Station Store is a pure calculation routine that will create points based on a station and offset from an alignment.  The alignment may be defined as a centerline, a 3-point arc, an arc defined by a PC, Radius and PT, a selected polyline, or a sequence of points.  The user may also assign an elevation to the calculated point.  Station Store might be used to enter elevations of pipe culverts, for example, where inlets and outlets are located at distinct stations, offsets, and elevations.  Then the two calculated points at the inlet and outlet can be used within Stakeout Line to stake any point along the culvert, with the cut/fill calculated.  Although the command Stake Centerline, found within Stakeout Line/Arc, will directly stakeout a particular station and offset to a centerline, some users prefer to pre-calculate the station and offset and assign a point ID, then stake by point ID.  Station Store permits this pre-calculation of points at any station and offset.


The very first screen within Station Store offers several methods of defining an alignment. 



The following screen is where you enter the station, offset, and elevation to compute and store a point location.



Pressing Enter will move through the dialog and store the point, leaving the screen up for more entries, while defaulting to the previous data and the next point ID.  The description is fixed as the station and offset, but can be edited using the command Keyboard Input.