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Configuring the Grading Slopes Settings

the same elevation. Select Relative if you want all of the vertices on the

daylight line to be created the same vertical distance from the grading object.

Distance: To grade out to a specified distance, select this option, and then

enter the horizontal distance that the slopes project to. This forces all

vertices on the daylight line to be located at this horizontal distance from

the footprint. Select Cut if you want the footprint to match up toward the

target distance (the footprint is at a lower elevation than the target). Select

Fill if you want the footprint to match down toward the target distance (the

footprint is at a higher elevation than the target).

NOTE

You cannot combine a distance target with a vertical slope.

4 To change the length or position of the target regions, you can enter new

starting and ending stations in the Start Station and End Station boxes at the

top-left and top-right of the dialog box.

NOTE

You cannot edit the Start Station of the first region or the End Station of the

last region.

5 Click OK to return to the grading target settings or click Apply and use the

arrows to select another target to edit.

Configuring the Grading Slopes Settings

To define the cut and fill slopes for the grading object, change the grading

slopes settings. A grading object can have several different slopes defined for it.

Each slope is controlled by its own slope tag. Each slope tag has station,

elevation, and cut and fill slope values defined for it. A slope tag controls the

slope between the slope tags station and the station of the next slope tag (based

on station progression). You can choose to represent the slope as a standard

ratio, a % grade, horizontal (no slope), or vertical (a wall).

By default, a slope tag is inserted at the start point and end point of the

footprint. After you create a grading object, you can add slope tags. You can

change the location and value of the slope tags in the spreadsheet section of the

Slopes tab or you can graphically edit the slope tags using the slope tag and

slope value grips.

Slope tags affect the slope of the projection lines between tags by transitioning.

When transitioning from one slope tag to the next, the change in the slope

always remains linear to the footprint.