Normalized Distance to Linear Features

this design rule encourages routes to stay close to existing linear features (such as roads or rights of way) without following exactly it applies a factor during the optimization that discourages being perpendicularly distant hence "normalized distance" from specified linear feature data if more explicit following behaviour is required then we recommend using the docid\ hplwzecx8c kq83s3z7p design rule the design rule does not have any parameters but it will affect the results significantly it is recommended that this design rule is only configured with one other objective (e g cost or penalty or visual impact) the design rule requires you to specify which linear features to stay close to via configuring the relevant collection (linear features to follow)