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Chapter 4 Working with Cross Sections
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station. If the station lies outside the range of sampled stations, then you are
prompted to enter another station. In addition, a message is displayed at the
command prompt, stating Station entered is not within the alignment.
You are prompted to pick the bottom insertion point.
3 Pick the bottom insertion point.
This is the point at the bottom of the cross section where the centerline of the
alignment intersects the lowest elevation grid line (even if grids are not
imported).
You are prompted for another station. The default is the next sequential station.
4 Enter another station if you want to plot another section. Press ENTER in
response to both the Station prompt and the Pick bottom insertion point
prompt to end the command.
The following illustration shows a single cross section:
Single cross section
Plotting Multiple Cross Sections
This command draws the cross sections in columns from bottom to top and left
to right. The maximum number of vertical sheets is determined by the value in
the plotting settings. If you used the Sample From Surface command to sample
multiple surfaces, then the Page command brings in all of the surfaces.
NOTE
The current view must encompass the entire sheet or the option for
plotting the sections to drawing files will not work.
To plot multiple cross sections
1 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Section Plot ä Page.
You are prompted to select a page import type.
2 Type S or M to import the page(s):
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Type S for Single to import a single page.
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Type M for Multiple to import multiple pages.
The command prompts for whether or not to import the page(s) into the
current drawing.