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Designing Roadway Slopes with Templates and Cross Sections
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To change the surface slope settings
1 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Design Control ä Surface Slopes to
display the Surface Control Editor dialog box.
This dialog box displays the current surface control values. These values are
used in conjunction with the slopes set with the Edit Design Control command.
The information generated in the Surface Control Editor dialog box is saved in
an ASCII file named after the current alignment with the .scn file extension.
This file is saved in the \align subfolder of the project folder. You can edit the
information saved in this file using any text editor, provided the file is saved as
ASCII text. This file can also be used with any other cross section command.
You can also add comments to the data. Use a semi-colon (;) or a pound sign (#)
to indicate the beginning of a comment.
2 Do one of the following to change the surface slope settings:
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Click New to display the New Surface Values dialog box. Enter the surface
name, the slope to apply through that surface, and the width for creating a
bench where the surface changes. Select the Grade check box if you want the
bench to follow a grade rather than the surface, and then enter the grade
value in the edit box. If the Grade check box is cleared, the bench follows the
surface.
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Click Edit to display the Edit Surface Values dialog box where you can edit an
existing surface.
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Click Delete to remove the selected surface. This button removes an
indicated surface and all its associated information.
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Click Save to save changes without exiting the Surface Control Editor dialog
box.
3 Click OK to exit the dialog box and save the edits, or Cancel to exit the
command without making changes.