OpenRoads SS4 Linear Template or Corridor?

A linear template is a mini-corridor. It can do everything a corridor can do with the exception of a few tools. I would suggest you place both, look under the hammer icon in the context sensitive menu, and see the available tools for each. That should help you decide.

IMO, linear templates are nice because you can reflect them about the geometry meaning you only need to develop one template, "facing" one direction and then simply choose the side to apply it too.

A corridor will give you better flexibly with template management/drop interval. The linear template drop interval is only determined by the stroking definition. One thing to note, even though it does not say so specifically (except in the what's new section of the 845 version) linear templates will honor external point controls for template drops as well.

For this particular application I would use a linear template.

Marc

A linear template is a mini-corridor. It can do everything a corridor can do with the exception of a few tools. I would suggest you place both, look under the hammer icon in the context sensitive menu, and see the available tools for each. That should help you decide.

IMO, linear templates are nice because you can reflect them about the geometry meaning you only need to develop one template, "facing" one direction and then simply choose the side to apply it too.

A corridor will give you better flexibly with template management/drop interval. The linear template drop interval is only determined by the stroking definition. One thing to note, even though it does not say so specifically (except in the what's new section of the 845 version) linear templates will honor external point controls for template drops as well.

For this particular application I would use a linear template.

Marc

All the things you listed were pretty much what I had gathered but I wasn't sure if I was missing something. Personally I will probably just make everything a corridor because I like the flexibility with template management/drop interval (also end condition exceptions) over being able to flip it. I am a bit unclear of what you mean by linear templates will honor external point controls for template drops can you explain that a little more? Thanks!

With honoring external point controls you will get a template drop at each vertices of horizontal and vertical alignments used in point controls or feature definition constraints. This is the same setting in the corridor design stage for "Include Critical Sections", External Point Controls.

Gotcha. Thanks