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 Story Stake from Surface
Entities, a report of all the created points and the corresponding
cut/fill data is shown if the Create Report option was set. Story
Stake from Surface Entities does not draw the points in the
drawing. These points can be drawn using the Draw-Locate Points
command.
Pick starting point:
pick the first point
Pick direction point:
pick the second point to
determine the direction
Pick next starting point (Enter to
end): Enter if
done
Pulldown Menu Location: 3D Data >> Story Stake
Keyboard Command: prepare_story
Prerequisite: Screen entities such as 3D polylines and
contours