The Section - Profile Module creates existing profiles and cross-sections from aerial photogrammetry maps,existing or digitized contours maps, field data, grid & TIN files and existing profile and cross-section sheets.These are plotted with grid lines or placed on standard plan & profile sheets. The Section - Profile Modulecontains powerful design features for sewer, pipe, road and template design including built-in AASHTO param-eters, centerline conversions, multiple groundline, offset groundline and vertical profiles, advanced icon basedcomplex multi-layered/material template design, super elevations, transitions, spirals, terracing, end areavolumetrics, compute haul factors, offset/elevation report/plot, section conversions, in-depth reports and draw/annotation options for all items.

Section - Profile Module

File Modify Display Draw Inq-Set Pnts Profiles Design Sections Misc

SurvCADDR

Road Design in SurvCADD is a simple �fill-in-the blank� process accomplished within the command �Earthworks& Final Contours�. The necessary input elements of road design - centerline, profile, template and existingground sections - are all defined in one dialog box. Changes in template design are displayed visually as youcreate the template. SurvCADD�s template creation is the most visually interactive design road design packageworking inside AutoCAD.

With SurvCADD you can quickly generate profile or section data directly from photogrammetry contours withoutrequiring a triangulation file. SurvCADD uses points located within any search distance on C/L to create profilesor cross-sections. You design the Road/Sewer Profiles on-screen with SurvCADD�s unique sidebar readout ofthe current station, elevation, and slope data. Vertical curves are designed using sight distance, K-value, unequalcurves, or through point methods.

Using �Earthworks & Final Contours� you can easily apply road profile and ties design template to existing sitecross-sections and generate finished grade cross-sections & contours, trimmed to limits of disturbed area withvolumes. End area volumes are computed instantly between any two stored cross-section files while plottingincludes up to four cross-sections files at a time, along with all elevations and descriptions.

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Profile Menu

� Profile Defaults - Preset default horiz. andvert. scales, profile layers, road/sewer label-ing, grid or sheet plotting... .� Profile from Surface Entities - Profile cre-ated from picking a polyline or alignment file(*.CL), then selecting ridge lines and con-tours (lines, 3D & 2D Polylines) that inter-sect this alignment. Stores profiles quicklyand accurately from extremely large contourmaps without creating a FLT or Grid model.Profiles can be generated along any polylineor alignment file with tangents, horizontalcurves and spirals.� Profile from 2D Polyline - Stores a profilefrom any plotted profile. Important for stor-ing to a file an existing plotted profile froman old plan & profile sheet or profiles re-ceived from external sources. Profiles canbe replotted at any horiz. and vert. scale andused for design.� Profile from 3D Polyline - Stores profile asstations & offsets from a 3D polyline.Prompts for a starting station.� Profile from 3D Points - Profile is storedfrom points, entered as point numbers orpicked from 3D entities.� Profile from Section File - Creates profilesfrom stored SurvCADD section files (*.SCT).Profiles are created at 0 offset (centerline) orat any offset L or R.� Profile from Grid or FLT file - Surfacemodels stored as Grid or FLT files in theDTM/Contour module can be used to createprofiles. Grid or FLT files need not be plot-ted on screen for creating profiles.� Profile from Pts on Centerline - Profilecreated from picking a polyline or alignmentfile (*.CL), then selecting points alongcenterline. An offset search distance left &right of centerline is entered and all pointsfound within search distance are stored asstation and elevation along centerline. Align-ment (*.CL) or centerline polylines can becomposed of tangents, horizontal curves andspirals.� Profile from Layers - Similar to Profile fromSurface Entities except you specify thoselayers to be tested for intersects.� Profile from Pipe Polylines - Creates a newtype of profile for pipes that contains sta-tion-elevation positions and the pipe widthwhere pipes cross the centerline. Draw Pro-file draws pipe symbols at these points with-out connecting the points.� Enter Profile On-Screen - Enter or pickstation, elevation and percent slope for pro-file grades. Powerful design/drawing toolfor entering/picking profiles for ditches,

