Quick
Profile
Function
This command allows you to create, view, edit, and report profiles from
the TakeOff surfaces.
Pick starting point (CL-Centerline,P-Polyline): To make a profile
you need to define the alignment by: 1) picking points on the screen;
2) typing in
CL in the command prompt, and selecting a centerline file; or 3) typing
in P and choosing a polyline from the screen. After doing so, the above
profile viewer is created.
The far
right dialog box allows you to toggle on and off different Surfaces to
view in the profile viewer including: Original Ground, Topsoil Removal,
Design
Surface, Final Subgrade, Overex Surface, Strata Surfaces. If a surface
is not defined in the current TakeOff project, like Topsoil Removal in
this example, than you will not have the option to display
it. In this example, the three Surfaces that can be displayed, Original
Ground, Design Surface, and Final Subgrade, are displayed in the
profile viewer.
When you move the cursor around the profile viewer a crosshair follows
along the surface and reports the Station, Slope %, and Elevation at
each point. It is displayed towards the bottom-right side of the screen
next to Adjust Alignment. In this example the station is 2+16.650, the
Slope is -5.6%, and the Elevation is 818.133. A crosshair can been seen
in the profile drawing and along the alignment in the main drawing as
well.
Vertical Exaggeration: x1 is the actual appearance of the
surface(s). Depending on the flatness of the surface(s), you can select
x2, x5, x10 vertical exaggerations to better see the elevation
differentiation
and different surfaces. The option Fit automatically exaggerates the
vertical to
best fit the profile viewer.
Drag Action: This dialog allows you to zoom in and out, and pan
around the profile. To zoom in click and drag up, to zoom out click and
drag down. To Pan, click amd drag the direction you want to move.
The
Adjust Alignment icon allows to pick the polyline or centerline
that you used and move it to your liking. If you selected an endpoint
vertex, you can pivot that vertex around 360 degrees and the profiles
will update in real time.
This is helpful when checking for spikes. If you select the middle
vertex
then you can shift the entire centerline around.
If you created a profile alignment by picking points and you want to
save that
polyline you created then toggle on Draw Plan View Polyline. If you do
not choose Draw Plan View Polyline than the polyline will be lost when
you exit out of the Quick Profile command. Grid Ticks Only marks
elevations and distances but does not draw them into grids.
The Save icon allows you to save the profile as a (.pro) file by
whatever name you give it. The Draw icon allows you to draw the profile
right on your drawing. Set the layer name, vertical and
horizontal scale as desired, pick a starting point to draw, and the
profile is created. Note: the below example has a veritcal scale of 5
feet per grid and a horizontal scale of 50 feet per grid.
Prompts
Pick starting point
(CL-Centerline,P-Polyline): p
Polyline should have been drawn in direction of increasing stations.
CL File/<Select polyline that
represents centerline>:
Loading edges...
Loaded 5057 points and 14923 edges
Created 9866 triangles
Prerequisite: a surface
Keyboard Command: TK_QUICKPRO, QUICKPRO