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Chapter 3 Working with Profiles and Vertical Alignments 157
Overview of Working with Profiles and Vertical Alignments 158
Where the Alignment and Profile Data Are Stored 158
Changing the Profile Settings 159
Changing the Settings for Sampling Existing Ground Data for Profiles 159
Changing the Existing Ground Layers Settings for Profiles 160
Changing the Finished Ground Layers Settings for Profiles 162
Changing the Label and Layer Prefix Settings for Profiles 163
Changing the Values Settings for Profiles 165
Sampling Existing Ground Profile Data from Multiple Surfaces 166
Selecting a Surface to Sample 166
Using Multiple Surfaces when Sampling the Existing Ground Profile Data
167
Creating a File of Multiple Surfaces for Sampling the Existing Ground
Profile Data 168
Creating Existing Ground Profiles 169
Editing the Vertical Alignments with the Vertical Alignment Editor 169
Characteristics of the Vertical Alignment Editor Dialog Box 169
Creating Vertical Alignment Data with the Vertical Alignment Editor 170
Editing a Vertical Curve with the Vertical Alignment Editor 171
Copying the Vertical Alignment Surfaces with the Vertical Alignment
Editor 172
Changing the Surface Elevations with the Vertical Alignment Editor 173
Creating Vertical Alignment Reports 173
Changing the Vertical Alignment Report Settings 173
Creating a Vertical Alignment Report at PVI Stations 175
Creating a Vertical Curve Report 175
Creating a Station and Vertical Curve Report 176
Creating a Report of Vertical Alignment Data at Increments Along the
Centerline 177
Creating and Editing Profiles 178
Creating Profiles 178
Creating a Complete Profile 179
Adding a Subsurface to a Profile 182
Creating a Quick Profile 183
Drawing a Grid on a Profile 185
Listing the Elevations for the Finished Ground Centerline 186
Recreating a Profile Information Block After Moving or Exporting the
Profile 186
Changing the Profile Labeling Properties After Creating a Profile 187