Alignment from best fit

Last updated: 2022-11-01

ali-data-c3d22.zip

  1. Open AliProf-All.dwg
  2. Home tab > Create Design panel > Alignment drop-down > Alignment Creation Tools
  3. Alignment Layout toolbar > Line drop-down > Fixed Line - Best Fit
  4. From the Tangent by Best Fit dialog select From COGO points
  5. OK
  6. Select the south-most grouping of points, and the one point just north of that group.
  7. Right-click > Enter
  8. Review the Regression Graph and click the green check mark in the upper right corner to close it and create the alignment.
  9. Click Save.
  1. Open AliProf-All.dwg.
  2. Select the 25 alignment.
  3. Select the Geometry Editor
  4. Alignment Layout toolbar > Curve drop-down > Floating curve - Best Fit
  5. When prompted at the command line to select the entity to attach to select, graphically select the tangent alignment entity at the south of the project.
  6. In the Curve by Best Fit dialog select the From COGO Points option
  7. OK
  8. Graphically select the points that are grouped in the lower part of the southern curve.
  9. Right-click > Enter
  10. In the Regression Graph scroll to the bottom and turn on the Pass Through option for the last point.
  11. Click the green check mark in the upper right corner to close it and create the alignment.
  12. Zoom into the curve that was just created and graphically select it.
  13. Select the circular grip point at the mid-point of the curve. Drag the grip point back to be in line with the COGO point objects.
  1. Alignment Layout toolbar > Curve drop-down > Floating curve - Best Fit
  2. When prompted at the command line to select the entity to attach to select, graphically select the curve alignment entity that was just created.
  3. In the Curve by Best Fit dialog select the From COGO Points option
  4. OK
  5. Graphically select the points that are grouped in the upper part of the southern curve.
  6. Right-click > Enter
  7. In the Regression Graph scroll to the bottom and turn on the Pass Through option for the last point.
  8. Click the green check mark in the upper right corner to close it and create the alignment.
  9. Save

  1. Open AliProf-All.dwg.
  2. Select the 25 alignment.
  3. Select the Geometry Editor
  4. Alignment Layout toolbar > Curve drop-down > Fixed curve - Best Fit
  5. In the Curve by Best Fit dialog select the From COGO Points option
  6. OK
  7. Graphically select the points that are grouped in the lower part of the northern curve.
  8. Right-click > Enter
  9. In the Regression Graph scroll to the bottom and turn on the Pass Through option for the last point.
  10. Click the green check mark in the upper right corner to close it and create the alignment