Import Surface Symbology (InRoads SS2)

In the Import Surface dialog, just choose all your desired settings, and save that as a preference set in the Preferences tab. If you give it the exact same name that you have as your Preferred Preference in the Project Defaults dialog, these settings will be the default settings when you use the Import Surface tool.

You can save other settings too, i.e. separate settings for importing Top Of Bank, Edge Of Pave, Interior Boundaries, Random Elevations, etc. You can save as many settings in the Import Surface dialog as you like, and just name them Top of Bank, Edge of Pave, etc. Then when you go to import features from graphics, just click the Preferences button and choose the desired saved preference. This works great if you have your survey styles et al set up properly.

But the better way is the rule driven: File/Import/Import Surface advance function

From the IR SS2 help:
Import Surface Advanced
This command allows you to create standards for bulk importation of graphic elements. These standards are persisted in the InRoads settings file as rule sets. A rule set contains user-defined rules that filter graphic elements by properties such as level, type, color, style, and weight. As elements are filtered, they are assigned feature properties, also defined in a rule, and saved to a surface.

Sure a proper Inroads Feature settings and symbology settings has to be done before!

It sounds like you all are talking about the feature styles of the graphics themselves. Is there a way to set the symbology for the surface itself on import? Say if you are creating a brand new surface from the graphics, is there a way to control how the surface will show up in profile/cross section without going into Surface Properties>Advanced?

Jason, no there is no way to do that in any of the surface import or design commands that allow the creation of "surfaces on the fly".

Thanks, all! I figured there wasn't a way to do that, but figured I'd give it a shot.