Hi everyone,
The standards for XS sheets and annotations in Israel are quite strict and there is little room for change. I'm attaching a typical cross section with annotation.
As you can see there are 3 separate tables with annotations. The lower table contains the terrain elev/offset values. The middle table contains mostly subbase elev/offset values. The top table contains the finished grade elevation/offset values. The offsets in the upper two tables are relative offsets. They are in fact distances between points in the cross section rather than absolute offsets relative to the centerline. The terrain table offsets are standard.
I'm trying to figure out if this is doable using the ORD annotation definitions and text favorites.
Regards,
Benzi
From what I've set up so far, I don't see anything there that can't be annotated. You can have a large number of Annotation Definitions, and it really doesn't effect the processing speed. That's more controlled by the number of features that are being processed for annotation. I don't have dimensions set up, but that's definitely doable.
Here is a cross section sheet from another firm. It may be a bit clearer. Top table is red and shows grade values. Middle table is purple and shows subbase or grade low points. Green table shows terrain values. I want to figure out how to add distances between points as annotation using text favorites and have them update when the model changes. I also want to add terrain values which are not necessarily associated with cross section features.
So I did some experimenting and was able to get the outcome I wanted:
This was accomplished by adding two separate Linear Annotations to the annotation group, turning on the "Place Dimension" toggle, selecting the relevant segments from the template and using a text favorite defined in the following manner:
The annotation manager and text favorite is quite powerful but takes time to master. I still can't annotate random points on the terrain line. Maybe it's because the terrain is not part of the corridor but a reference surface.
Answer Verified By: Benzi Papo
Here is another challenge. This is about plan grid coordinate annotation. I need to split the coordinate into kilometers and meters. The km part is placed above the m part. This allows for a compact and clear display of coordinates. This is part of the plan sheet standard in Israel. Haven't found a solution yet.
Benzi,
Would you mind sharing the Linear Annotation settings used to create the shared example? I'm having an issue where I am unable to get accurate horizontal dimensioning, the result is that the dimension widths are measured along the slope instead of horizontal to the view plane. Also it would be very nice if I could get the dimension lines to align at the same elevation as you've shown.
Thanks