Add support for attaching station /offset for Links and Nodes "Set Out" points on.
Currently Nodes only report the origin of the cell - which there is a bug in 10.11 version, but we need to also get the center point for eccentric structures. Start could be the Origin and End could be the "Set Out" point.
Add support for Links to report values.
| Civil Product Used | OpenRoads Designer |
That's correct - this extra information does rely on selecting a Baseline Reference feature for the drainage elements.
If this is workflow is appropriate, then the new information can be retrieved using Civil Expressions, as follows:
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Node"."Node"."Baseline Reference"()
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Node"."Node"."Baseline Station (Set Out)"() //this is the station of the set out point of a node
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Node"."Node"."Baseline Offset (Set Out)"() //this is the offset of the set out point of a node
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Node"."Node"."Baseline Station"() //this is the station of the location point of a node
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Node"."Node"."Baseline Offset"() //this is the offset of the location point of a node
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Link"."Utility Link"."Start Baseline Feature"()
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Link"."Utility Link"."Start Baseline Station"()
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Link"."Utility Link"."Start Baseline Offset"()
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Link"."Utility Link"."Stop Baseline Feature"()
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Link"."Utility Link"."Stop Baseline Station"()
"Civil Element Properties"."Drainage and Utilities"."Link"."Utility Link"."Stop Baseline Offset"()
Additionally -
These same expressions do not appear to be working for Links either as originally requested.
The "Set Out" point in drainage is restricted to the Top cell only - where we would want to report the bottom structure
This is not working. The Start and End of the Civil Expression CivilExpression.StationStart and CivilExpression.StationEnd are reporting the same values. They are not reading the "Set Out" point.... In order for it to work the way you designed it would be you must set the Baseline in Drainage, which is not necessarily desirable.
Functionality has been added to get the baseline stations and offsets in the 2024 release of the Civil products. It uses the baseline feature of the start and stop nodes, and is shown towards the end of the linked video.
Video
In ORD 2022 R2, the StationStart Expression for Drainage nodes reports the Origin of the bottom cell instead of the Inlet location. It seems we are chasing a solution in circles. Still nothing on Links.
Could you attach an image or example of a use case?