Back in my day...
Geopak had the ability, when running cross sections, to Step through the criteria as they processed. This was very, very helpful when trying to debug a section that just didn't want to draw correctly.
I think it would be helpful if there were a way to isolate a section and "step" through the template as it processes, so that we can see the order in which things process and draw. I know that we have the ability to "Test" templates through the template library, but sometimes it might be more useful to see how it is testing and solving with our actual design.
I have no idea how to implement something like this, but I have seen a few cases already where things seemed to be defined correctly when tested in the template, but didn't work as expected with actual design elements. It's absolutely operator error, but those can be difficult to track down when it's hard to specify "where" things got off track.
This is a great idea. Right now the best thing that my team does is have a DGN file that is level controlled showing the various solution sets within a template. Having the step through function would make troubleshooting 100x better.
Justin Guiliano, PE
Rios Engineering, LLC