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Chapter 4 Working with Cross Sections
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If the Warning: Station: {Station} No vertical exists error message is displayed,
then a finished ground vertical alignment is not defined at that station. If the
"Station: {Station} No cross section defined" error message is displayed, then
ground cross section information does not exist. To remedy this error, use the
Sample From Surface or Sample From File command to sample the cross section
information.
3 Click Print To File to print the error messages to a file. A prompt is displayed for
the file name. Enter a file name in an appropriate location, save, and exit the
Output File selection dialog box, or click Cancel to exit the Print to File
command.
4 Click OK to exit the Control Processing Errors dialog box.
Outputting the Control Values to a Text File
To output the control values to a text file
1 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Design Control ä Output to File.
You are prompted for a file name.
2 Enter the file name, including the file extension.
You are prompted for the station range. The default values are the beginning
and ending stations of current alignment.
3 Enter the range of stations for the output. You are prompted to choose the type
of report you would like to print.
4 Enter the type of report to print: design or actual.
The command creates the report.
Changing the Slope Control for the Sections
You can make changes to a single section or a range of sections. Generally, you
use the View/Edit commands to change single section and use the Edit Design
Control commands to make changes to a range of sections.
To change the slope control for one section
1 From the Cross Sections menu, choose View/Edit Sections.
2 View the station at which you want to make the edits by choosing the Sta
option at the command prompt, and then entering the station value.
3 Type E for Edit to access the editing options.
The following prompts are displayed:
Sta: 0+000 Section Edit & Display commands
Actual/Control/Ditch/Id/eXit/Transition/Undo/Zoom <eXit>:
NOTE
Any changes made using this option only affect the current station. To
make changes that affect a whole range of stations, use the Edit Design
Control command.
4 Type C for Control to display the Control Editor dialog box.
5 Use the options in Control Editor dialog box to edit the cross section for the
current station.