.
Append Alignment - Create a new alignment from two alignments providing they can be joined.
Multicenter Curve - Creates a one, two, or three-centered compound curve at the intersection of two
alignments.
Create Right-of-Way - Creates right-of-way takings and remainders for lot layout.
Parallel Horizontal Alignment - Creates a new alignment parallel to a specified alignment based on
the mode you define.
Parallel Vertical Alignment - Creates a new vertical alignment parallel to another vertical alignment
based on the mode you define.
Transpose - Reverses all data within the selected horizontal alignment (the first element becomes
the last element, and so on).
Inverse Direction - Annotates points for inverse, radial inverse and tangent offset.
Assign Names - Assigns, reassigns, or deletes names for geometry points or geometry elements.
Design Checks - Performs checks to verify your design against established criteria.
Evaluation Menu
Drafting Menu