This command creates points with cut/fill information stored in the note fields for the points. Beginning at a point and facing a specified direction, the cut/fill information describes a design surface that is defined by contours and 3D polylines in the drawing. The program prompts you to pick the starting point followed by a direction point. Then the intersections for all the contours and 3D polylines between these two points are calculated and the resulting horizontal distances and slopes are shown in a dialog. In this dialog, you can edit, add or remove these slopes descriptions. The Point Description can also be specified. When OK is clicked, a point in the coordinate file is created at the starting point with this information stored in the note file. An offset point is also created at the specified offset distance back from the starting point. At the end of Prepare Story Stake, a report of all the created points and the corresponding cut/fill data is shown if the Create Report option was set. Prepare Story Stake does not draw the points in the drawing. These points can be drawn using the Draw-Locate Points command.
The cut/fill information in the note file can be used in the Stakeout routine. In Configure Field>Stakeout Settings there is an option to Display Point Notes in Stakeout Report. With this option active, the cut/fill data in the note file will be displayed when the point is staked out.
Prepare Story Stake is not a prerequisite for Story Stake By
Points or Story Stake By Polyline. In fact, working in combination
with Stakeout, Prepare Story Stake is an alternative to these other
routines.
