Summary

Create a Layout by importing information written in a predefined Text format.
The text file format is CSV (Comma-Separated Values) in UTF-8 format, so you must save it in that format before importing.

How to Run

[Base Mode]

Ribbon Menu > [Base] Tab > [Layout] Group > Text File

Explanation

1 *SETTING
2 *HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_LENGTH
3 *HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_XY
4 *VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT
5 *SEGMENT
6 *LEFT_SUPERELEVATION
7 *RIGHT_SUPERELEVATION
8 *ASSEMBLY_UNIT
9 *CURVE_LIBRARY

In Layout Text Format, be careful to enter the coordinates of the horizontal layout in the model or geographic coordinate system.

To enter coordinates based on Geographical Coordinate, you must set the geographic coordinate system (Base>Option>Coordinate) in advance.

*SETTING

;NAME	ORIGIN-X	ORIGIN-Y	INITIAL ANGLE	START STATION	ALIGNMENT	GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE

;NAME	ORIGIN-X	ORIGIN-Y	INITIAL ANGLE	START STATION	ALIGNMENT	GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE
Layout-1	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	by length	(blank)
Layout-2	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	by xy	1

NAME : Layout Name
ORIGIN-X, ORIGIN-Y : The X, Y coordinates of the Layout start point.
INITIAL ANGLE : Rotation angle from Layout start point (relative to the XY plane)
ALIGNMENT : Input methods for Alignment
- value
  - by length
  - by xy
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE : Applying Geographic Coordinate or not
- blank condition
  - ALIGNMENT ≠ by xy
- value
  - 0 or (blank) : Applying Model Coordinates
  - 1 : Applying Geographic Coordinates
- Note!
  - Can only be applied if Geographic Coordinate is defined. If it is not defined, the application will fail.

*HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_LENGTH

Create *HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_LENGTH for each Layout with an ALIGNMENT value of "by length" in *SETTING.
Write the Name of the Layout in the cell to the right of Keyword(*HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_LENGTH) (Column B).

;TYPE	LENGTH	R	RS	RE

;TYPE	R	RS	RE
straight	(blank)	(blank)	(blank)
arc	0.0000	(blank)	(blank)
clothoid	(blank)	0.0000	0.0000

TYPE : Types of Horizontal Layouts
- value
  - straight
  - arc
  - clothoid
LENGTH : Length of the segment
R : Radius of an Arc Curve
- blank condition
  - TYPE ≠ arc
RS, RE : Start, End radius of the clothoid curve
- blank condition
  - TYPE ≠ clothoid
Note!
- In the Layout feature, the Beginning Point (B.P.) and End Point (E.P.) are always entered in the first and last rows, but not in Text Format because the values are all fixed.

*HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_XY

Create *HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_XY for each Layout with an ALIGNMENT value of "by xy" in *SETTING.
Write the name of the Layout in the cell to the right of Keyword(*HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_BY_XY) (Column B).

;X(NORTH)	Y(EAST)	R	A1	A2

R	A1	A2
(blank)	(blank)	(blank)
0.0000	0.0000	(blank)
(blank)	(blank)	(blank)

X(NORTH), Y(EAST) : X, Y coordinates of the BP(Beginning Point), EP(Ending Point), and IP(Intersection Point) of the layout.
- *SETTING>GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE = 1
  - X(NORTH) : North-South coordinate in a geographic coordinate
  - Y(EAST) : East-West coordinate in a geographic coordinate
- *SETTING>GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE = 0 or (blank)
  - X(NORTH) : X coordinate in a model coordinate
  - Y(EAST) : Y coordinate in a model coordinate
X, Y : X, Y coordinates
R : Curve radius of IP points
- blank condition
  - First and last rows
  - Note!
    - The values in the first and last rows are fixed to '0'.
    - So if a value is entered, it will be ignored and imported.
A1, A2 : Clothoid parameters
- blank condition
  - First and last rows
  - Note!
    - The values in the first and last rows are fixed to '0'.
    - So if a value is entered, it will be ignored and imported.

*VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT

;TYPE	STATION	ELEVATION	PARABOLIC LENGTH	RADIUS

;TYPE	PARABOLIC LENGTH	RADIUS
straight	(blank)	(blank)
parabolic	0.0000	(blank)
arc	(blank)	0.0000
straight	(blank)	(blank)

TYPE : Types of Vertical Alignment
- Note!
  - The first and last rows have their values fixed to "straight".
STATION : Station
ELEVATION : Elevation value at the Station
PARABOLIC LENGTH : Length of a parabolic curve
- blank condition
  - TYPE ≠ parabolic
RADIUS : Radius of an Arc Curve
- blank condition
  - TYPE ≠ arc

*SEGMENT

;NAME	STATION	SKEW	LABEL

;NAME	STATION	LABEL
Start	(blank)	on
P1	0.0000	on
End	(blank)	on

NAME : Segment Name
STATION : Station on Segment split point
- blank condition
  - First and Last rows
  - Note!
    - The Station values in the first row are fixed to the Start Station value in the Layout, and the Station values in the last row are fixed to the End Station value in the Layout.
    - So if a value is entered, it will be ignored and imported.
SKEW : Skew on Segment
LABEL : On/Off settings for Labels
- value
  - on
  - off

*LEFT_SUPERELEVATION

;STATION	SUPERELEVATION

;STATION	SUPERELEVATION
0.0000	0.0000
0.0000	0.0000
0.0000	0.0000

STATION : Station
- Note!
  - The Station values in the first row are fixed to the Start Station value in the Layout, and the Station values in the last row are fixed to the End Station value in the Layout.
SUPERELEVATION : Left Superelevation value in STATION

*RIGHT_SUPERELEVATION

;STATION	SUPERELEVATION

;STATION	SUPERELEVATION
0.0000	0.0000
0.0000	0.0000
0.0000	0.0000

STATION : Station
- Note!
  - The Station values in the first row are fixed to the Start Station value in the Layout, and the Station values in the last row are fixed to the End Station value in the Layout.
SUPERELEVATION : Right Superelevation value in STATION

*ASSEMBLY_UNIT

;NAME	LAYOUT	SEGMENT(START)	SEGMENT(END)	DIRECTION	ALIGN TYPE

;NAME	LAYOUT	SEGMENT(START)	SEGMENT(END)	DIRECTION	ALIGN TYPE
Assembly Unit-1	Layout-1	Start	End	from start	tangential

NAME : Name of Assembly Unit
LAYOUT : Layout Name to which the Assembly Unit will be assigned
SEGMENT(START), SEGMENT(END) : Name of the Segment start point, end point to which the Assembly Unit is assigned
- Note!
  - Only data entered in the LAYOUT column is valid.
DIRECTION : Direction in which Assembly Unit is assigned
- value
  - from start
  - from end
ALIGN TYPE :
- value
  - tangential
  - parallel

*CURVE_LIBRARY

;NAME	LAYOUT	SEGMENT(START)	SEGMENT(END)	DIRECTION	ALIGN TYPE	OFFSET-Y	OFFSET-Z	ROTATION TYPE	ANGLE

;NAME	LAYOUT	SEGMENT(START)	SEGMENT(END)	DIRECTION	ALIGN TYPE	OFFSET-Y	OFFSET-Z	ROTATION TYPE	ANGLE
Curve library-1	Layout-1	Start	End	from start	tangential	0.0000	0.0000	all	0.0000

NAME : Curve Library Name
LAYOUT : Name of the Layout to which the Curve Library will be assigned
SEGMENT(START), SEGMENT(END) : Name of the Segment start point, end point to which the Curve Library is assigned
- Note!
  - Only data entered in the LAYOUT column is valid.
DIRECTION : Direction in which Curve Library is assigned
- value
  - from start
  - from end
ALIGN TYPE :
- value
  - tangential
  - parallel
OFFSET-Y, OFFSET-Z : Local Y,Z axis offset distance from Segment
ROTATION TYPE : Types of additional rotations
- value
  - all
    - Rotate both offset distance and geometry
  - offset
    - Rotate offset distance only
  - object
    - Rotate geometry only
ANGLE : Rotation angle

Manual (MIDAS CIM)

Text Format : Layout