Roadway Design Question and Answer Forum
Geopak
Question:
When using Cross Section Navigator, is there any way to set the
view to always center the intersection of
the existing XS ground line and the XS cell's vertical component?
When working with cross sections on a project in the mountains, I
can't keep my view zoomed in close enough to check the proposed
templates without chasing the templates up and down because of
the constant elevation changes.
Answer:
Currently the Geopak Cross Section Navigator does not have the ability to lock in the view with respect to a profile or
grade. As you move from one cross section to another, the view is dependent on the fixed location of the cross section
horizontal green cell dashed line.
However, Bentley has developed a separate VBA called XS Movie to navigate through various cross sections in a file.
XS Movie does have the ability to lock the view with respect to a profile or grade, as an option. I have slightly modified
the code to prevent some errors that may have occurred with the original version for Roadway.
As you can see, the buttons look like the model navigator. The model navigator used the buttons from the XS Movie
Navigator. The XS Movie Navigator can be launched from the RD_DSN tool frame, RD_VBA tool family. Any stored
profile or grade, proposed or existing, in the GPK database can be used with the XS Movie Navigator. Please see the
below reference web help link for further detail before you use this tool.
More Help on XS Movie Navgator available at:
XS MOVIE NAVIGATOR
