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Chapter 4 Working with Cross Sections
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Creating the Existing Ground Cross Section Data
from a Text File
You can sample the existing ground cross section data from an ASCII text file
that contains station, offset, and elevation information.
To sample existing ground cross section data from a text file
1 Create an ASCII text file with station, offset, and elevation information for each
section.
2 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Existing Ground ä Sample From File to
display the File to Import dialog box.
3 Locate the file you want to import, and then click OK.
If the existing ground cross section information already exists, then the
following prompt is displayed:
Overwrite existing section data (Yes/No) <Yes>:
4 Type Yes or No:
n
Type Yes to delete the existing ground cross section information then
resample it based on the selected file.
n
Type No to keep the existing ground information and merge the new
information into the cross sections that were created previously.
NOTE
If the finished ground information has already been defined then it will be
maintained when re-sampling existing ground sections, even if you are
overwriting the existing ground sections.
5 If needed, repeat the command to sample cross section data from
additional files.