Placing a Wall Structure

Please note: Walls are a deprecated structure type. They have been replaced by the Attachment Point structure. Please see: Placing a Structure

The steps below will guide you through adding a legacy wall structure.


Step 1: Place a marker

Place a circle marker in the position you would like to create the wall.

Step 2: Click the 'Place' button in the 'Structures' section of the Lineardraft toolbar

This will open the 'Place Structure' window.

Step 3: Click the marker

This should be the marker you placed in Step 1. A green tick will appear next to ‘First marker’ when complete.

Step 4: Right click anywhere on the screen

This is to allows the placement of a single mast structure, and moves to the next prompt.

Step 5: Click the left rail 

This should be the leftmost rail of the tracks you wish the structure to be associated with when looking in the direction of increasing distance/ chainage. A green tick will appear next to ‘Left rail’ when complete.

Step 6: Click the right rail

This should be the rightmost rail of the tracks you wish the structure to be associated with when looking in the direction of increasing distance/ chainage. A green tick will appear next to ‘Right rail’ when complete.

Step 7: Click 'Place'

This will open the 'Edit Structure' window.

Step 8: Populate your structure details 

Name: Identifier for the structure.
Distance: This should be a chainage or distance value where the structure should be placed at in kilometres, or your preferred unit of measurement.
Tag: This can be used for any tag or units you may want to add to the structure
Secondary (optional): Secondary chainage value, useful as a reference in projects which interface with additional chainage systems.

Step 9: Select 'Wall' from the 'Type' drop-down menu

This will change the options and layout of the 'Edit Structure' window.

Step 10: Configure wall

Adjust values for Bearing and Distance.

Type: Choose a wall style from the drop-down menu.
Bearing: Rotation of the wall in degrees measured from North (0°).
Distance: Distance between the wall and the closest rail.

Step 11: Click 'Update Structure'

This will close the 'Edit Structure' window.


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