Section Configuration

The section config info is stored in the GeoSurvey configuration file which the user can set in the File/Program settings option.
The file is usually called ‘GeoSurvey_config.xml’
For full details of GeoSurvey Configuration click here.

Note 1: The Sections/Display Parameters option allows the user to edit the file parameters and to save the chnages to the file.
Changes made in this way take effect immediately, no need to restart the program.

The Sections data stored is as follows:
  • Design Parameters
  • Road_Final_View
  • Road_Calc_View
  • Cross_Section_Final_View
  • Cross_Section_Calc_View
  • Drain_Final_View
  • Drain_Calc_View
  • Sewer_Final_View
  • Sewer_Calc_View
  • Hunter_Sewer_Final_View
  • CS_Templates
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    Design Parameters

    Overwrite Point Codes
    When a CS design is performed, the program will insert design levels into some existing points. This option allows/dis-allows the template codes to overwrite the existing point codes.
    The default value is No.
       <overwritePointCodes>"No"</overwritePointCodes>

    Long Section Format

    Cross Sections can have the following Boxing sections:
    Sample.
    <sectionFormat name="Road_Calc_View">   <description>Calc view for standard road</description>
      <general xOffset="25.0" yOffset="7.0" colour="BLUE" thickness="0.35" />
      <boxing name="Chainage" yOffset="20.0">
        <title yOffset="-5.0" fontSize="3.00" colour="RED">Chainage</title>
        <text fontName="Arial Narrow" fontSize="2.80" colour="PURPLE" />
      </boxing>

    Description
    This is a text description not used by the program, it describes the section being configured.
    <description>Final view for standard road</description>

    General - X Offset, Y Offset
    Screen X,Y offset from the origin.
    <general xOffset="20.0" yOffset="20.0" colour="BLUE" />

    General - Colour, Style, Thickness
    Used for drawing the section vertical lines.
    <general colour="BLUE" style="2" thickness="0.5" />
    For Calc views, IPswill be PURPLE and interpolated points SKYBLUE.

    General - Left to Right, Right to Left
    Used only for sewers to indicate the direction of flow.
    <general flow="right_to_left" />
    The default value is right to left.

    Boxing - Name
    This must be one of the following values:
    "Chainage","Natural_Surface","Design_Surface","Grade_Intersection_Points", "Grades","Vertical_Curves","Invert_Level","Depth","Base_Level","HGL_Level", "Diameter","Flow","Velocity","Capacity","Bedding","Tenure", "Bulkhead","Access","Access_Number"
    This tells the program what boxing values you wish to set.
    <boxing name="Chainage" yOffset="15.0">

    Boxing - yOffset
    This is the Y offset in mm of the "Chainage" horizontal line above the bottom line of the boxing.
    <boxing name="Chainage" yOffset="15.0">

    Boxing Title - Title
    This is text to be printed as the boxing name on the left of a longsection. e.g. "Chainage".
    <title yOffset="-5.0" fontSize="3.00" colour="RED">Chainage</title>

    Boxing Title - yOffset
    This is the Y offset in mm of the title name from the horizontal boxing line. e.g. -5.0mm.
    <title yOffset="-5.0" fontSize="3.00" colour="RED">Chainage</title>
    The default value is -8.0mm.

    Boxing Title - Font Name, Size, Bold, Italic, Underline
    You can specify the font name, size of text, and bold/italic/underline attributes for the title text.
    <title yOffset="-5.0" fontName="Arial" fontSize="3.20" colour="RED" bold="yes" italic="yes" underline="yes" >Chainage</title>
    The default values are: font="Arial", size="2' colour="Black" bold="no" italic="no" underline="no".

    Boxing Text
    This applies to the text/values to be to be printed on the boxing. e.g. chainage values, or grades.
    <text decimals="2" fontname="Arial" fontSize="3.00" colour="RED" bold="yes" italic="yes" underline="yes" />
    You can specify the number of decimal places to be displayed.
    You can specify the font name, size of text, and bold/italic/underline attributes for the boxing text.
    The default values are: font="Arial", size="2' colour="Black" bold="no" italic="no" underline="no".

    Profile
    This can only be used on the "Natural Surface" and "Design Surface" boxing values.
    You can set the line style, colour and thickness for the profile
    <profile style="1" colour="BLUE" thickness="1.00" />
    The default values for NS are: style="1" colour="Green" thickness="0.25"
    The default values for DS are: style="1" colour="Brown" thickness="0.25"

    Cross Section Format

    Cross Sections can have the following Boxing sections:
    Sample.
    <sectionFormat name="Cross_Section_Calc_View">
       <description>Calc view for standard road cross section</description>
       <general xOffset="50.0" yOffset="7.0" />

       <boxing name="Chainage" yOffset="20.0">
       <title yOffset="-15.0" fontSize="4.00">Offset</title>
       <text decimals="2" fontSize="3.50" />
      </boxing>

      <boxing name="Natural_Surface" yOffset="40.0">
       <title yOffset="-15.0" fontSize="4.00">Natural RL</title>
       <text decimals="2" fontSize="3.50" />
      </boxing>

      <boxing name="Design_Surface" yOffset="60.0">
       <title yOffset="-15.0" fontSize="4.00">Design RL</title>
       <text decimals="2" fontSize="3.50" colour="RED" />
       <profile style="1" colour="RED" thickness="1.00" />
      </boxing>

      <boxing name="Cuts_Fills" yOffset="80.0">
       <title yOffset="-15.0" fontSize="4.00">Cut/Fill</title>
       <text decimals="2" fontSize="3.50" colour="RED" />
       <profile style="1" colour="RED" thickness="1.00" />
      </boxing>

      <boxing name="Base_Level" yOffset="97.0">
       <title yOffset="2.0" fontSize="4.00">Base Level</title>
       <text decimals="2" fontSize="3.50" />
      </boxing>
    </sectionFormat>