Reference Manual Owner manual

Roads Menu
R-399
The Road Card
Roads Edit Roads ( New… or Edit… ) Road.
The Road card of the New Road screen is used to select the alignment
to use for the road. If an alignment has not yet been created, refer to
Page R-65 for information on creating an alignment.
Road Name: is the name assigned to the road. The name must not
be the same as any existing road name.
Alignment Description: displays the name of the
selected alignment.
Choose Alignment : opens the Choose Alignment screen
where an existing alignment can be selected.
Check : checks the road for errors and displays the
results in the Roads Report screen.
View Profiles : opens the Road Profiles screen where you
can see information about the cross-sectional profile of
the road at any station.
Set POB… : opens the Road Alignment Properties screen
where information about the current alignment can be
changed.
Roads Report Screen
Roads Edit Roads ( New… or Edit… ) Road Check….
The Roads Report screen displays a list of any errors after performing
the following tests.
• Confirm that the alignment contains both a HAL and a VAL.
• Confirm that the horizontal length of the VAL is greater than
or equal to the HAL.
• Confirm there is at least one template for each side of the
road.
• Confirm the first template coincides with the starting station.