Introduction to Skyline

An overview of the basic Skyline workflow.

 

Skyline has been designed to provide the Pipeline, Telecom, and Civil Engineering industries with an effective foundation to quickly generate Alignment sheets using the industry standard CAD platforms while creating an external database. 

  • This article aims to provide a general workflow through Skyline. Please refer to other Skyline guides for specific questions. 

General Overview:

Projects in Skyline will utilize this basic workflow.

  1. Select a Seed File

    Selecting a Seed File allows for you to start the workflow of Skyline. Seed Files act as a template for projects.  Your very first project will likely use the default Seed File that comes packaged with Skyline, or possibly the Seed File provided for you in training.  

    For more information about Seed Files,
    click here.

  2. Create Project

    Projects are where all of your project data will be stored.  When you create a project, Skyline will automatically create a project database in the background to store all data and project settings.

    Once you create a Project, you will be able to do things like importing survey data, importing ownership data, etc.

    For more information on creating a project, click here. 

  3. Create a Centerline

    Creating a centerline simply involves selecting a continuous polyline in your drawing.  Skyline will calculate the linear referencing and import the data into the project database.

    Once you create a centerline, you will be able to do things like calculating linear referencing, creating surfaces for profiles, etc.

    For more information on creating a centerline, click here.

  4. Create a Group

    Sheet Groups are simply collections of sheets.  Group settings include things like linear length, scale, etc.  Once you create a group, you can see where your plan view borders will lie on the alignment, as well as where you matchlines will be located for each sheet.

    Once you create a Group, you will be able to export sheets.

    For more information on creating a group, click here.