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Chapter 8 Plotting Drawings
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The Section Sheet settings are very important when you are
generating section sheets. For example, be sure to configure the
horizontal scale correctly so that the section swath width that you
sampled fits on the sheets.
You can use table frames to position labels on sections sheets that do
not have design-specific locations, such as volume calculations.
To create a section sheet series
Steps
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1 Create finished ground cross sections using the
commands in the Cross Sections menu.
Overview of Working With
Cross Sections
2 Select the current alignment and profile.
Make an Alignment
Current
Make a Profile Current
3 From the Sheet Manager menu, choose
Preferences, and then click the Section
Preferences button to set the cross section sheet
settings.
These settings control margins, scales, and
volume calculation methods.
Overview of Cross Section
Sheet Preferences
4 From the Sheet Manager menu, choose Section
Sheets ➤ Generate Section Sheets to display the
Set Current Series Name dialog box.
Overview of Sheet
Series Generation
5 Type a new name for the series and then click OK
to display the Edit Sheet Series dialog box.
6 Select the sheet style to use, set the starting sheet
number, the starting section number, and the
starting and ending stations.
Generate a Section
Sheet Series
7 Click OK to generate the sheets.