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Modifying Design Control
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Using Ditch or Transition Profiles when
Processing the Cross Sections
Use the Design Control dialog box to attach profile transitions to the cross
sections. These profiles can represent ditches, subgrade surfaces, or any of eight
transition regions.
To use profiles when processing cross sections
1 Draw and define the vertical transition line using the Ditches and Transitions
section of the Profile menu. Set the current layer, and then draw and define the
vertical transition lines. This is the way that the vertical transitions and ditches
acquire their unique numbered definitions.
2 Define the appropriate transition regions on the template using the Edit
Template command.
3 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Design Control ä Edit Design Control to
display the Enter Station Range dialog box.
4 Enter the station range, and then click OK to display the Design Control dialog
box.
5 Click Attach Profiles to display the Attach Profiles dialog box.
You can use this dialog box to import ditch or transitions elevations from an
existing profile.
When you defined the vertical ditch or transition line you specified whether it
was the right or left ditch, or a numbered transition line. Because of this, you
can select the numbered button (or the ditch button) to attach the alignment.
In this way, attaching a profile differs from attaching a horizontal alignment,
where you select a numbered button, and then you are prompted to select an
alignment.
6 Select the button that indicates the transition from which the elevations will be
attached.
The command retrieves the elevations from the appropriate profile. The
elevations at each sampled cross section are calculated from the transition
profile and stored. If a profile has been attached, it can be cleared using the
check boxes in the Transitions dialog box.