Terrain to Terrain Elevation Difference Reporting

Question

Is there a specific tool to be able to show the elevation difference between two overlapping terrains (proposed & existing) along an alignment at station increments and offsets? I could create corridors and push templates along each of the terrains and get the specific stations, offsets (lane lines) and elevations and combine the 2 reports afterwards but for the sake of simplicity and non-modeling folks, is there a tool that can do something similar?

Mark Shamoun · Answer

Hi Tommy, 
 
 I would create Offset Geometry for the offsets you want, set the existing Terrain as the active Terrain and drape the offset geometry to the proposed Terrain using the Quick Profile from Surface tool. Then you can use the Base Station Offset or Station Offset Reports to get the elevations where you need. I think ProfileExistingProposedElevation report will give you what you need.

jpln · Answer

You can offset the H geometry, get profile on one of the existing (not the active one), set it as the active V geometry and do a report using ProfileExistingProposedElevation.