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vi | Contents
Chapter 8 Introduction to the Civil Engineering Tools . . . . . . 119
Civil Engineering Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Accessing the Civil Engineering Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 9 Using Grading Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview of Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Finished Ground Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Using Grading Objects and Daylighting Commands . . . . . . 125
Creating a Grading Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Editing a Grading Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Creating Contours and Surface Data from a Grading Object . . . . 131
Creating a Grading Plan Using Daylighting Commands . . . . . 133
Working with Ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 10 Hydrology and Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Hydrology and Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Sample Hydrology Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Gathering Data for Hydrologic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using the Hydrology Calculators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Calculating Runoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using the Hydraulic Structure Calculators . . . . . . . . . . 147
Routing Ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 11 Working with the Layout Commands . . . . . . . . 149
Using the Layout Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Creating Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Creating Cul-de-Sacs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Creating Parking Stalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Creating Sports Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Creating Walks and Patios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 12 Viewing and Editing Roads in Profile View . . . . . . 155
Viewing and Editing Roads in Profile View . . . . . . . . . 156
Storage Location of Alignment and Profile Data . . . . . . 156
Changing the Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Sampling the Existing Ground to Create Profile Data . . . . . . 157
Sampling the Existing Ground Profile Data from a Surface . . . 157
Creating Existing Ground Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Creating Finished Ground Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Superimposing Vertical Alignment Data . . . . . . . . . . 162