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Create and use surface profiles and define the Profile View settings.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
7 min.
Transcript
00:04
A surface profile is a long section view of a surface.
00:07
In our case, the existing ground
00:09
generated along the length of an alignment.
00:13
The profile is drawing in a profile view which is required
00:16
to be able to view the profile in the drawing.
00:20
The surface profile samples the surface elevations along its length.
00:26
You can think of the profile view as a special viewport which
00:30
allows us to design our road elevations in a long section.
00:38
We're now going to create a surface
00:39
profile for the mcallister boulevard alignment,
00:43
select the alignment and on the contextual ribbon choose surface profile.
00:48
The alignment setting shows resampling
00:50
along the mcallister boulevard alignment.
00:53
You can set the station range for the sampled surface
00:58
under select surfaces. You'll see a list of surfaces in your model.
01:02
You can select a surface from the draw ring using this button
01:05
or you could select it in the list,
01:08
select the existing ground surface and click add
01:12
the surface is sampled and the surface profile created
01:16
and it's added to the list of profiles for the alignment.
01:20
You can view information about the profile here.
01:24
Notice it has been assigned a deport style of existing ground profile
01:30
select draw in profile view to create a profile view to display the surface profile
01:38
in the crate profile view dialogue.
01:40
Make sure you're using the mcallister boulevard alignment.
01:44
The profile view will be given its own name.
01:47
The automatic name format will call this mcallister boulevard.
01:52
And the next number,
01:55
the profile view has a style.
01:57
We're using major grids and horizontal geometry points.
02:01
You can see a preview of available styles using this. But
02:10
if you have offset profiles,
02:12
for example, a left and right road channel,
02:15
then you could draw these as stacked profiles.
02:18
Click next.
02:21
The station range is derived from the alignment length automatically.
02:25
You can select user specified range. If you want to change it,
02:30
the profile view height is derived from the heights on the sampled surface.
02:36
Again, you can specify different values. If you wish,
02:41
if your profiles cover a wide range of elevations,
02:44
then you could split the view at different
02:46
locations and specify datum for each section.
02:57
The profile display options show whats going to be drawn in the view.
03:02
The update mode is dynamic and so the profile will update automatically.
03:07
You can change the profile style and apply labels to the profile
03:17
data bands can be added to the view.
03:21
We're using the default band set, eg FG, elevations and stations.
03:27
You can import a different set of bands and you can see a preview of the band set here.
03:34
This band set is drawn at the bottom of the profile view
03:37
and contains a single data band
03:39
that will show stations and elevations.
03:44
If we had more than one profile in our view,
03:46
then we could apply hatching to the areas between the profiles.
03:51
This is used to denote areas of cut and fill
03:54
between an existing ground profile and a designed profile.
03:59
Click create profile view
04:03
in the drawing
04:04
zoom out, pick a point to the right of the site.
04:08
This will place the profile view in the drawing
04:13
zoom into the profile view.
04:16
You can see the red dotted line that represents the ground profile.
04:21
The profile view style we have chosen
04:24
is exaggerated vertically.
04:27
We can change the vertical exaggeration factor by editing the style.
04:34
If you select the view, right click and choose edit profile view style
04:39
on the graph tab,
04:40
we can set a new vertical exaggeration,
04:44
try setting it to five to see the result.
04:49
So we can see the alignment and the profile in the same window
04:53
on the view ribbon,
04:54
click on viewport configuration
04:56
and choose two horizontal
05:04
in the bottom viewport zoom into the profile view.
05:09
And in the top view port
05:11
zoom into the alignment in plan,
05:15
go to the analyze ribbon and on the right hand side under inquiry,
05:19
choose station tracker
05:22
select it for all viewpoints.
05:26
Now when we move the cursor in the plan view,
05:29
there's a tracking line showing the location in the profile view.
05:34
Similarly, if I do the same in the profile view,
05:37
the tracking line tracks in the plan view,
05:41
restore the single viewport.
05:45
We're now going to create profile views for the remaining alignments,
05:50
select the sycamore heights alignment. And on the ribbon, choose surface profile,
05:55
select the existing ground surface and choose add
05:58
go straight to draw in profile view.
06:02
In the profile view, dialogue, choose create profile view
06:05
to create a new view of the default settings,
06:09
pick a point underneath the previous profile view to add it to the drawing.
06:15
Do the same for woodside view
06:25
to reposition a view,
06:27
select it and use a single grip to move the view to a new location.
06:32
In prospector, you can manage your profiles and profile views,
06:36
expand the alignments collection and expand centerline alignments.
06:41
All our alignments are organized in this sub folder,
06:46
expand mcallister Boulevard, then expand profiles
06:50
here. You'll see the existing ground surface profile,
06:55
expand profile view and you'll see the profile view you created.
06:60
You can zoom to a view from here
07:03
now that you have created profiles of
07:04
the existing ground surface along your centerline alignments
07:08
and have drawn them in profile views.
