When working with our typical roadway plan and profile sheets, we sometime have a need to shift the ditch profiles down to be able to clearly show/label them. This is the case when the ditch profile grade is somewhat close in elevation to the proposed profile grade. In V8i, we would achieve this by adjusting the datum elevation of those profiles when we displayed the elements using the D&C Manager. How would one go about accomplishing a similar outcome when using ORD tools? The closest thing I can think of doing is creating a new named boundary specific to that profile, then reference that in by hand after the sheet is created. Once it is in the sheet, I can turn off the existing ground and proposed profile grades/annotation within that reference and then do the inverse for the original profile view. Cumbersome for sure, so I'm hoping there may be a more elegant method that I haven't thought of yet.
Thanks,Ken
ORD CE 2021 R1
Hello Ken,
I think you do not need to shift the profile if you want just to annotate them even if they're having elevation closer to each other.
The following attached link from Bentley wiki demonstrates how to annotate the multiple profiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9JyL2t2bLQ
Let me know if this helps you or not.
For more information about the Road and Site design tools, visit the Road and Site design WIKI at: http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki
No Kiran, annotation is not the solution. Sometimes the profiles ARE close to the proposed profile, or to each other. In flat areas of the country, special ditch profiles are often at very similar elevations, and displaying them above and below datum makes the plans FAR easier to read. Annotation alone does not offer enough visual discernment. It is VERY common to see the left ditch profile displayed 10' above datum, and the right profile 10' below datum. There were ways to do this in previous versions of the software (shifting datum, special profile drawings, profiles on separate levels with the profile drawing referenced three times [main/left/right] and other means).
If a profile needs to be displayed in a sheet at anything other than at datum, what workflow do you suggest? What if several profiles need to be shown at more than one datum shift?
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
Yes, Mary describes the circumstance pretty well. We need to shift the actual profile line itself so that you can see it and then more clearly read the annotation. My best solution is to create another drawing boundary specific to the shifted profiles after the sheet has already been created. Then I just need to use level control to get the profiles to show correctly in each referenced profile view. Again, I am certainly interested in hearing other, more efficient methods though.
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