ASEhelp Detailed documentation & reference material to promote THOROUGH understanding of all ASE Civil concepts & procedures
	ASE SAMPLE PROJECT ALIGNMENT DEFINITION
	PROCEDURE
	(1) Open “C:\AseSampleProject\Drawings\Alignments.Training.dwg” (2) From the ASE ribbon, select [Tools] → [Settings & Initialization] → [Data Path - Set] ^[03] (3) Browse to and select the folder “C:\AseSampleProject\Data\AseDataTraining” (4) From the ASE ribbon, select [Tools] → [Design Support] → [BMC - Import]. (5) Check the “Centerlines/Monument Lines” option ^[04]. (6) Press “OK” to close the “Base Map Control – Entity Import” dialog. (7) ZOOM extents to see the imported objects (if not currently visible). (8) From the ASE menu, select [Rd Alignments] → [Definition] → [Automatic]. (9) In the “Alignment Control Layers” dialog, select “zzAseBaseMapControlTrace-Centerli…” by clicking it. (10) Click the “ >> ” button to move the selected layer to the right-hand window. (11) Press “OK” to close the “Alignment Control Layers” dialog. (12) An AutoCAD Message indicates that 20 alignments have been defined. ^[05][09] (13) Press “OK” to close the Message dialog. (14) At the command prompt, type “XA” to reference the street names. ^[06] (15) Browse to/attach “C:\AseSampleProject\Drawings\Alignments.Names.Basic.dwg” (16) From the ASE menu, select [Rd Alignments] → [Modify Properties]. (17) Click a location near any alignment. ASE will ZOOM to the selected alignment ^[07] and display the “ASE Alignments” dialog for modifying alignment properties. Enter the actual alignment name and a description if desired. (18) Press “OK” to close the “ASE Alignments” dialog and complete the alignment modification process.^[09] Repeat this step for all alignments in the drawing. (Optional. The minimum requirement includes adjusting the street(s) that you intend to design as part of this training process.) (19) Save the “Alignments.Training” drawing. ^[08] (20) Exit the drawing.
	RESTRICTIONS
	The drawing used to define alignments is recorded in an ASCII file in the ASE data folder. This file serves as a restriction to ensure that all alignment definition and modifications are performed in a single drawing file to prevent conflicting or duplicate alignment definitions within the same project. The file is created after alignments are successfully defined.^[02] If a different drawing needs to be assigned as the alignment control drawing, or if the name or path of the current alignment control drawing changes, perform the following steps: (1) Browse to the ASE data folder (2) Use a text editor to open the file “…\zzRdAlnCtl.txt” (3) Edit the contents to reflect the desired path and/or file name of the correct alignment control drawing.
	REFERENCES
	[01]	Civil 3D is not required for this procedure, so “vanilla” AutoCAD may be used if so desired.
	[03]	The data path only needs to be established once for each drawing that uses ASE.
	[04]	This as a minimum requirement. The “All Systems” option may also be selected, if desired. However for the purpose of alignment definition, only centerlines are needed.
	[05]	The new alignments are given a temporary numeric name. These names should be modified as soon as possible to facilitate easy recognition during design and production.
	[06]	Street names have been shortened for simplicity during this training session. The format used includes the direction and the two-digit sequence of occurrence.
	[07]	The default behavior invokes a twisting of the current viewing angle to facilitate optimal viewing of the selected alignment. To immediately untwist the view, from the ASE menu, select [Road Alignments] → [Untwist View]. Alternatively, the twisting behavior may disabled altogether by selecting from the ASE menu [Road Alignments] → [Preferences] → [General…], then uncheck the “Zoom to Current Alignment” option in the “Alignments General” dialog.
	[08]	Keep in mind that this is the only drawing that will allow changes to be made to ASE alignment definitions.
	[09]	ASE alignment definitions are immediately saved to the ASE data folder whenever they are defined or modified.