channel or any grade not related to road,sewer or pipe profiles. Profiles can be plot-ted on grid or profile sheet at any horizontaland vertical scale. Total undo capabilitywith constant reporting of station, elevation,increment distance and slope printouts ascursor is dragged on grid or profile sheet.� Design Road Profile - Design and plot roadvertical alignments on grid or profile sheetat any horizontal and vertical scale. Greatfor recreating existing designs or enteringas built conditions. Constant reporting ofstation, elevation, increment distance and

slope printouts as cursor is dragged ongrid or profile sheet. Total undo capabil-ity. Vertical curve lengths are entered di-rectly or calculated by entering desiredminimum sight distance or K value re-quired. AASHTO speed tables for mini-mum sight distances or K values are avail-able for review and use.� Design Sewer/Pipe Profile - Design andplot sewer/pipe vertical alignments on gridor profile sheet at any horizontal and ver-tical scale. Great for inputting and plot-ting any existing sewer or pipe designsor entering as built sewer or pipe condi-tions. Constant reporting of station, el-evation, increment distance, depth fromsurface and slope printouts as cursor isdragged on grid or profile sheet. Total

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menu. Profiles can be plotted left to right orright to left.� Draw Profile Grid - Draws profile grid andlabels at any horizontal and vertical scalewithin a starting and ending station and el-evation range.� Add Grid Ticks & Dots - Grid ticks for rul-ers along vertical and horizontal edges canbe added and dots to profiles.� Horizontal Axis Elevations - Horizontal axiselevations can be added at any interval alongthe bottom of any profile grid or sheet forexisting & design grades.� Structure Placement - Places a retainingwall into the profile.� Additional Profile Utilities - Profile to . . . ,Profile Offset Text, Reports, Pipe Depth Sum-mary, Roadside Ditch, and Profile Utilities.

undo capability.� Merge Profiles - All profiles are stored assimple ASCII files and can be reviewed, ed-ited or appended.� Input-Edit Profile File- Enter new or editexisting grades, roads, sewers or pipe pro-files. Great for reviewing and editing in anintelligent profile editor existing grade, road,sewer or pipe profiles.

� Draw Profile - Draw at any horizontal andvertical scale on grid or profile sheet exist-ing or design profiles created in the Profile

Profile MenuStoring Existing Grade Profile Files

Design Sewer/Pipe Profiles

Design Road Profiles

Profile from Surface Entities

Profile from 3D Polyline or Points

Cross-SectionGrid Files � TIN Files

Profile from 2D Polyline

Profile from Section, Grid or TIN files.

Edit or Review Stored Profiles or Manually Enter a New Existing Profile.

Design Road, Sewer & Pipe Profiles.

Draw Profiles - This command draws allforms of profiles (ground, road, sewer,water) with flexible labeling options.Profiles may be plotted on plan andprofile sheets or with localized grid lines.

Design Road Profiles - Plot PVC, PVIand PVT station and elevation, slopes,vertical curve length, sight distance, Kvalue, vertical lines and donuts.

Design Sewer Profiles - Plot station andelevation of surface, invert in and out ofeach manhole with slope and horizontallength of pipe. Gallon per minute andtime to travel between manholes may alsobe plotted along pipe sections.

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Design Menu

The GRADES icon prompts for surfaceslope, distance and ID description.

Right of Way icon prompts.

The Design Template icon based screen editor.

Prompting for CURB design icon.

Earthworks & Final Contours plots the calculated cut and fill volumes, creates finalgrade cross-sections and design coordinate points, trimming existing contours indisturbed area and tying proposed contours to existing contours.

� Polyline to Centerline File - Store an align-ment file (*.CL) picking a polyline.� Centerline File to Polyline - Plot a polylinefrom any stored centerline alignment file(*.CL).� Centerline Report - Print, plot to screen orstore the properties for a selected centerlineto a file. Properties include tangent, arc, spi-ral data and coordinates.� Centerline Conversion - Converts betweenSurvCADD (*.CL) centerline alignment files

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� Design Centerline - Draw road, railroad orany centerline as a polyline that consists oftangents, curves or spiral sections definedby preset minimum AASHTO and RAIL-ROAD specifications. Store polyline to analignment file(*.CL)� Edit Centerline File - Review and editcenterline alignment file.

and the external alignment file formats ofAdcadd and Wild.

