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Chapter 2 Designing Finished Ground Sites

Editing a Grading Object

If you want to make changes to the grading object after you have

created it, you can change the Grading Properties, or use grips to

graphically edit the grading object. Using the grading object shortcut

menu is another way you can make changes to the vertices, slope tags,

and target regions. To edit a grading object it must be unlocked.

You can also make changes to a grading object using AutoCAD editing

commands, including grip editing. If the grading object is unlocked, it

will automatically update. If the grading object is locked, you can

make changes, but the changes will not be reflected in the drawing

until you unlock the grading object.

For more information about locking and unlocking the grading object and

using AutoCAD editing commands, use

to look up “Overview of

Grading Object Locking” and “AutoCAD Editing Commands for the

Grading Object” in the online Help.

Key Concepts

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You can change the grading properties to edit a grading object, or

you can make edits graphically using the grading object grips or

shortcut menu commands.

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You can choose which grips you want visible by changing the

appearance settings in the Grading Properties.

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Certain grips on a grading object cannot be edited, such as the

first and last station for a target region, and the first slope tag

location grip.

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Slope tag location grips cannot be moved past a target region grip

or past another slope tag location grip. The distance between grips

is determined by the Minimum Region Length in the targets

settings.