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base-point marker at its midpoint. Then you proceed by inserting individual
subassemblies that represent elements such as lanes, curbs, ditches, and so on.
Before building an assembly, it's a good idea to have at least a sketch of the
typical cross section of your design so you have something to reference as you
work. Having detailed dimensions is helpful but not critical—the subassemblies
can be changed with relative ease, even after the corridor has been built.
Exercise 9.1: Create an Assembly
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If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 9 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
In this exercise, you'll create an assembly that represents the cross section of
the road for the proposed residential development.
1.
Open the drawing named
Creating an Assembly.dwg
located in the
Chapter 09
class data folder.
2.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, click Assembly
➢
Create Assembly.
3.
In the Create Assembly dialog box, enter
Subdivision Road
as the
name. For Code Set Style, select All Codes With Hatching. Click OK.
4.
Click a point near the center of the top-right viewport to insert the
assembly baseline.
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A vertical red line
appears in your
drawing.
5.
On the Home tab of the ribbon, click the Tool Palettes icon.
6.
In the Tool Palettes window, right-click the gray strip labeled Tool
Palettes, and select Civil Imperial (Metric) Subassemblies.
7.
Click the stack of tabs at the bottom of the Tool Palettes window, and
then click Basic, as shown in Figure 9.6.
Click here …
Then click here
The Properties window
appears, and you're
prompted on the com-
mand line to select a
marker point.
FiGuRE 9.6
Selecting the Basic tool palette
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8.
On the Basic tool palette, click BasicLane.
9.
In the Properties window, verify that Side is set to Right, and then
click the marker at the midpoint of the assembly baseline.
A lane subassembly is attached to the assembly baseline.
10.
On the Basic tool palette, click BasicCurbAndGutter. In the Properties
window, change the value for Curb Height to
0.50
(
0.15
).
