Technical data

Chapter 6 Viewing and Editing Roads in Section View

To work with templates

Steps

Use

to look up

1 From the Cross Sections menu, choose

Templates ➤ Draw Template to draw the finished

ground template.

Draw a Template Surface -

General Procedure

2 If you want to use a subassembly for a curb or

shoulder, then use the Draw Template command

to draw the subassembly. From the Cross Sections

menu, choose Templates ➤ Define Subassembly

to define the subassembly.

Define a Subassembly

3 From the Cross Sections menu, choose

Templates ➤ Edit Material Table to set up the

Material Table.

A material table is a collection of surface material

names that you can select when you are defining

template surfaces.

Define and Edit a Material

Table

4 From the Cross Sections menu, choose

Templates ➤ Define Template to define the

template.

In this step you define the finished ground

reference point, the template geometry, the

surface materials, and the depths of subgrade

surfaces. You also attach subassemblies (optional)

to the template at this point.

Overview of Defining

Templates

5 From the Cross Sections menu, choose

Templates ➤ Edit Template to add transition

points and superelevation points to the template

if necessary.

You can also add top surface points to the

template which you can later import into the

drawing to use as finished ground data.

Overview of Editing

Templates