I am attempting to show the mainline corridor on a sideroad profile so that I am tying into it correctly. My mainline corridor is referenced in. What exactly are the steps to show this on the sideroad profile? When I attempt to select the mainline corridor or any of the features within it I get a notice "Element is in a read-only reference" and it will not allow me to select it. I know that it is possible. After multiple attempts and frustration I just start clicking and sometimes it works but I have no idea what I did.
Hi Paul
I have found that I can snap to 3D cut graphics, but I always have to enable snaps in the Reference dialog first because it seems to always be off by default. I will frequently create profiles by snapping to corridor graphics generated by 3D cut.
Karl Dauber, PEAdvance ConsultingLaurens County, SCkarldauber@advconsult.netwww.advconsult.netwww.linkedin.com/in/karldauber
You most welcome. Glad you got it figured out.
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Karl, this is good to know, I haven't tended to use the 3D, but nice to know we can. Is there any particular reason or advantage you see to using the 3D cut over the sampled top mesh? You've piqued my curiosity.
I have used/ tested this concept. The huge advantage is time. These 3D cuts are very processing intensive, so it is nice to be able to trace the 3D objects and then remove the cut.
Mark
Honestly, Steve, I just don't think it ever occurred to me to use Quick Profile From Surface with the Corridor as the surface object. You've piqued my curiosity! Always so many ways to do things. The situation I and my "hydro" clients often discuss is designing "special cut ditches" that are intended to modify the standard cut ditches generated by the corridor models produced by the "roadway" teams. So, we are dealing with referenced corridor models that they don't control or even access. The goal is usually to develop horizontal/vertical geometry which is then used by the roadway teams (as Point Controls) to modify their corridor models to incorporate the desired ditch revisions. So, using a 3D cut has been a handy way to "see" the corridor model and use it for ditch design purposes. I'll have to think about Quick Profile From Surface and play with it to see what advantages it may provide, particularly if I want to create some graphics/geometry directly from the corridor that I want to retain, rather than just reference. Thanks for the food for thought, as always.