# Staking out a GENIO road

When staking out a GENIO road, you can work from the map or from the menu.

If you select the road in the map and then tap Stakeout, the software always shows the plan view of the road. Select the item in the road to stake. From the plan view you can switch to the cross section view when required.

If you work from the menu, tap and select Stakeout / Stakeout roads and then select the road to stake out.

If you have chosen to exclude the alignment at stakeout, the alignment appears grayed out in the plan view and does not appear in the cross section view. To stake it out, return to Define and from the tap and hold menu select Exclude alignment at stakeout.

When you open a GENIO road, the software calculates the station values for all 3D strings relative to the alignment (6D string) for the road.

The software interpolates elevation values along the string. For more information, see String interpolation.

By default, the software converts all 5D strings to side slopes. However, if the road includes multiple side slopes that define benched side slopes, only the 5D / Interface string that is furthest from the alignment is converted to a side slope.

To configure the software to treat 5D strings as 3D strings, in the Stakeout options screen clear the Auto side slope check box. To view the Stakeout options screen, tap Options in the screen where you enter the Antenna height or Target height.

For GENIO files defined from 12d Model, Roads treats all strings with a name that includes the letters INT as a 5D string and converts the string to a side slope, unless you have cleared the Auto side slope check box in the Stakeout options screen. The calculated slope value is defined by the slope between the interface string and the adjacent 3D string.