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Chapter 7 Creating and Plotting Sheets Using Sheet Manager
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Creating a Plan/Profile Sheet Series Layout
To determine what part of the plan and profile is on each sheet in the series,
you need to lay out the series.
When you lay out a sheet series, rectangular view definitions are placed over the
plan view of the alignment in model space. Each rectangle represents one sheet
in the series. If the rectangle does not cover the alignment properly, you can
move or rotate the rectangle so it covers the area of the alignment that you
want to appear on the sheet. If the rectangles are the wrong size, change the
viewport view scale.
The dimensions of the viewport and the scale factor associated with that
viewport actually determine the size of the view definitions in model space. For
example, if the scale of the viewport is 1=50 and the dimension of the
viewport is 10 in., then the view definition is 500.
NOTE
This is a model space command.
To lay out a sheet series
1 Change the Sheet Manager Settings, if necessary.
The layout is affected by the Use Fixed Profile Stations setting in the Settings
dialog box.
2 From the Sheet Manager menu, choose Plan/Profile Sheets ä Layout Sheet
Series to display the Set Current Sheet Series Name dialog box.
3 Select a series.
NOTE
If there are existing layouts for a series, the Existing Sheet Series Detected
dialog box is displayed, warning you that the existing series of layouts will be
deleted.
4 Do one of the following:
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To continue the series generation, click OK. The program deletes the existing
layout.
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To terminate the process to the command line, click CANCEL.
The presence of existing layouts is determined by comparing the characters in
the series name to the first characters to the left side of the plus sign (+)
delimiter of the layout name. For example, if the series name is ELM, then
layouts named ELM+001 are deleted, while layout name ELM SAVE is not
deleted. You can prevent some of the existing series layouts from being deleted
by renaming the layout.