Editing a Highway

This topic describes how to edit the attributes and properties of a highway on a topology plane.

Procedure

1. Select the highway to be edited.

2. Either:In the Design Browser Window or Diagram Window, press Space Bar and enter Properties.

Right-click on the selected entity, and select Properties.

Double-click on the highway (in the diagram window only).

The Edit Properties: Highway dialog appears.

3. Use this dialog to edit the attributes and/or properties of a highway.

4. Click OK - the properties dialog is available for editing. Table 4: Edit Properties: Highway ContentsField

Description

General Tab

 

Name

A unique label to identify the highway, which defaults to HW appended with an incrementing number. Enter a new name or click the ellipsis (...) button (to the right of the field) to select from a list of pre-specified highway names maintained in the project’s Object Type Information within Capital Project Manager. Select Fixed if you want the name to be fixed. The contents of this field are displayed in red if they are not unique within the current project. Select the Visible option to display the name next to the highway on the diagram. Click to display the Edit Name Text Attributes dialog where you can specify how the name appears on the diagram. Mandatory.

Short Description

Enter a line of descriptive text to provide more information about the highway. Select the Visible option to display the short description next to the highway on the diagram. Click to display the Edit Name Text Attributes dialog where you can specify how the short description appears on the diagram. Optional.

Properties

To add a property to the highway, click the New button, enter a Property Name in the New Property Dialog, and then click OK. The new property is added to the list. A property consists of the following fields: Name — A unique identifier for the property. Read-only.

Value — The value assigned to the property. Optional.

Type — The data type of the value. Mandatory. If you enter a Value that is not supported by the selected Type, the Value appears in red text, and OK is unavailable. The following types are available: String — A mix of letters, number or special characters.

Integer — A whole number.

Float — A number including a decimal (floating) point.

To delete a property from the list, select it, click the Delete button, and then click OK to confirm the deletion. Optional.

Graphical Tab

Specify how you want the highway graphic to appear on the diagram.

Primary Color

Specify the color of the lines of the highway. Select the color from the dropdown list; it is previewed in the window to the right of the field. As well as color names, the list contains the following options: Default — The default color used for the object by the system.

Background — The same color used for the background of the diagram. The color changes when the background color is toggled.

Automatic — If the diagram background is white, the object is black, and vice versa.

Choose Color — The Choose ObjectColor dialog appears, where you can select a color.

Mandatory.

Thickness

Specify the thickness of the lines of the graphical shape. Mandatory. To use the default thickness, select Default from the dropdown list. To use a different thickness, select Override from the first dropdown list and select the type of thickness from the final dropdown list: Logical These thicknesses do not have a physical unit of measurement. They provide a logical progression of thickness with a default of

1. A line with thickness 2 is displayed twice as thick as a line with thickness 1, and so on. When you zoom in or out of a diagram, the line thickness does not appear any different. You select the thickness from the middle dropdown list.

Physical (unit of measurement) The physical unit of measurement that has been specified as the Unit in the style set applied to the diagram. The line thickness is displayed in relation to the grid size of a diagram. When you zoom in or out of a diagram, the line grows or shrinks to stay in scale with the grid. When you select a unit, the middle dropdown list changes to a free text field where you specify the thickness. The value can be any floating-point number up to three decimal places. See “Physical Line Thickness” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide for a definition and links to related task flows.

Line Style

Specify the style of the lines of the highway. To use the default style, select Default from the dropdown list; to use a different style, select Override from the dropdown list and select the style from the second dropdown list that appears. Mandatory.

Secondary Color

If the Line Style is a broken line, this specifies the second color used in the lines of the highway. Select the color from the dropdown list; it is previewed in the window to the right of the field. As well as color names, the list contains the following options: Default — The default color used for the object by the system.

Background — The same color used for the background of the diagram. The color changes when the background color is toggled.

Automatic — If the diagram background is white, the object is black, and vice versa.

ChooseColor — The Choose ObjectColor dialog appears, where you can select a color.

Mandatory.

Parent Topic:

Highways

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