Annotate Ballast depth

Hi all,

Is there any way to annotate existing ballast depth in profile? I have subgrade as surface and two rails as features.

Many thanks for your help.

  • Nothing really straightforward. The ballast depth is usually to be measured between a point of the bottom of the sleeper and the subgrade. Unfortunately there is no function to annotate the level difference between 2 features or a feature and a surface. You can annotate cut and fill and vertical slew.
    So one possible workflow is to do a report of clearance between 2 features created on purpose to measure the ballast depth.
    Then you can import this report (XYZ or Station,offset,Z) to create a feature for which the elevation is the ballast depth.
    Then display and annotate this feature. Once done you can turn off the level of the feature or delete the graphic of the feature.