Section Report

This command generates a report of a section file for the specified stations. The information contained in the report is determined by the settings in the Section Report Options dialog box.

Decimal Places: Specify the display precision for stations and elevations.

Use Row-Column Report Layout: When checked, offsets are reported in columns. Example reports showing the difference are shown below. Also when active, there is an option to Line-Up Columns By Center Offset which makes the zero offset column line up. Otherwise, the columns are lined up by the left most offset.

Use Report Formatter:
Report output is directed to the Report Formatter which allows for custom reports, as well as being able to export the report to Microsoft Excel or Access.

Report Descriptions:
Controls whether the descriptions for each section point are reported.

Specify User-Entered Offsets To Report: After choosing OK from this dialog, the program will prompt for additional offsets to report with interpolated elevations. These are for offsets that don't already exist as section points in the section file.

Report Slopes: Will report the slope between section points. Specify how to report the slopes, either none, percent, ratio, or auto format. Auto format means that slopes less than 10% are reported in percent, while greater slopes are reported as ratios.

Stations to Report:
Specify either a range and interval of stations to report or enter each station one at a time.

Station Direction: This setting controls the order of the stations for the report.
 
Grades to Report:
This applies to section files that contain subgrades. For these section files, you can choose which grades to report (top surface or subgrades). All is also an option.

Description Match:
This field can be used to filter the section points by their description.

Report Elevation Difference:
Reports section elevations by Reference Grade Point, Section File or Surface File. The Surface File method works with a triangulation file (TIN) and can be used to compare a 3D TIN model with the design sections.

Reference Grade Point:
Specify the reference grade ID. Only available if Grade Point option is selected, as mentioned above.

Select Reference Section File:
Specify a reference file. Only available if Section File is chosen, as mentioned above.

Elevation Difference at Offset Interval:
Used if there is an elevation difference.
The next three options only available if Elevation Difference at Offset Interval is clicked.

Offset Interval:
Value required.

Left Limit/Right Limit:
Values required.

Prompts

Section Report Options dialog choose options
Section File to Report dialog choose existing file
Starting station for report <0.000>: press Enter
Ending station for report <1147.478>: press Enter
Station interval (A for All) <100.0>: press Enter

Sample Report

Pulldown Menu Location: Sections
Keyboard Command: sctrprt
Prerequisite: A section file (.sct)