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Chapter 6 Viewing and Editing Roads in Section View
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To generate existing ground cross sections (continued)
Steps
Use
to look up
5 You can plot a single section, a page of sections, or
all sections by selecting a command from the Cross
Sections ➤ Section Plot menu.
Plot a Single Cross
Section
6 Sections are plotted into the drawing based on the
current horizontal and vertical scales.
Plot Multiple Cross
Sections
Working with Templates
To create finished ground cross sections, you need to use a design
template. A design template represents the road, channel, dam, or
railway bed surface and its subsurfaces, such as asphalt, concrete, and
granular materials. You can draw the template using an exaggerated
scale (based on the drawing’s horizontal and vertical scale) so you can
better visualize the surfaces. After drawing the template, you define
the template and generate the design sections by processing the
template. Design sections are generated wherever an existing ground
cross section has been sampled.
Key Concepts
 Begin by drawing a template. If the road has the same surface
elements on either side, then the template is symmetrical. You
only need to draw the left half of a symmetrical template. If the
road has one south-bound lane and two north-bound lanes for
example, the template is asymmetrical. You must draw both sides
of an asymmetrical template.