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thought of as a very close relative to surface profiles. Like surface profiles, they
are typically represented by a single line and can be annotated using a label set.
Corridor sections are something quite different. You can think of a
corridor sec-
tion
as an assembly superimposed on a section view. It consists of subassemblies,
points, links, and shapes. Because of the differences between sections and corridor
sections, the methods you use to stylize and label them are different.
With that out of the way, let's look at section styles.
Section styles
are used to
change the appearance of a section either directly or by displaying it on a differ-
ent layer. The most common application of a section style is the differentiation
between sections that represent existing and proposed ground surfaces. You can
also use section styles to show point markers at each vertex in the section line.
If you haven't already
done so, download
and install the files for
Chapter 11 according to
the instructions in the
Introduction.
Exercise 11.1: Apply Section Styles
In this exercise, you'll apply section styles to differentiate between sections that
represent finished ground, existing ground, and rock surfaces.
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1.
Open the drawing named
Applying Section Styles.dwg
located in
the
Chapter 11
class data folder.
Here, you see three section views that were plotted to investigate the
shallow rock layer. The section views show a corridor section, existing
ground surface section, and rock section.
Because you're work-
ing exclusively with
section views in this
chapter, the drawings
are set up with a single
viewport rather than
the multiple viewports
used in prior chapters.
2.
Click the lowest section in the 8+50.00 (0+260.00) section view, and
then click Section Properties on the ribbon.
3.
On the Information tab of the Section Properties dialog box, change
Object Style to Rock. Click OK to close the dialog box. Press Esc to
clear the selection.
The rock section now appears as a gray dashed line.
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Using the Section
Properties command
to change the style is
only one of three ways
you can do this. You'll
try out the other two
later in this exercise.
4.
Repeat the previous two steps for the section that appears above the
rock layer, this time assigning a style of Existing Ground.
The section representing existing ground now appears as a red
dashed line along with the rock section from the previous step (see
Figure 11.1).
5.
Click the lower section in the 9+00.00 (0+270.00) section view,
right-click, and select Properties.
6.
In the Properties window, change Style to Rock. Keep the Properties
window open.
If the section view grid obscures the red dashed line, select the
section view, right-click, and select Display Order
➢
Bring To Front.
