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Using the View/Edit Sections Command to Edit the Cross Sections
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edits with this command, the command automatically processes the design
cross sections.
Use this command alternately with the View/Edit Sections command to edit the
cross sections. Whereas you specify a range of stations to edit with the Edit
Design Control command, you can edit each section individually with the
View/Edit Sections command.
Prerequisites for Using the View/Edit Sections
Command to Edit Cross Sections
To define a template for cross sections
1 Define the horizontal alignment.
2 Generate the existing ground profile.
3 Define the finished ground centerline for the profile, if you want to view the
template.
4 Sample the existing ground cross sections.
5 Define the necessary templates with all the required features.
6 Run the Edit Design Control command to apply the templates to the existing
ground sections unless you want to view or edit existing ground sections only.
Using the View/Edit Sections Command to Edit
the Cross Sections
After you create sections with the Edit Design Control command, you can view
and edit individual sections using the View/Edit Sections command.
NOTE
This command does not plot the sections. Rather, it displays the sections
on screen as temporary vectors for viewing and editing purposes. As soon
as you exit the command, the view returns to the AutoCAD screen. To plot
cross sections, use the Section Plot commands in Cross Sections menu.
You can use the View/Edit Sections command to step through the sections or
move directly to a specific station. The design criteria that is applied to the
section can be displayed as well as the actual parameters that were used to
create the current section.
The following illustration shows the cross section view:
Cross section view