Reference Standard No. : N/A

Required Definition Files: standard

"VL01 CONFIG"

This variable specifies the desired configuration type.
The default value is 1.

Define as 1 when using the VL criteria for excavation limits for earthwork.
Define as 2 when drawing alignment centerlines
Define as 3 to place lines at the horizontal locations of elements found in a plan view file.
Define as 4 to place lines at the horizontal locations of elements found in the cross section file.

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 1 for earthwork, a vertical line(s) is drawn at the centerline or at an offset distance from the centerline by default. If the "VL DO NOT DRAW CL VL variable is defined as 1, no vertical line is drawn at the centerline or at an offset distance from the centerline.
The default value is 0.

If value is 1 (centerline vertical line not drawn)

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 1 for earthwork, a vertical line is drawn at the centerline by default. If the "VL01 CL OFFSET" variable is defined as a positve number, then a vertical line is drawn at this offset distance from the centerline. One vertical line left of the centerline and one to the right.
The default value is 0.

If value is 5 (drawn 5' right and left of centerline)

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 1 for earthwork, the vertical lines are drawn at the slope stake point by default. The "VL01 ADDITIONAL OFFSET" variable defines an addtional offset from the slope stake at which to place the vertical line.
The default value is 0

These variables control the height of the vertical line above and below the ground line (or the finished grade, depending on the configuration being used.) The default value is 1 meter or 1 foot.

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 2 for drawing alignment centerlines, use these variables to define the chain and profile of the alignment. The vertical line will be extended up and down from the grade point computed on "VL01 PROFILE".

When defined and when "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 2 for drawing alignment centerlines, use this variable to define the chain to label the offset distance from. Note that the offset distance is perpedicular from this chain and it is a COGO calculated value, not a graphical measurement. The default value is not defined.

Example:

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 3, the VL DGN ELEMENT is defined with a DEFINE_DGN statement. It defines the level symbology of the plan view element to be located on the cross section.
Note: VL version numbers do not apply to this variable.

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 4, the VL XSC ELEMENT is defined with a DEFINE_DGN statement. It defines the level symbology of the cross section elements to be located for vertical line placement.
Note: VL version numbers do not apply to this variable.

When "VL01 CONFIG" is defined as 1 for excavation limits, the PROPOSED XS is defined with a DEFINE_DGN statement. It defines the level symbology of any proposed (or finished grade) cross section elements. The criteria uses these elements to find the slope stake tie points.
Note: VL version numbers do not apply to this variable.

Example:

DEFINE_DGN "PROPOSED XS"\
   DGN = R2107b_rdy_xsc_l.dgn\
   LVNAME = Prop XS Finish Grade*, Prop XS Finish Grade CurbGutter

This variable is used only by configuration 1 (excavation limits).

When multiple vertical lines are being placed per cross section cell, this variable defines the level on which the first Vertical line will be placed. As the criteria moves across the cross section, the level is incremented by one for each successive line drawn.
The criteria always works from left to right. Therefore, the first line on the left side will be on the level specified by the definition of "VL FIRST LEVEL". For example, assuming the variable is defined as 30 and a total of 4 lines will be drawn, the rightmlost line would be on level 33.

The default definition is 30.

The level name defined the desire level symbology of the vertical lines. Color, weight, and style attributes are processed according to the level name "bylevel" assigments. Default values are as follow:

 

LVNAME	DEFAULT
BYLEVEL COLOR	0
BYLEVEL WEIGHT	0
BYLEVEL STYLE	0

The labeling features of the VL criteria vary depending on the configuration used. Configuration 1 alone does no labeling.

Label text parameters common to all configurations are as follows:

The variables "VL01 TEXT VERT OFFSET" and "VL01 TEXT HORIZ OFFSET" provide definable offset from between the top of the vertical line and the text label.

"VL01 DECIMAL PLACES" provide means of defining the decimal place used for the station label when using configuration 2.

Finally, the text label for configurations 3 and 4 are provided by the user by defining "VL01 LBL TEXT".