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    neilyj
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    Label widths of roadway

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    01-21-2013 02:44 AM

    I'm working on a windfarm access road with tight bends that need to be 2.5m wider than the straights. I have created offset alignents and the corridor with no problem but how can I label the widths to show the variation in width at the various locations. The road is at the full width (7.5m) between tangent points and then tapers to the standard width of 5m

     

    I have shown simple aligned dimensions on the screenshot but I'm sure there will be a way to do this automatically - won't there?

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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 06:35 AM in reply to: neilyj

    I have not done anything like this but I am wondering if you can have alignments on both sides and report in a label the offset form on alignment to the other or an expression to double the offset from a centerline...

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    neilyj
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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 06:46 AM in reply to: johnm

    I'll look at expressions but although the widening isn't symetrical about the centreline (it's 2.5m each side and an additional 2.5m at bends)

     

    I'd normally just use a dimension but this is a work in progress and I'm still grip editing it around to get a decent layout

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    Joe-Bouza
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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:10 AM in reply to: neilyj

    Is you dimension style associative? I don't know if it woks with c3d object it does with plain acad lines and curves. I wonder if that could be put in a corridor style

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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:12 AM in reply to: neilyj

    I had a couple of minutes to look at this. There has to be a way to get the line to goo across the street and get two arrow blocks lined up similar to a profile VC label.

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    neilyj
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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:20 AM in reply to: Joe-Bouza

    Don't think annotative works with Civil objects unfortunately

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    Joe-Bouza
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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:24 AM in reply to: neilyj

    You meant associative, right?

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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:29 AM in reply to: Joe-Bouza

    Ooops... senior moment.:smileyembarrassed:..yes associative

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    Joe-Bouza
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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:31 AM in reply to: neilyj

    Funny my minds eye pictures you as a youngin.

     

    I just check: no association to c3d objects

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    Re: Label widths of roadway

    01-21-2013 07:33 AM in reply to: Joe-Bouza

    Joe-Bouza wrote:

    Funny my minds eye pictures you as a youngin.

     

    I just check: no association to c3d objects


    :smileyvery-happy:

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