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Changing the Profile Settings | 157
Changing the Profile Settings
To change profile settings, choose Profile Settings from the Profiles menu.
Before you work with profiles, set up the following profile settings:
Sampling the Existing Ground to Create
Profile Data
To create a profile, you must first sample the existing ground from a surface,
a file, or from cross sections. You can also create existing ground data in the
Vertical Alignment Editor. Sampling the existing ground creates elevational
values for the profile.
Sampling the Existing Ground Profile Data from
a Surface
If you have an existing ground surface on which a horizontal alignment is
located, then you can use this existing ground surface to sample elevations
for the profile. You can sample one or more surfaces at the same time when
sampling the existing ground data from surfaces. To sample multiple
These settings … Control …
Sampling How the existing ground data is sampled.
Existing ground layer Layers on which the existing ground profile graphics are
placed.
Finished ground layer Layers on which the finished ground profile graphics and
labels are placed.
Labels and prefix
■ Layer prefix for profile layers
■ Text used in profile labels
Values
■ Label increments
■ Vertical curve K values
■ Passing, stopping, and headlight sight settings
■ Label precision