SS4 Cross Section Help - New User

Which software package, and which version are you using? There are significant differences between packages, and even between some versions.

The answer to your question could be very different, depending on what you use.

InRoads 081109878 

Microstation 081109832

Hey Jess:  Hope all is well with you.

The cross-sections are direct reflection of whatever is shown in the 3D model. For example, the workflow culd go like this:

1. Make a new DGN to house my cross-sections
2. Attach references for alignments and existing ground terrain.
3. Make the existing ground active terrain.  (Nothing special about doing this or doing it right now. At some point I need to trigger creation of the 3D model in the DGN and this is my habit of when and how to do it.)
4. Attach all the corridors you want to show in the cross-sections.
5. Attach all other terrain models you want to show in the DGN.
6. In the 3D model, you can (if needed) turn levels on and off.  Anything off in the model will also be off in the cross-sections.
7. In other words the cross-sections should be a matter of What You See (in 3D) is What You Get (in cross-section.

A side note: I had a project from one of our designers come across my desk some time ago where a bunch of stuff was missing in the cross-sections. Turns out he had somehow made all the corridor feature as construction class.  I have no idea how he did this (neither does he ) but when I turned on constructions in View Attributes for the cross-section model then they appeared.

Hi Robert!! Great to hear from you!

I will pass this along and see if this helps. thank you :)