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Chapter 2 Designing Finished Ground Sites
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To design a detention pond (continued)
Steps
Use
to look up
4 From the Grading menu, choose Pond
Slopes ➤ Draw Slope Template to draw the pond
slope template polyline.
There are several ways to shape the pond. One
method is to use a pond slope template, as shown
below.
The pond slope template is essentially a cross
section view of the pond perimeter. You draw the
pond slope template at a 1:1 scale, and then you
can apply it to the pond perimeter.
Draw a Pond
Slope Template
5 To define the pond template, from the Grading
menu, choose Pond Slopes ➤ Define Template.
Define a Pond
Slope Template
6 To designate the current template, from the
Grading menu, choose Pond Slopes ➤ Set Current.
Select the Current Pond
Slope Template
7 From the Grading menu, choose Pond Slopes ➤ By
Template to apply the current pond slope template
to all the vertices of the pond perimeter polyline.
Apply a Slope Template
to a Pond
8 Type Yes when you are prompted to Shape Pond.
Shaping the pond brings pond slope data and
contours into the drawing.
9 Verify that the detention pond design meets the
design criteria and conditions.