Options for Creating a Pathway

This section describes the options available when you create a pathway.

This page discusses:

See Also
Creating a Pathway
Creating and Accessing Specialized Pathway and Segment Types

Pathway Options

The Pathway Options dialog box appears when you click Pathway Options when first creating a pathway.

In the Pathway options dialog box you can define the following options:

  • Discipline: A user-definable attribute
  • Segregation: A user-definable attribute
  • Curve Build Method: Determines the shape of the pathway curve. Select Straight Bend or Cornered Polyline:
    Straight Bend Cornered Polyline




    Note: The default Curve Build Method is defined by the value of CurveMethod in the business rule L3m_BR_ComputePathwayAttr
  • Shape: The pathway cross section. Select round or rectangular
  • Diameter: The diameter of the pathway shape
  • Bend Radius Ratio: This ratio is multiplied by the diameter to determine the minimum bend radius
  • Specialized Pathway : If necessary, choose a special pathway type which you have defined previously
  • Specialized Segment : If necessary, choose a special segment type which you have defined previously.

Offset Options

The Define offset mode and offset value dialog box appears when you click Offset Options when creating or editing a pathway.

Pathways are offset a specified distance from selected geometry. There are two offset modes:

  • Bottom Offset (Default mode): The offset is measured from the selected geometry to the bottom of the pathway. This is typically used when routing pathways above a surface at a defined distance
  • Center Offset : The offset is measured from the selected geometry to the center line of the pathway.
Bottom Offset Center Offset




Pathway Preview

While you are creating or continuing a pathway you can choose if the pathway is previsualized when positioning a point:

  • If Create Pathway Preview is selected in the App Options panel, whenever you create or continue a pathway, a preview of the pathway to the current cursor position is displayed
  • If Create Pathway Preview is unselected, a dotted line to the current cursor position is displayed.

Pathway Preview Selected Pathway Preview Unselected




Note: To access the App Options panel, from the Tools section of the action bar, select App Options .