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Press ENTER, and then select the entity from the drawing to use as the
alignment.
NOTE
The polyline should be drawn in the direction that HEC-2 analysis will be
performed, typically from downstream to upstream.
When you finish defining the alignment, the HEC-2 Output Settings dialog box
is displayed.
3 Configure the output settings.
4 Click Create File to sample the HEC-2 sections.
You are then prompted for a station increment with the setting increment
displayed in brackets.
Station increment <50.000>:
5 Type the station increment you want to use, or press ENTER to accept the
default value.
Next, you are prompted for the distances perpendicular to the alignment that
you want to sample.
Left Distance <50.0000 ft.>:
Right Distance <50.0000 ft.>:
6 Type the distances you want to use, or press ENTER at each prompt to accept
the default value.
The following message is displayed:
Retrieving cross sections…
When Autodesk Civil Design is finished sampling the cross sections, the HEC-2
Input Data File is displayed in the currently configured ASCII text editor.
7 Save the file with a .dat extension.
8 Close the text editor to continue.