07:10
You can plan the vertical design for your roads.
Video transcript
00:04
A surface profile is a long section view of a surface.
00:07
In our case, the existing ground
00:09
generated along the length of an alignment.
00:13
The profile is drawing in a profile view which is required
00:16
to be able to view the profile in the drawing.
00:20
The surface profile samples the surface elevations along its length.
00:26
You can think of the profile view as a special viewport which
00:30
allows us to design our road elevations in a long section.
00:38
We're now going to create a surface
00:39
profile for the mcallister boulevard alignment,
00:43
select the alignment and on the contextual ribbon choose surface profile.
00:48
The alignment setting shows resampling
00:50
along the mcallister boulevard alignment.
00:53
You can set the station range for the sampled surface
00:58
under select surfaces. You'll see a list of surfaces in your model.
01:02
You can select a surface from the draw ring using this button
01:05
or you could select it in the list,
01:08
select the existing ground surface and click add
01:12
the surface is sampled and the surface profile created
01:16
and it's added to the list of profiles for the alignment.
01:20
You can view information about the profile here.
01:24
Notice it has been assigned a deport style of existing ground profile
01:30
select draw in profile view to create a profile view to display the surface profile
01:38
in the crate profile view dialogue.
01:40
Make sure you're using the mcallister boulevard alignment.
01:44
The profile view will be given its own name.
01:47
The automatic name format will call this mcallister boulevard.
01:52
And the next number,
01:55
the profile view has a style.
01:57
We're using major grids and horizontal geometry points.
02:01
You can see a preview of available styles using this. But
02:10
if you have offset profiles,
02:12
for example, a left and right road channel,
02:15
then you could draw these as stacked profiles.
02:18
Click next.
02:21
The station range is derived from the alignment length automatically.
02:25
You can select user specified range. If you want to change it,
02:30
the profile view height is derived from the heights on the sampled surface.
02:36
Again, you can specify different values. If you wish,
02:41
if your profiles cover a wide range of elevations,
02:44
then you could split the view at different
02:46
locations and specify datum for each section.
02:57
The profile display options show whats going to be drawn in the view.
03:02
The update mode is dynamic and so the profile will update automatically.
03:07
You can change the profile style and apply labels to the profile
03:17
data bands can be added to the view.
03:21
We're using the default band set, eg FG, elevations and stations.
03:27
You can import a different set of bands and you can see a preview of the band set here.
03:34
This band set is drawn at the bottom of the profile view
03:37
and contains a single data band
03:39
that will show stations and elevations.
03:44
If we had more than one profile in our view,
03:46
then we could apply hatching to the areas between the profiles.
03:51
This is used to denote areas of cut and fill
03:54
between an existing ground profile and a designed profile.
03:59
Click create profile view
04:03
in the drawing
04:04
zoom out, pick a point to the right of the site.
04:08
This will place the profile view in the drawing
04:13
zoom into the profile view.
04:16
You can see the red dotted line that represents the ground profile.
04:21
The profile view style we have chosen
04:24
is exaggerated vertically.
04:27
We can change the vertical exaggeration factor by editing the style.
04:34
If you select the view, right click and choose edit profile view style
04:39
on the graph tab,
04:40
we can set a new vertical exaggeration,
04:44
try setting it to five to see the result.
04:49
So we can see the alignment and the profile in the same window
04:53
on the view ribbon,
04:54
click on viewport configuration
04:56
and choose two horizontal
05:04
in the bottom viewport zoom into the profile view.
05:09
And in the top view port
05:11
zoom into the alignment in plan,
05:15
go to the analyze ribbon and on the right hand side under inquiry,
05:19
choose station tracker
05:22
select it for all viewpoints.
05:26
Now when we move the cursor in the plan view,
05:29
there's a tracking line showing the location in the profile view.
05:34
Similarly, if I do the same in the profile view,
05:37
the tracking line tracks in the plan view,
05:41
restore the single viewport.
05:45
We're now going to create profile views for the remaining alignments,
05:50
select the sycamore heights alignment. And on the ribbon, choose surface profile,
05:55
select the existing ground surface and choose add
05:58
go straight to draw in profile view.
06:02
In the profile view, dialogue, choose create profile view
06:05
to create a new view of the default settings,
06:09
pick a point underneath the previous profile view to add it to the drawing.
06:15
Do the same for woodside view
06:25
to reposition a view,
06:27
select it and use a single grip to move the view to a new location.
06:32
In prospector, you can manage your profiles and profile views,
06:36
expand the alignments collection and expand centerline alignments.
06:41
All our alignments are organized in this sub folder,
06:46
expand mcallister Boulevard, then expand profiles
06:50
here. You'll see the existing ground surface profile,
06:55
expand profile view and you'll see the profile view you created.
06:60
You can zoom to a view from here
07:03
now that you have created profiles of
07:04
the existing ground surface along your centerline alignments
07:08
and have drawn them in profile views.
07:10
You can plan the vertical design for your roads.
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