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Chapter 7 Creating and Plotting Sheets Using Sheet Manager
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Creating Section Sheets
You can generate sheets for plotting that contain section views sampled along
an alignment. The placement of sections on a sheet is based on the following
factors:
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The size of the sampled sections in model space units (for example, how
wide a swath width you sample along the alignment)
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The horizontal and vertical scales you use for specifying how one unit in
paper space represents one unit of model space
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The section spacing values determine the margin, row, and column spacing
This section sheet was created from the
sdsksect.dwg sheet style. The Cross Section
Preferences were set up so that 1 of paper
space represents 20 of model space in the
horizontal scale.
On each section, the station number is
labeled on top (in red), and the offsets from
the centerline are labeled along the bottom
(in yellow). The white annotation on the right
side of each cross section is formatted to label
the amount of cut and fill volume between
existing and finished ground surfaces.
This is the sdsksect.dwg sheet stylethe sheet
style from which the above sheet was created.
As you can see, a section sheet style is set up
quite differently from plan and profile sheet
styles. For more information about setting up
a section sheet style, see Creating a New
Cross Section Sheet Style in this chapter.
The basic process of creating section sheets is outlined in the following table. A
brief explanation of each step is provided in the right column. For more
detailed information about each step in the process, use the Find tab in the
online Help file to look up Overview of Section Sheets. You can also find this
topic on the Contents tab of the Help file.
Use the commands on the Profiles menu to design the roadway alignment. To
create cross sections, plan and profile information must exist in the drawing.