Product Manual

Horizontal Element Properties Window
MAGNET Tools ver 1.0
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box is disabled). To change the azimuth of all other elements,
uncheck the “Tangential to previous element” box and enter the
desired value in the field.
and check box:
• Tangential to previous element
- if this parameter is checked
(default setting for all horizontal alignment types except the first
road element), the given value of the azimuth will be used for the
next alignment as a start azimuth, and you cannot edit the
azimuth. Uncheck the box to edit the azimuth.
The curve parameters in the Curve panel in the current linear units
(you cannot edit this parameters) include the following:
• Spiral Constant
- the square root of the product of the length and
the radius of the spiral. The value is used to define a compound
curve.
• Deg Curve
- the angle in degrees used to compute the end radius
of a curve whose curve is 100 units long. Using the degree of
curve (DCV) parameter, the curve radius is automatically
calculated.
• Deg Chord
- the angle in degrees used to compute the end radius
of a curve whose chord is 100 units long. Using the degree of
curve (DCH) parameter, the curve radius is automatically
calculated.
•For Spiral CS to ST the tab contains the fields:
• Length
- the length of the horizontal element. You can edit this
value.