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Chapter 4 Working with Cross Sections
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Changing the Match Slope
You can make changes to a single section or a range of sections. Generally, you
use the View/Edit Sections commands to change single section and use the Edit
Design Control commands to make changes to a range of sections.
To change the match slope 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 entering a 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 D for the Ditch option.
The following prompt is displayed:
Actual/Control/dSlope/dElev/dWidth/dPos/Id/Mslope/eXit/Undo/Zoom/
<eXit>:
5 Type M for Mslope (Match Slope) to graphically edit the match slope of the
template.
6 Select two points on the screen to represent the slope.
The Mslope option displays the value of the slope.
7 Press ENTER to accept the value, or enter a new slope to round off the value.
The Mslope option only edits the slope on the side of the alignment where you
selected points. Repeat as needed for the other side.
8 Press ENTER twice to select any other station to edit and repeat steps 2 to 6, or
press ENTER repeatedly until you have exited the View/Edit Sections command.
Editing Cross Sections
There are two commands available for editing your cross sections: Edit Design
Control and View/Edit sections.
Using the Edit Design Control Command to
Process and Edit the Cross Sections
To apply a design template with corresponding slopes and ditches to the
existing ground cross sections for a range of stations, use the Edit Design
Control command. Use this command to define the parameters used to apply a
finished ground template to the existing ground cross sections. When you make