When a catenary wire or a platform edge is projected onto a longitudinal profile, the resulting line represents the surveyed elevations.
In situations where the track is canted, this results in a distorted representation of the height difference between the track and the catenary wire/platform edge.
It would be an improvement if Bentley added a checkbox to the projection tool, allowing users to specify whether lines/points should be default projected to the track or relative to the track plane. This would be highly beneficial in design contexts.
I am aware that this introduces a new issue, namely, that the line/point in question will not be displayed at its correct elevation, but this could be addressed via a warning dialog box when using the tool.
| Civil Product Used | OpenRail Designer |