Work Locations

This topic discusses items to consider when placing Work Locations.

• For point components, there is only one method of assignment. The application assigns the CUs to the closest Work Location.

• For line (or linear) components, there are two possible methods of assignment. The following choices are set a company-wide level and cannot be changed for individual designs. Speak with your administrator if you would like to change the assignment method for linear features.

  • Start Point Work Location Assignment: All linear components have a start point. This is the point where you started sketching the linear feature. The application uses that start point to determine which Work Location is closest to the linear feature. In other words, even if the linear feature goes by several Work Locations, it only gets assigned to the Work Location closest to its starting point.

  • Start-to-End Work Location Assignment: This is commonly called a “span” assignment. This creates a Work Location for linear components that references the start and end points of the line. For example, if the start of the linear component is near Work Location 1, and the end of the component is near Work Location 2, the component belongs to “Work Location 1–2 Span.” Similarly, if it started near Work Location 3 and ended near Work Location 7, the component belongs to “Work Location 3–7 Span.”

• Any CU located more than 300 map units away from the nearest Work Location is not assigned and remains in the No WL group. While you can still manually drag and drop such a CU into a Work Location, a CU more than 300 map units away is more likely an error. Zoom to the far away CU to investigate.