Defining linear equipment

Linear equipment occupies a length of space, e.g., an interstate or bridge. Create work orders for specific points or segments of linear equipment records, allowing you to track work orders, costs, and events along the equipment.

After you define a linear equipment record, add linear references. See Adding References to Linear Equipment.

Note: You can edit Equipment Length or Equip. Length UOM for an existing equipment record as long as there are no linear references that fall outside of the newly entered length in the Linear Ref. UOM.

If you edit the length of a linear equipment record, the system may automatically edit associated PM records when installation parameter PMRVCTRL is set to No. If the new equipment length falls on or within the length of the PM, the system automatically updates the To Pointof the PM record based on the new equipment length. If the new equipment length falls outside of the length of the PM, the system does not update the PM record.

To define linear equipment:

Open the Assets, Positions, or Systems form.
Click New Record.
Enter the information necessary to define the piece of equipment. See Defining Assets, Defining Positions, or Defining Systems.
Equipment Length—Enter the length of the equipment.
Equip. Length UOM—Enter the unit of measure for the Equipment Length.
Linear Ref. UOM—Enter the unit of measure for linear references. The system populates the from and to point unit of measure for work orders based on the Linear Ref. UOM. Linear references can have a different UOM than the Equipment Length, e.g., if the system is integrated with ESRI’s GIS, the equipment’s map units may be in feet, but linear references, e.g., mile posts, may be defined in miles.
Ref. Precision—Enter the number of decimal places to include in linear reference measurements.

Note: If you do not enter a Reference Precision, the system automatically sets the precision to 0.
Geographical Ref.—Enter a geographical reference for the equipment.
Click Save Record.