Selective Style Allocation

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Graphical Representation : Representation Rules : Selective Style Allocation

Style references may be applied selectively using PML expressions, for example::

USE /S3 FOR ALL BRAN WITH (PSPE EQ /RF150 )
USE S4 FOR ALL BRAN WITH ((HBORE LE 50) OR (TBORE LE 50)
USE S5 FOR ALL BRAN WITH ((HBORE GT 80) AND (TBORE GT 80)
USE /S6 FOR ALL BRAN WI ((PSPE EQ /RF200) AND ((HBOR GT 60) 
OR (TBOR GT 60)))
USE /S7 FOR ALL SCTN WI (CUTL GT 5000)
USE /STYLE1 FOR ALL BRAN WI (ISPE EQ NULREF)

Note:

Refer to General Commands for further information about using expressions.

The comparators available are: EQ, NE, LT, LE, GE, GT (although in some instances only EQ and NE are valid).

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Each logical expression can be preceded by NOT, for example:

WI (PSPE EQ /RF300 AND NOT BUILT)

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The operands on either side of a comparator are interchangeable, for example:


WI (PSPE EQ /RF300	is equivalent to	WI /RF300 EQ PSPE
WI (ABORE GT 80)	is equivalent to	WI 80 LE ABORE

Note:

That it is possible to apply a selection criterion to a list of class types by enclosing them in brackets, for example:

USE /ST1 FOR (ALL BRAN ALL SUBS) WI (ZONE EQ /ZONE.PIPES)

Without the brackets the selection criterion would only be applied to SUBS.

Selection criteria should not be used unnecessarily. For example, if you wish to draw small-bore Branches in style /ST1 and the rest in style /ST2, it is only necessary to say:

USE /ST1 FOR ALL BRAN WI (HBOR LE 80 OR TBOR LE 80)
USE /ST2 FOR ALL BRAN

As long as the criteria are defined in this order, all small-bore Branches will match the first criterion and the rest, having failed to match the first criterion, will match the second.