Connecticut State Department of Transportation

CTDOT CONNECT DDE GUIDE VOLUME 3 - OPENROADS DESIGNER ROADWAY MODELING


   2.3 Horizontal Alignment Annotation


ALIGNMENT FEATURE DEFINITIONS ANNOTATION GROUPS
ALIGNMENT ANNOTATION

 

ALIGNMENT FEATURE DEFINITIONS ANNOTATION GROUPS

Alignment elements are assigned a Feature Definition, which controls the symbology of the element (level, color, line style, and line weight) as well as the annotation properties of the element. The CTDOT Standards include feature definitions for alignments, which can be reviewed from the Project Explorer dialog, as shown below.

There are several levels of configuration that has been set to get the annotation to display to CTDOT standards. 

  Centerline Feature - Explorer Dialog Box

Centerline Feature - Properties Dialog Box

Centerline Feature Symbology - Properties Dialog Box

Centerline Feature Horizontal Manage Annotation Groups - Dialog Box

Centerline Feature Vertical Symbology - Properties Dialog Box

Centerline Feature Vertical Manage Annotation Groups - Dialog Box

Note: the alignment feature definition controls the symbology and annotation settings for both the horizontal geometry and the proposed vertical alignment.

 

ALIGNMENT ANNOTATION

When geometric alignments are placed in the file, the annotation is not automatically generated by the software. The user must identify the alignments that are to be annotated either individually, by selecting the specific alignments, or by annotating all of the alignments contained in the active model, or all models in the active file.

Annotation commands are selected from the OpenRoads Modeling WorkFlow in the Drawing Production tab, as shown below.

Drawing Production Tab

» Element Annotation

Individual elements are annotated by selecting the Element Annotation command from the Drawing Production tab. Two commands are available as shown below.

Element Annotation Tool

ANNOTATE ELEMENT - The Annotate Element command is used to annotate one of more selected elements. The command prompts to select the OpenRoads element to be annotated. Multiple elements can be selected. Reset (right-click) to complete the selection process and initiate the annotation placement.  An example of annotation at the beginning of an alignment is shown below.

Centerline Annotation - Screen Shot

 

REMOVE ANNOTATIONS - The Remove Element Annotations command is used to remove the annotation from selected elements. When prompted, select the elements to remove the annotation. Reset (right-click) to end the selection process and initiate the removal process.

 

» Model Annotation

The Model Annotation command us used to annotate all of the elements in the active model, or all models, by selecting a specific Annotation Group. Two options are available as shown below.

Annotate Model Tool

 

ANNOTATE MODEL - Select this command to annotate all the elements in a model, or in all models, by selecting a specific Annotation Group. When the command is selected, the user is prompted as shown below. Issue a data point (left mouse-click) to initiate the process.

Annotate Model Dialog Boxes - Screen Shot

 

REMOVE MODEL ANNOTATIONS - Select this command to remove all annotations from the active model or all models in the active file.