Using the Apply Feature

The Apply feature requires that the blocks or runs inthe runcut have certain attributes.

The Apply feature is best used in manual runcutting when you:

  • Have full blocks that can become runs without being cut at a relief point
  • Have block pieces that were created to become runs (for example,blocks that are about eight hours long)
  • Are creating Grandfather runs (Grandfather runs are created based on unwritten rules or practices of the transit site that have always been observed in the past. An example of an unwritten rule is: all runs before 5:00 in the morning are cut as straights.
  1. In the Uncut Pieces grid, type a number in the Run column beside the block you want to cut as a run.
  2. Click another field in the grid. The pencil icon appears in the marker column beside the row of that field. This enables Apply: Apply button
  3. If you have two pieces that you can put together as a two-piece run, type the same run number in the Run column beside the two pieces.
  4. Click Apply. The selected block pieces are cut as runs and appear in the Cut Pieces grid.
  5. To avoid having these runs modified or uncut, select the runs you just created and freeze them.