Re: .alg to be read-only
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Joe,
Go to the Tools> Options> Geometry tab and toggle on Read-Only for the Horizontal Alignment and Cogo Buffer, Apply, and save the preferred preference. The next time that you open the XIN and ALG files, the geometry should be read-only.
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Re: Converting alignment points to cogo points
Chris,
You did not mention the software that you are using but if you are using the InRoads Group, try Geometry> Horizontal Curve Set> Events> Alignment Point To Cogo. I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Jason Smithey
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Re: Alignment From COGO-InRoads
Mike,
Have you tried the Geometry> Utilities> Create\Edit Alignment By Cogo Points command? See the corresponding help file for syntax.
Thanks,
Jason Smithey