This command gives the user single-click access to the "Triangulate and Contour from TIN" dialog box via the Natural Regrade drop-down menu.
After the user has used the Design GeoFluv Regrade dockable dialog box/Output tab's Draw Design Surface button to create the GeoFluv™ design in the drawing, the user can left-click on the Draw GeoFluv Contours command and produce the Triangulate and Contour from TIN dialog box to contour revisions to the polylines in the layers that the GeoFluv™ design was drawn to.
When the contours have been drawn, the Error Log: C:\ Scad2005\User|Trierror.xml dialog box will appear. The user can review this error log, or close the box and proceed with the contouring if precise detail is not yet required at this design stage. This Error Log reports any potential errors that Carlson has detected when contouring the drawing.
For example, if the report has a Crossing Breaklines (two polylines with different elevations) field, the user can left-click on that field and a list of the detected crossing breaklines will appear. The user can then left-click on each detected crossing breakline and its x and y coordinates will be displayed at the bottom of the dialog box. The user may choose to report or draw all the detected potential problems using the Report All and Draw All buttons, or may highlight to select a single potential problem. If the user selects a single problem, the buttons change to Report One and Draw One.
The user can left-click on the Zoom button to inspect the suspected problem; this will zoom to the relevant area of the drawing and place an arrow that points to the suspected problem on the drawing. Left clicking on the Zoom In button will allow closer inspection of the area of concern, and the Zoom Out button will return the user to the previous view.
For example, if only one entity was selected as a problem of concern, the "Report . . " button will indicate Report One and left-clicking on the Report One button brings up the Carlson Edit: c:\scad2005\USER\scadrprt.tmp dialong box that displays a Crossing Breaklines Report with the x and y coordinates of the problem, and the elevation difference between the crossing breaklines. Left clicking on the Draw One button draws the selected potential problem breakline on the drawing and brings up an AutoCAD dialog box that tells the user that one feature has been processed.
When the user closes the Error Log dialog box by left-clicking on the X in the upper right corner or on the Done button, the Error Log dialog box disappears and the contoured GeoFluv™ design remains on the screen. The user can then choose to edit the drawing using tools in the Natural Regrade menu, or any other Carlson menu tools, or can reopen the Design GeoFluv Regrade dockable dialog box to edit any of the GeoFluv™ settings there.
Pulldown Menu Location: Natural Regrade
Keyboard Command: gfContour
Prerequisite: Design geofluv