Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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5.
Click Next to advance to the Create Section View - Elevation Range
dialog box.
Note that you can
change the height of
the section view by
modifying the mini-
mum and maximum
elevations.
6.
Click Next to advance to the Section Display Options dialog box. Verify
that the style selected for the Jordan Court corridor section is Design.
7.
Click Next to advance to the Data Bands dialog box. Verify that Design
Offsets is selected under Select Band Set. Click Create Section View.
8.
When prompted to identify the section-view origin, pick a point near
the center of the upper-right viewport.
A new section view is created in the drawing, as shown in Figure 10.8.
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This section view could
be helpful in assessing
the design at a specific
location. Note how the
information is displayed
in a way that aids in the
design of the road. You
could create additional
section views at other
key locations along the
design of the road.
FiGuRE 10.8
A newly created section view
9.
Save and close the drawing.
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by
opening
Creating Single Section Views - Complete.dwg
.
Style by Design
You may have noticed that many of the styles that were selected while creating
this section view had the word
design
in their names. The significance of this
is that the styles you chose were set up to aid the designer during the design
process but may not be appropriate for final documents such as construction
drawings. For example, the elevation and slope labels on the section would be
much too small to read if this drawing were plotted. For design, however, they
come in handy—enabling the designer to zoom in and quickly get information
about key geometry. Leveraging styles by having some for design and others
for documentation can be very useful.
