CHANGE HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT INTO THE CORRIDOR

Hello Community.

I have a complex corridor with several Corridors Objects.
I need to change horizontal alignment linked to that coriidor. Using an alternative horizontal alignment.
Is this possible? Or I have to repeat again the corridor with all conditioning factors. (Parametric Constrains, Point Controls, End condition exceptions....)

Thanks.

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  • Well, you are kind of stuck because there are some requirements for this to work.

    First off, all your alignments must be in an ALG file, then you import to a DGN, then build the corridors....or another way to say it is the alignments must originate in an ALG file and then be imported in to a DGN file. If you build an alignment in a DGN file using the civil geometry tools then export to native, then edit, then reimport, you will get a new geometry element with a name appended (Ramp to Ramp1 for example).

    Can you not just simply edit the alignment in place using the civil handles and rules?
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  • Thanks.

    I can´t edit the alignment in place using the civil handles and rules..

    The civil handles are  visible in Complex Elements Type 1, but they are not visible in Complex Elements Type 2. Why?

    Is posible convert Complex Elements Type 2 in Complex Elements Type 1?

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    I managed to use my alternative alignment using it as a Point Control.

    Even though this is not the ultimate solution.

    Someone in Bentley Knows if OpenRoad allow in future versions modify the horizontal alignment associated with a corridor?

    In SS2 this was to be done without problem in the IRD.

    Thanks.

  • Thanks Marc.

    The aligment was imported from ALG file.
  • OK, that explains it then.

    When working with geometry created from civil tools you get all the functionality each individual tool offers you from an editing standpoint, preserving the rules.

    When you import from ALG your options for editing using the geometry handles is limited. When importing, notice on the bottom of the dialogue, there is a check box for "Create Civil Rules". If that is unchecked, as in your case for Type 2, all you get is what you see on your screen capture there, just basically stationing. If you check that box the program attempts to apply rules to your imported alignment for post editing using the handles. I think most of the time the alignment comes in as a PI to PI based ruled alignment but I have seen complex ones that the program can not assign rules to.

    This still does not solve your problem though, but I hope it is shedding some light on other possibilities for you. IMO, you should always manage control alignments in an ALG file and import. And ALWAYS edit in ALG then import to update.

    Marc