PROFILES CREATE STATION LABELS LABEL CENTERLINES OF DAMS, WATERWAYS, DIVERSIONS ETC. To create a profile, you must first sample the existing ground from a surface. Sampling the existing ground creates elevational values for the profile. When sampling the existing ground data from surfaces, you have the option to sample one or multiple surfaces at the same time. To sample multiple surfaces, you must first create a file of the surface names that you want to sample using the Select Multiple Surfaces command. Then you must enable the use of multiple surfaces before sampling the data using the Toggle Multiple Surfaces command.
WHILE IN MODEL SPACE, WITH ITEM TO BE LABELED
SELECT POLYLINE
START POLYLINE WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO START THE SAMPLING
PULL POLYLINE ACROSS THE SURFACES TO BE DISPLAYED
FROM TERRAIN, SELECT DEFINE FROM POLYLINE
SELECT THE POLYLINE JUST CREATED
A RED X APPEARS AT THE STARTING POINT OF THE LINE. TO ACCEPT THIS POINT HIT ENTER
NAME THE ALIGNMENT AND SELECT A STARTING STATION REFERENCE, (IE, 0 OR 100). HIT OK
PROFILES SURFACES SET CURRENT SURFACE
SELECT THE EXISTING GROUND SURFACE HIT OK
PROFILES SURFACES TOGGLE MULTIPLE SURFACES
PROFILES SURFACES SELECT MULTIPLE SURFACES
HOLDING DOWN THE SHIFT BUTTON, SELECT THE SURFACES TO BE SAMPLED (IF THEY ARE NOT TO BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, USE THE CONTROL KEY TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE.) HIT OK
PROFILES EXISTING GROUND SAMPLE FROM SURFACE
LEAVE UNCHECKED, SAMPLED DATA APPEARS ON BOTTOM, HIT OK
HIT ENTER
336 FEET OF PROFILE WILL NEEDTO FIT ON PAPER
PROJECTS DRAWING SETUP
SELECT A SCALE THAT WILL FIT HORIZONTALLY ON THE PAPER SIZE HIT OK
PROFILES CREATE PROFILE FULL PROFILE
SELECT THE EXISTING GROUND SURFACE, SELECT OK
VERTICAL SCALE FACTOR FROM: PROJECTS DRAWING SETUP CAN BE OVERWRITTEN.
SELECT A POINT AWAY FROM SURVEY
SELECT NO (UNLESS YOU WANT TO DELETE ALL OTHER PROFILE LAYERS
PROFILE BROUGHT INTO DRAWING STILL IN MODEL SPACE
APPEARS TOO TALL FOR 1”=40’
TO REDO THE PROFILE, GO BACK TO: PROFILES CREATE PROFILE FULL PROFILE
CHANGE VERTICAL SCALE FACTOR TO ALTER THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROFILE, NEW VALUE OF 8 WAS ENTERED
NEW PROFILE IS NEATER
FROM ALIGNMENTS SELECT CURRENT ALIGNMENT TO LABEL THE ALIGNMENT
FROM ALIGNMENTS SELECT STATION LABEL SETTINGS
SET THE DISTANCE YOU WANT THE LABELS AND TICKS TO APPEAR, SELECT OK
FROM ALIGNMENTS SELECT CREATE STATION LABELS BEGINNING STATION DEFAULTS ON THE FIRST STATION, CHANGE OR HIT ENTER
ENTER TO ACCEPT THE STATIONS
IF YOU HAVE EXISTING LABELS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOSE, SELECT NO ```
TO LABEL SPECIFIC POINTS: FROM ALIGNMENTS SELECT STATION\OFFSET, LABEL
PULL LINE OUT
HIT ENTER
STATION AND OFFSET APPEAR
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