Technical information

132 | Chapter 9 Using Grading Commands
To create contours from a grading object
Steps Use to locate
1 Create a grading object. Creating Grading Objects
2 From the Grading menu, choose Slope Grading
➤ Create
Contours.
Creating Contours from a
Grading Object
3 In the Create Contours dialog box, change the settings as
needed and click OK to create the contours. The Create
Contours dialog box is used to create contours from a
surface as well as from a grading object.
Creating Contours from a
Surface
To create breaklines from a grading object
Steps Use to locate
1 Create a grading object. Creating Grading Objects
2 From the Grading menu, choose Slope Grading
➤ Create
Breaklines.
Creating Breaklines from a
Grading Object
3 Do one of the following:
■ Type Current to add breaklines to the current surface.
Select the grading object and enter a description for
the breaklines.
■ Type New to add the breaklines to a new surface. The
New Surface dialog box is displayed. Enter a name and
a description for the new surface, and click OK.
■ Type Select to add the breaklines to an existing
surface. The Select Surface dialog box is displayed.
Select the surface you want the breaklines to be added
to and click OK.
Rebuild the surface to incorporate the breakline data.