Linear weight cost example - HxGN EAM - Version 11.07.01 - Feature Briefs - Hexagon

HxGN EAM Linear Equipment

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HxGN EAM Version
11.7.1

A rail asset in the downtown area is shared by the Red line and the Blue line, therefore the maintenance costs of the rail asset must be applied to both lines. Without the weight attribute, HxGN EAM would roll up every dollar spent equally to both lines. But in case you want to spread the costs evenly over both lines (50 cents each per dollar spent), you can enter a weight of 1 for the Red and the Blue line.
Alternatively, the Blue line may run over the track every 5 minutes while the Red line only comes across every 10 minutes, and you want that represented in the costs. In that scenario you assign a weight of 2 to the Blue line keeping the Red line at 1. The Blue line will now get 2/ (SUM of all Weights) is 2/3 of the costs, leaving the Red line with 1/3. Using this same example, suppose the Blue line has two cars versus one car for the Red line. This doubles the weight of the Blue line one more time to 4. It will now get 4/5 of the costs with the Red line getting the remaining 1/5.
For the linear cost roll up and the weighting mechanism to work you need to create a normal structure relationship (Structure tab of the equipment screens). You also need to identify the linear child on the Linear References tab of the parent with a starting point and ending point, and this record must still be effective. The weight and the starting and ending position of the child on the different parents will all be stored and frozen in the history. Changes to the structure and weight will not influence the historical data.