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Chapter 6 Viewing and Editing Roads in Section View
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To create finished ground cross sections
Steps
Use
to look up
1 From the Alignments menu, choose Set Current
Alignment to make the correct alignment current.
Make an Alignment
Current
2 From the Profiles menu, choose Set Current Profile
to make the correct profile current.
Make a Profile Current
3 If you are applying superelevation to the alignment,
then set up the superelevation parameters. From
the Cross Sections menu, choose Design
Control ➤ Superelevation Parameters.
Change the
Superelevation Settings
NOTE
You can set up the superelevation
parameters at any time during the design
process.
4 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Design
Control ➤ Edit Design Control to set up the
design control parameters and process the
sections.
These parameters control which template to use
when processing cross sections, ditch values, slope
control values, transitions, and superelevation.
Whenever you modify the design control
parameters, the cross sections are processed
automatically.
Use the Edit Design
Control Command to
Process and Edit the Cross
Sections
5 You can view and edit individual cross sections by
selecting Cross Sections ➤ View/Edit Sections.
Choose which Cross
Section Station to Edit
6 Plot the cross sections using one of the Cross
Sections ➤ Section Plot commands.
Plot a Single
Cross Section
Plot Multiple
Cross Sections