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Stake Alignment (Road)
The Stake Alignment dialog displays the properties of the cross section on the stakeout station and helps you stakeout all of the desired points.
Select either Station, Road Points, or Skew Station to specify to specify the type of design location for stakeout.
- If the Station is selected, you can change the station number by the value of Interval using the
/
buttons.
If the Road Points is selected you can select any road point as the current point. To do it, click
and select a road point in the Road Points dialog.
- Enter the Interval for the station increment.
- The Segment Pt field shows the selected segment point code.
- The
/
buttons move the current segment point along the cross-section.
- The panel below displays the plan. Currently selected segment point is a yellow dot marked with a cross. The design point is displayed as a green dot. Double-tap (double-click) the plan to view in full screen.
- Select between Right Offset / Left Offset to enter the horizontal offset from the current segment point as required.
- Select between Up Offset / Down Offset to enter the vertical offset from the current segment point as required.
- From the bottom drop-down list, select one of the following modes to specify offsets location:
- Centerline: both the horizontal and vertical offset start at the centerline. Note that this mode is not available for roads that have a cross-section template specified.

- Intersect Left: the vertical offset starts at the selected segment point; the horizontal offset starts at the point of intersection of the line that is parallel to the current segment with a segment that is on the left of it. The
/
button allows you to specify the offset direction: perpendicular to the selected segment, or vertical.
Note: This mode implies that you have one or more segments on the left of the selected segment.

- Intersect Right: the vertical offset starts at the selected segment point; the horizontal offset starts at the point of intersection of the line that is parallel to the current segment with a segment that is on the right of it. The
/
button allows you to specify the offset direction: perpendicular to the selected segment, or vertical.
Note: This mode implies that you have one or more segments on the right of the selected segment.

- Segment: both the horizontal and vertical offset start at the selected segment point.

- Surface Left: the horizontal offset starts at the selected segment point; the vertical offset starts at the point on the surface of the segment that corresponds with the horizontal offset.

- Surface Right: the horizontal offset starts at the selected segment point; the vertical offset starts at the point on the surface of the segment that corresponds with the horizontal offset.

For Surface Right and Surface Left modes you can use Extend Grade. For that, select the Left Offset/Right Offset button until Extend Grade is displayed.
- If the Extend Grade offset is used then when staking the road in the Overhead View screen, the design position (green dot) will move along the design surface at the current position.

See also How to use Extend Surface in Stakeout.
- If the Skew Station is selected:
- Set the current station as start station. Enter the corresponding station.
- Enter the Left Skew or Right Skew value as the start angle in the horizontal plane (relative to the existing line) of the new line.
- Enter the Skew Offset to set a point on the new line.
- Enter the Up Offset or Down Offset height offset, or the vertical Grade Offset (in percentage) with respect to the height of the skew station. If the grade is falling, the value should be negative.
Click Stake to start the stakeout process. More...
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