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Sampling the Existing Ground to Create the Profile Data
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If the alignment goes outside of the surface definition and returns, then the
Profile Generation command draws a straight line from the point of exit
elevation to the point of re-entry elevation.
Sampling the Existing Ground from an ASCII File
Use the Sample From File command to sample an existing ground surface from
an ASCII text file. This command generates existing ground profile data from
the selected text file.
NOTE
You cannot execute this command multiple times to create multiple
surface definitions from multiple ASCII text files because every time the
command is run it overwrites any existing vertical alignment information.
To sample an existing ground surface from an ASCII file
1 Before using this command, be sure a file exists in the correct format.
2 From the Profiles menu, choose Existing Ground ä Sample From File to display
the File to Import dialog box.
The default folder is the current project folder.
3 Select the correct folder and file to import.
4 Click OK.
The command samples the surface from the text file.
For the Sample From File command to work properly, you must create the file
using the correct format. Each line of the file must contain the station value
followed by the elevation, separated by a space. The station cannot contain the
plus sign (+) character. The following lines are examples that the Sample From
File command can use:
0 100.23
50 150.2
79.4 109
145.1 115.63
200.5 111.12