COGO Command: Command Descriptions

Table tbCogoCommandData

PURPOSE:

Use this table to enter basic bridge geometry locations. These locations will be used to define nodal boundaries, stringers, floorbeams, truss members, and truck path.

For historical reasons BRIDG includes a near complete COGO package which has many features not needed for 2D data input. Only these 3 commands are commonly used:

• COGO Command: STOR (Enter location using coordinates)

• COGO Command: OFFSET (Locate a new point from an existing point)

• COGO Command: PATH (Define a path. Mostly used for truck path)

Command	Description
Input COGO Command Data	COGO input command summary
COGO Command: ADDPT	To locate a new point between two existing points
COGO Command: DI/L	To divided the line from NF to NT into NP+1 equal segments.
COGO Command: EQ/L	To establish NP point along a line from point NF to point NT.
COGO Command: HCURV	To specify a horizontal curve.
COGO Command: L/AZ	To locate a point NL from a point NF with a distance and a azimuth.
COGO Command: L/BR	To locate a point NL from a point NF with a distance and a bearing.
COGO Command: L/TG	To locate a point NL from a point NF in the direction of DT with a distance D.
COGO Command: MAPHV	Map a point on the horizontal path to a point on the vertical path.
COGO Command: OFFSET	To locate a new point on a new path from an existing point and existing path
COGO Command: OSPATH	To assign a new path by offsetting from an existing path
COGO Command: PAST	To refer an existing point to an existing path ( referral path)
COGO Command: PATH	To assign a path between two existing points
COGO Command: RCOOR	Rotate and translate the local XZ coordinate system.
COGO Command: STAT	To assign a point to a path
COGO Command: STOR	To input the known (or assumed) coordinates of selected points.
COGO Command: VCURV	To specify a vertical curve.
COGO Command: Example	Example.
COGO Command: BIAS	To apply a bias to the input coordinate data.

Table format

tbCogoCommandData

Field	Type	Units	Description
Command	text		COGO Command
Field1	text		COGO Data Field 1
Field2	text		COGO Data Field 2
Field3	text		COGO Data Field 3
Field4	text		COGO Data Field 4
Field5	text		COGO Data Field 5
Field6	text		COGO Data Field 6
Field7	text		COGO Data Field 7
Field8	text		COGO Data Field 8
Field9	text		COGO Data Field 9
Field10	text		COGO Data Field 10
Field11			COGO Data Field 11