Road Long Section Setup

Long sections can be plotted from road data or from data in an ASCII file. Depending on where the data is extracted from, one of two options will be displayed.

From Road File

Option

Description

Start chainage

Enter the chainage from which long section extraction should take place.

Stop chainage

Enter the chainage at which long section extraction should terminate.

Horizontal scale

Enter the horizontal scale of the generated long section.

Vertical scale

Enter the vertical scale of the generated long section.

Auto scroll to next page

Select this checkbox to have multiple drawings generated if the long section cannot fit on a single page.

Plot all the roads

Select this checkbox to draw long sections for all the roads. The program will attempt to fit as many long sections onto each page. Plotting will start at Road 1, and stop when it encounters the first empty road.

Display Crossing Pipes

Select this checkbox to display the Crossing Pipes dialog and draw crossing Sewer, Storm or Stardust pipes on the road long section.

Crossing Pipe Settings

Click to display the Crossing Services and to specify which crossing services to display on the long section.

Extract from Road

Extract the data for the long section from a road design file.

Extract from ASCII file

Extract the data for the long section from a ASCII file.

Data Table

Up to 20 data items can be specified, where each data item represents either one of the long section lines, one of the long section labels, or both.

Column	Description
Plot	Select whether this data item should be plotted. Right-click to toggle between Yes and No.
Label	Select whether this data item should be labelled. Right-click to toggle between Yes and No.
Layer	Select the road layer from which this data item should be extracted. Right-click to display a list of road layers.
Offset	Specify the offset at which data for this data item should be extracted. Use a negative offset to specify data left of the centre line, or a positive offset to specify data to the right. If you specify a point location code, you can select the point from the list.
PLC	Specify whether the preceding offset is in metres or is a Point Location Code. Right-click to toggle between Yes and No.
Extract	Select the type of data to be extracted at the specified offset for this data item. Right-click to select the required option. Your options are: Chainage Elevation Offset

Back

Click to return to the previous page.

Next

Click to accept the current entries and go to the next page.

Cancel

Click to cancel the function.

From ASCII File

Up to 20 data items can be specified, where each data item represents either one of the long section lines, one of the long section labels, or both.

Option	Description
ASCII file name	Displays the name of the selected file.
Browse Button (...)	Click to select the name of the ASCII file, which must be comma-delimited, from which the long section should be extracted.
Display list	Displays the contents of the selected file.
Chainage	Specify the field that contains the chainage of the long section data item.
Label	Specify the field that contains the chainage label of the long section data item. This can be the same as that specified for the chainage.
Plot	Select whether this data item should be plotted. Right-click to toggle between Yes and No.
Label	Select whether this data item should be labelled. Right-click to toggle between Yes and No.
Field	Specify the field that contains the data that should be plotted and/or labelled.