This command allows the user to obtain detailed design information from the Natural Regrade drawing by passing the cursor over the point of interest (on a polyline in the drawing).
When the user left-clicks once on the GeoFluv Channel Inspector command in the Natural Regrade dropdown menu, a check mark appears to the left of the command signaling the user that the command is toggled on. Then when the user passes the cursor over any polyline in the drawing, detailed GeoFluv design information for that point on the polyline appears on the screen next to the cursor. The command remains active until the user left-clicks on the command in the dropdown menu to toggle it off.
The GeoFluv Channel Inspector works on ridge, valley, and contour polylines also, but obviously does not present channel design information for those polylines. This convenient and powerful feature allows the user to inspect designs without having to refer back and forth from a database to the drawing, but instead read directly from the drawing. Note that the information displayed is not an average for the entire line, but is specific to location on the line and can vary even in very small distances.
There are some limitations to be aware of. First, to inspect the zig-zag A-channel, the GeoFluv project that was used to create that channel must currently be open in the Design Geofluv Regrade tool. Secondly, using almost any command, including Edit Longitudinal Profile and Auto Longitudinal Profile, to modify a channel polyline causes the extended entity data to be removed which prevents the GeoFluv Channel Inspector from having certain information that it needs.
Pulldown Menu Location: Natural Regrade
Keyboard Command: gfInspect
Prerequisite: Design geofluv