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Creating Cross Sections
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Symmetrical, in which you draw just the left side of the template, and
asymmetrical, in which you draw the whole template.
4 Edit Templates: Use the Edit Template command to add additional information
to the templates, including superelevation regions, transition control, and point
codes.
5 Slope Tables: If you want to use Depth, Stepped or Surface slopes, then you
need to fill in the appropriate slope table.
6 Edit Design Control: Use the Edit Design Control command to apply the
finished ground designthe templates, ditches, and slopesto the existing
ground cross sections. You can apply transition control at this step if you have
defined the appropriate horizontal or vertical alignments.
7 Superelevation (optional): After you have applied the templates to the cross
sections, you can define the superelevation parameters.
8 View/Edit Sections (optional): Use the View/Edit Sections command to view
the cross sections and to make modifications to the design of individual
sections.
Actions that Affect Cross Section Control
Many of the results that you achieve with the Cross Section commands are
affected by other, interrelated commands in Autodesk Civil Design. Click any
item in the following list to see information about how that item affects cross
section control.
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Horizontal Alignment  Station Equations: If you define a station equation
on the centerline alignment after creating cross sections, then you must
resample the profile and the existing ground cross sections.
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Horizontal Alignment  Centerline: If you modify the centerline horizontal
alignment after creating cross sections, then you must recreate the existing
ground profile and resample the cross sections.
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Horizontal Alignment  Transitions and Ditches: If you attach a horizontal
alignment to cross sections for template transitioning, ditch control, or right
of way control, and then modify it, then you must re-attach it by using the
Edit Design Control command.
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Profile  Existing Ground: You can resample the existing ground profile at
any time after creating cross sections. This action does not affect the cross
section template elevations, but it does affect the cross section volumes.
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Profile  Finished Ground: If you modify the finished ground centerline
profile, then you should use the Process Sections command to update the
template elevations. In addition to the Process Sections command, the Edit
Design Control, View/Edit Sections and Section Plot commands also
reprocess the sections.
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Profile  Transitions and Ditches: If you have modified any of the
transitions or ditch profiles, then you must re-attach them by using the Edit
Design Control command.
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Existing Ground  Edit: After you have applied a template to the cross
sections, you can modify the existing ground cross sections with the Edit
Sections command. After you make the modifications, you must use the
Design Control
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Process Range command to update the template slopes.