[quote user="jpln"]Turnouts are placed on a main track that can be fully defined horizontal+vertical+cant. So you can manage the profile along the main track.[/quote] You mean I can use the main alignment profile as profile for the branch alignment? [quote user="jpln"]When you place a turnout it is the begining of a new path: the branch. [/quote] You mean 1. as beginning of the branch alignment. Yes I agree it must be 1. the beginning of the new alignment. [quote user="jpln"]There is no automatic way to switch main and branch using connection editor. A new alignment is created from .1 and you can't link the elements of the main line preceding (or following .1) to create the new alignment using the connection editor.[/quote] This was old issue. In my previous post I raised other question. I will visualize it to be more clear. This is my main alignment: Before the curve I want some turnout to emerge from the Main have a curve and go back to the main trough other turnout. I made a parallel alignment at 5m offset: Placed turnout on the main line. Now I can annotate them on the longitudinal profile of the Main alignment: 3 more thinks I want to create - alignment from 1. of the first turnout to the 1. of the second turnout trough their trailing directions (Second alignment); Display the turnouts in longitudinal profile of the Second alignment. Create Shunt points in plan. Now i must use the connection editor to connect the first turnout and Second alignment: This creates new alignment named 1.For this alignment I can display the turnout in lingitudinal profile: But this alignment don't contains the elements of Second. And I must add them manually: So far so good. But now I must add the second turnout, for the purpose to annotate the turnout in longitudinal profile of "1" whom will work as Second from now one. On other hand if I create new alignment using connection editor, and add all other elements. This new alignment will be associated whit that second turnout, and I will be able to annotate it in longitudinal profile. But the first turnout will be not associated whit it. --- [quote user="jpln"]The only way is to do it manually to create your own path. Not easy to manage.[/quote] This is my current way. Not so hard. But I can't display turnouts in longitudinal profile and shunt points. --- The only way to create longitudinal profile trough Second alignment that include those turnouts (from 1. to 1. trough trailing directions ), is to use Connection editor as turnout to turnout, and add all geometry of Second alignment in it. This will work for this case that I show, because the geometry is simple (if I need parallel element I must add same radius and same length as the curve of the turnout). But in cases that I have many curves this will be labor intensive. Just look ... --- [quote user="jpln"]Do you really need a single path ? It must be possible also to draw this profile using both alignments and set stations start/end and fixing the same datum. A little longer to get the profile but easier to manage connections.[/quote] This way I will have 3 alignments for every track from 1. to 1. For every track I must create suitable vertical alignment, but in level there is some complexities too, and to be sure that it will be correct in levels, I must create one alignment that contains all of them anyway. Trough this much pain I rater prefer to display the turnout and shunt points by hand :D --- All this pain can be easily erased whit one simple solution. The Connection editor to work like Multiple element regression analysis - to merge solution to the targeted alignment.
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