Technical information

Superimposing Vertical Alignment Data | 163
Before you use the Superimpose Profiles command, you must complete the
following minimum requirements:
■ The destination profile must be plotted in the current drawing.
■ The source alignment must be adjacent to the destination alignment and
must have vertical alignment data defined for it.
Key Concepts
■ The Superimpose Profiles command provides a method to control the
template transition elevations along a transition alignment as well as a
method to show the relationship between profiles.
■ There are two sections in the Superimpose Vertical Alignment dialog box:
source vertical alignment and destination profile. In the source vertical
alignment section, you select the horizontal alignment, an associated
vertical alignment, and the spacing and station limits. In the destination
profile section, you select the profile layer.
To superimpose alignments
Steps Use to locate
1 From the Alignments menu, choose Set Current Alignment
to make the correct alignment current.
Making an Alignment
Current
2 If more than one drawing profile for the current alignment
exists in the current drawing, then you are prompted to
select the profile on which you want to plot the
information.
If only one drawing profile exists for the current alignment,
it is selected automatically.
3 From the Profiles menu, choose Utilities
➤ Superimpose
Profiles.
In the Superimpose Vertical Alignment dialog box, you
can select the horizontal alignment, the associated
vertical alignment to plot on the destination profile, and
the destination layer on which you want the profile lines
plotted.
Superimposing a Vertical
Alignment onto a Different
Profile