https://communities.bentley.com/members/99031d19_2d00_3407_2d00_4421_2d00_ab83_2d00_4c9ed6fdcfa1Grady McGraderson's recent activityen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/228168/how-do-i-grade-to-an-elevation-in-openroadsFri, 08 Apr 2022 12:41:40 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9d9babf6-a580-41e6-a08d-e9aac68b7829Grady McGraderson<p>Good Morning.</p> <p>I&#39;m having an issue getting OpenRoads to grade a basin in the manner I want to grade a basin. What I want to do is take a element provided from another team member; for instance, an edge of sidewalk or a edge of shoulder (a 3D element with various elevations) and grade down at a 3:1 slope to a set elevation (for this example, let&#39;s say 100&#39;). I&#39;ve successfully draped a line onto an existing/proposed terrain using the Profile From Surface tool; and I&#39;m able to offset that element at a 3:1 slope using the&nbsp;Profile by Slope to Element tool. This gives me an element that is parallel to my first element at a stock distance below it (so for instance if I&#39;m offsetting 12 feet horizontally and coming down at a 3:1 slope, the resultant element is 12&#39; away in the xy plane and 4&#39; below the original element in the z direction). What I want is for that resultant element to be drawn at elevation 100&#39; and cut off at that point.</p> <p>All of the tutorials that I&#39;ve found work in the opposite manner; where we grade a basin from a set pad elevation (bottom of basin) and then try to shift that close to a previously graded cut/fill slope. That&#39;s great for a lot of applications, but what I&#39;m trying to do is maximize basin volume in a tight area (e.g. for a roadway basin in a tight ROW). The best way I know how to do that is to grade from a set roadway element and start there. I can&#39;t seem to find the tools or any post explaining how to grade to a set elevation using a set slope in the forum and am hoping someone has an idea.</p> <p>Thank you for your time and input.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/460ac7df-7ccc-4c42-a204-9e05eef3be09Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:32:51 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b8a3829e-67b4-403d-accf-eb1fc29382ddAsk a question in a forum.