It would be nice if the RAE could be linked to alignments with the ability to set the centerline as a certain station from which the left to right section stationing could be derived by the computer and not have to be input.
I.E. Using a defined alignment with centerline being the 0+00 or 1+00 for all sections then station label, length between stations, station of all sections could be defined by just clicking on the section lines that I plot along my alignment. This would give my section plotting some relative reference to centerline.
Currently I have to define an alignment, label all of the sections and the offset at the end right of the section (downstream left), then reenter all of that info as my starting section. It would seem the computer could do all of that for me if it had a definited alignment.
I've seen reference to avoiding negative stations in cross sections, which I have done in the past, but it would be prefered from my POV to have neg be downstream left and positive downstream right of CL.
Steve Lewis, PE
