What vertical geometry tools should I use to create a proposed profile that is 2 inches above the existing terrain and has 50' transitions back to existing elevation at both ends? I was able to create the 2" build up no problem using the "Profile from Surface" tool , but cannot figure out how to create the 50' transitions. In SS2 I would place calculation lines on my profile at the tie ins and then offset them in 50' and snap lines between that calc line and the 2" build up, but the new profile viewer does not allow you place calculation lines so I can't locate the exact station to tie in. I'd like something to snap to versus typing in the station so there isn't a rounding issue.
Hi David: Here is a video showing the use of Civil Accudraw in the workflow you describe. As you have found, you can indeed use construction lines and snaps to solve the problem. I encourage you to explore Civil Accudraw in plan and profile workflows because it will solve many problems more efficiently than other workflows. In your specific example, Civil Accudraw is a technically better solution because snap rules are sometimes unreliable. If you snap to a vertex that is not the start point or end point then the snap rules may not update as expected if changes are made to the design.
In this video you will see:
Robert GarrettSenior Product EngineerBentley Systems Inc.
Unknown said:Whenever I would snap to an element in the plan view it would place my line at 0 elevation.
This is the reason I've had to draw vertical lines at the relevant stations, and then do an intersection at the existing profile. But if there's a better way to handle this, I'm all ears.
Yep, sure. Here is another video. I focused on just the creation of rules to a plan element. So here what you see is:
Answer Verified By: David Neidig
Never mind. My failure was that I didn't actually watch your first video (nor, to my shame, properly read your writeup). I understand now that instead of using Z or dZ, you do profile offset, which I understand to be an offset from the active profile (in this case, the existing profile)--or perhaps any profile of the user's choice. And I didn't realize that you were pointing that out in the second video too. Thanks, Robert.