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Creating a Random Daylight Point
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To list the grading factors of a point
1 From the Grading menu, choose Daylighting ä List Random Elev.
If no surface is current, the Select Surface dialog box is displayed.
2 Select the surface you want to make current.
3 Select the locations in the drawing to list.
NOTE
The points selected can be snapped to any AutoCAD entity to retrieve an
X,Y,Z coordinate to compare to the current surface. For more information,
see Modifying Point Elevations in this chapter.
Information similar to the following is displayed:
Surface elev: 125.62. Point elev: 125.62. Elev. Diff: 0.00
4 Press ENTER to end the command.
Creating a Random Daylight Point
You can create a single daylight point from any location in your drawing, rather
than using a polyline.
To create a daylight point
1 From the Grading menu, choose Daylighting ä Random Daylight.
2 Select the point from which the daylight point will be located. You can enter .G
or .P to reference a COGO point, or you can use Object Snaps to accurately
select an elevation from an object in the drawing.
3 Select the direction of the point from which the slope or grade will be
calculated.
The elevation of the point you selected is displayed.
4 Press ENTER to accept the elevation, or type a new value.
The following prompts are displayed:
Enter cut Slope (or Grade) <2.00:1>:
Enter fill Slope (or Grade) <3.33:1>:
5 At these prompts, define the cut and fill slope or grade values using one of the
following methods:
n
Type slopes in the format indicated.
n
Type G and grade percentages.
The following prompt is displayed:
Add interpolated points (Yes/No) <No>:
6 At this prompt, determine whether to add interpolated points between the
selected point and the daylight point using one of the following methods:
n
Press ENTER to not add the interpolated points.
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Type Yes to add interpolated points.
If you typed Yes to add interpolated points, the following prompt is displayed:
Enter the number of intermediate points <0>: