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SUE Node's smart naming possible?

Jan Holdorff Nielsen
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Hi all. I'm not sure where to post this question / prayer, so please point me in another direction if it is not supposed to be here.

I have been using SUE for Powerrailtrack SS4 for some time now, and I'm starting to prepare for OpenRail. I have been wondering if it would be possible to have my nodes/manholes named based on a position compared to an allignment line. The way I'm doing it now is to: Place the node with the desired prefix for the manhole, and then using the tracking tool on an allignment file to read the station at the position where I placed the node, and then giving the manhole the name of that station. I was hoping in the future it would be possible to have the node be placed a set distance of the allingment and even have the name of the node change, if there would be any changes in the allignment stationing. I know this is a lot to ask for, but it would help create a more dynamic process in our projects and make the tool more usefull.

AFAIK there will be some annotation comming in Update 4 for ORD, so I don't know if this is something that will be in there, but would sure love to pitch the idea towards whom ever is working on SUE at Bentley.

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    Hi Jan,

    If you select a node, and then open the MicroStation properties dialog (the full dialog, not the pop-up that's available on the context sensitive toolbar) you'll see a property for the baseline reference. This lets you pick a linear element, and the station and offset values of a normal raised from the node to the linear are returned. The values update if a node is moved.

    This information is also written to the Storm Water Nodes FlexTable. It is not available in the Hydraulic Analysis FlexTables for manholes, catch basins etc yet, although I plan to include it there as well.

    You can use this information in a label in the Drawing Production tools, and you can try this for plan annotation in ORD Update 3. The functionality has been enhanced to support profiles and cross sections for Update 4.

    To place a node at a specific station and offset, use Civil AccuDraw.

    Regards,

    Jon

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