Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
ChAPtER 8
Displaying and
Annotating Profiles
Now that you have
captured the nature of the existing ground along the
road centerlines using surface profiles, and you have reshaped it using layout
profiles, it's time to specify how you intend your design to be built. A wavy
line in the drawing simply isn't enough information for a contractor to start
building your design. You need to provide specific geometric information
about the profile so that it can be re-created in the field. This is done with
various types of annotations available in the AutoCAD
®
Civil 3D
®
software.
It's also important that the framework in which the profiles are displayed
is properly configured. As you learned in the previous chapter, the grid lines
and grid annotations behind your profiles form a profile view. In this chap-
ter, you'll look at applying different profile view styles to control what infor-
mation about your profiles is displayed and in what manner.
Finally, it's often necessary to show other things in a profile view that might
impact the construction of whatever the profile represents. Pipe crossings,
underground structures, rock layers, and many other features may need to be
displayed so that you can avoid them or integrate your design with them. One
way of showing these items in your profile view is through a Civil 3D function
called object projection.
In this chapter, you'll learn to
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Change the display of profiles with profile styles
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Configure profile views using profile view styles
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share information through profile view bands
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Add detail using profile labels
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Work efficiently using profile label sets
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Add detail using profile view labels
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project objects to profile views
