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5.
Change Profile Curve Length to
275 (80)
. Close the Profile Layout
Parameters dialog box and the Profile Layout Tools toolbar.
Again, the drawing doesn't appear to change much because the
edit you made was so subtle.
6.
Save and close the drawing.
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by opening
Profile Component Level Editing - Complete.dwg
.
using Design Check Sets and Criteria Files
You first learned about design criteria files and check sets in Chapter 5. These two
features enable you to check your design on-the-fly to catch any errors or design
flaws as you work. Of course, what's considered right can differ from place to place
and from design type to design type, so these checking tools are customizable. The
task of setting them up is usually left to a CAD manager or one of the top CAD users
in your company or organization. This is true of most Civil 3D customizations.
As discussed in Chapter 5, the actual details of how design criteria files and check
sets are configured can be driven by government entities, such as a department of
transportation or planning commission, or according to your own personal design
standards or those adopted by your company. Whatever the case, you should be
careful not to rely on them 100 percent. Even while using design criteria files and
check sets, a solid understanding of design principles is a must. These tools are just
a way of making sure you're applying what you already know, not a substitute for
knowing it in the first place.
Exercise 7.8: Apply a Design Check Set
◀
If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 7 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
As you learned earlier, a design check set is a collection of one or more design
checks. For profiles, there are two types of design checks: line and curve. When
a design check set is applied to a profile, Civil 3D flags any violations with a tri-
angular yellow shield marked with an exclamation point. You can hover over the
shield to get more information about the violation.
In this exercise, you'll apply a design check set to the Jordan Court profile and
then make some edits to address design violations.
1.
Open the drawing named
Design Check Set.dwg
located in the
Chapter 07
class data folder.
2.
Click the Jordan Court FGCL profile, and then click Profile Properties
on the ribbon.
