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table, and then click OK. If you enter the name of an existing table, an error
message is displayed. Enter a different name, and then click OK.
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To delete a material table, click the Delete button. The Deletion Status dialog
box is displayed. Click the Yes button to delete the table.
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Deleting the Material Table permanently removes the *.mat file.
6 Use the Materials area of the dialog box to control the contents of the
selected table. Use this section to add new surface materials to a table, delete
materials, or change the name of existing materials:
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To create a new surface material, click the New button. The New Material
Surface dialog box is displayed. Enter the name of the new material, and
then click OK.
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To delete a surface material, click the Delete button. This removes the
material name from the Selection list.
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To change the name of a surface material, click the Edit button. This displays
the Edit Material Surface dialog box. Enter the new name of the material, and
then click OK.
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To save your changes, click the Save button. This saves the edits without
exiting the dialog box.
7 Click OK to exit the dialog box and save your edits, or Cancel to exit the dialog
box without saving the changes.
Template Point Codes
A point code identifies a specific location on a cross section template with a
point code number and description. You can apply the point codes to the
template with the Edit Template command and view them with the View/Edit
Sections command. You can use the point codes with the Tplate Points to DWG
command to import a specific selection of template points into the plan view of
your drawing or with the Tplate Points to File command to create a text file of
the points. You can use the Sheet Manager utilities to set up a sheet style that
labels specific points on the plotted cross sections based on these points with
offset or elevation.
The point codes you customize begin with the number 25. Point code numbers
1 through 24 are reserved for the codes that are provided with the program, or
that will be included with the program in future releases. These reserved codes
are automatically added to every new point code table that you create, and are
tracked by the program. Unlike the point codes you customize, you are not able
to assign these reserved codes to any points within the template, nor are you
able to delete them. You can, however, modify their descriptions. These pre-
defined point codes are, for the most part, points on cross sections that cannot
be selected when editing the template definition, such as slope or ditch points.
Use the Points option of the Edit Template command to assign the point codes
their locations. A point code can be applied to more than one position on the
template. A point code with the description EOP, for example, can be applied to
the edge of pavement on both the left and right sides of the template. These
point locations are transitioned and superelevated along with the cross section
template.