https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignmentsen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignmentsWed, 24 Jun 2015 18:32:02 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:28c97cb3-e6a9-445e-9800-fca36196572dBeebe Rayhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignments#commentsCurrent Revision posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Beebe Ray on 6/24/2015 6:32:02 PM<br /> <p style="padding:0;margin:0;"></p> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>08.11.07.615</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>Corridor Modeling&gt;Roadway Designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Problem Description</h1> <p>Cross sections run perpendicular to secondary alignments when intersecting them instead of staying perpendicular to the centerline of roadway.&nbsp; When the program runs the sections, the template seeks the secondary alignment, finds it, but instead of continuing perpendicular to the roadway, the section turns (perpendicular to whatever secondary alignment it finds) and continues to the next secondary alignment, then turns perpendicular to that secondary alignment and continues to the offset distance set up for the sections.</p> <h1>Solution</h1> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">You&nbsp;want to keep the point control, but&nbsp;you&nbsp;do&nbsp;not want to designate it as a secondary alignment.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">Secondary Alignments are set in one of two places:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;"><span> 1.&nbsp; </span>In the point control dialog, the user can toggle ON or OFF the Use as Secondary Alignment for each point control</span></p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost1.jpg"><img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost1.jpg" /></a></p> <p></p> <p>2.&nbsp; In the Roadway Design, they can select Corridor&gt;Secondary Alignments and &nbsp;add chains to the list.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost2.jpg"><img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost2.jpg" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h1><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /></b></h1><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Cross Sections, secondary alignments, perpendicular</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignments/revision/2Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:31:02 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:28c97cb3-e6a9-445e-9800-fca36196572dBeebe Rayhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignments#commentsRevision 2 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Beebe Ray on 6/24/2015 6:31:02 PM<br /> <p style="padding:0;margin:0;"></p> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>08.11.07.615</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>Corridor Modeling&gt;Roadway Designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Problem Description</h1> <p>Cross sections run perpendicular to secondary alignments when intersecting them instead of staying perpendicular to the centerline of roadway.&nbsp; When the program runs the sections, the template seeks the secondary alignment, finds it, but instead of continuing perpendicular to the roadway, the section turns (perpendicular to whatever secondary alignment it finds) and continues to the next secondary alignment, then turns perpendicular to that secondary alignment and continues to the offset distance set up for the sections.</p> <h1>Solution</h1> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">You&nbsp;want to keep the point control, but&nbsp;you&nbsp;do&nbsp;not want to designate it as a secondary alignment.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">Secondary Alignments are set in one of two places:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;"><span> </span>In the point control dialog, the user can toggle ON or OFF the Use as Secondary Alignment for each point control</span></p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost1.jpg"><img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost1.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost2.jpg"><img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-52/BEcommunitypost2.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h1><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /></b></h1><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Cross Sections, secondary alignments, perpendicular</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignments/revision/1Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:29:06 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:28c97cb3-e6a9-445e-9800-fca36196572dBeebe Rayhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/22155/cross-sections-and-secondary-alignments#commentsRevision 1 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Beebe Ray on 6/24/2015 6:29:06 PM<br /> <p style="padding:0;margin:0;"></p> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Bentley GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>08.11.07.615</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>Corridor Modeling&gt;Roadway Designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Problem Description</h1> <p>Cross sections run perpendicular to secondary alignments when intersecting them instead of staying perpendicular to the centerline of roadway.&nbsp; When the program runs the sections, the template seeks the secondary alignment, finds it, but instead of continuing perpendicular to the roadway, the section turns (perpendicular to whatever secondary alignment it finds) and continues to the next secondary alignment, then turns perpendicular to that secondary alignment and continues to the offset distance set up for the sections.</p> <h1>Solution</h1> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">You&nbsp;want to keep the point control, but&nbsp;you&nbsp;do&nbsp;not want to designate it as a secondary alignment.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;">Secondary Alignments are set in one of two places:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;"><span> </span>In the point control dialog, the user can toggle ON or OFF the Use as Secondary Alignment for each point control</span></p> <p><img width="559" height="588" alt=" " /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h1><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /></b></h1><div style="clear:both;"></div>