� Enter Right of Way - Input right of wayrelative to a centerline by entering stationand offset. Draws right of ways as polylinesand labels points. Right of way data is storedin a centerline file.� Polyline to Right of Way - Calculates thestation-offset for each point on a polylinerelative to a centerline and stores this infor-mation as a right-of-way in a centerline file.

� Label/Draw Right of Way - Draws right ofways stored in a centerline file as polylinesand labels the station-offsets.� Design Template - This new routine over-hauls template design with a graphical in-terface and every detail we could find. anynumber of elements can be added to thetemplate including grades, curbs and me-dians. Any number of subgrades can alsobe specified. Cut and fill treatment handlesmultiple slopes as well as ditches, bermsand guardrails. Pivot points forsuperelevation in surface and subgradescan be entered. Treatment for right of wayscan be specified.� Draw Typical Template - Draws and an-notates a template file with grades, curbs,medians, subgrades and cut/fill slopes.Options to show normal template,superelevation, or details.� Template Transition - Edits a template tran-sition file with transition stations and tem-plate modifications.� Input/Edit Superelevation - Storessuperelevation file (*.SUP) for an existingcenterline alignment file (*.CL) that definesthe properties for superelevation along thatcenterline.� Locate Template Points - Runs the tem-plate design and creates points at the speci-fied station interval and offset.� Earthwork & Final Contours - Totallyrewritten to handle new templates. Newoptions include rock section file, templatepoint profiles, draw cross section 3Dpolylines and starting/ending stations forvolumes. Autoruns template along hori-zontal and vertical alignment files, templateties into existing cross-section file gener-ating earthwork, finished grade cross-sec-tions, 3D plan view plotting of template,stakeout coordinate file and finished gradecontours with 3D polyline perimeter drawnfor disturbed area.

Two output files can be created. Afinished grade cross-section file and afinished grade coordinate file. Thecoordinate file is used for stakeout oftemplate break points. Cut and fillvolumes are calculated when autorunningtemplate design. Volumes can includecentroid volume calculations and masshaul plotting.

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Design Menu

Sections Menu

� Section Defaults - Section layers, reports,grid or sheet plotting, and horizontal andvertical scales are among several settingsthat may be preset prior to section plotting.� Input-Edit Section Alignment - New dia-log-based routine for creating and editingsection alignment files (.MXS). New optionsinclude stations at crossing polylines andoffset limits by perimeter polyline.� Draw Section Alignment - Added optionto label stations parallel or perpendicular toalignment polylines.� Sections from Surface Entities - Cross-sections are created by selecting a horizon-tal alignment file (*.MXS) and then select-ing those entities (contours and barrier lines)that intersect the selected alignment. Cross-sections are stored in a cross-section (*.SCT) file. Since AutoCAD's initial release of ver-sion 12, SurvCADD has been creating cross-sections directly from AutoCAD screen en-tities. Elevation data along a line, 2D or 3Dpolyline, and 3D mesh that intersects a se-lected MXS horizontal alignment file is writ-ten as station and offset data to a cross-section (*.SCT) file for plotting, earthworkand template design.� Sections from Polylines - Converts previ-ously plotted cross-sections stored asAutoCAD drawings to a (*.SCT) file. Pickstation, datum elevation point on grid, enterhorizontal and vertical scales then pick thecross-section polyline. Important feature forcreating cross-section files (*.SCT) from oldcross-sections drawings or drawings re-ceived from external sources.� Sections from Points - Create cross-sec-tion file (*.SCT) from screen plottedSurvCADD points along MXS horizontalalignment file. Additional search distancespecified ahead and behind for each station.A search distance of 5' from station 1+50would search for all points a distance speci-fied left or right between stations 1+45 to1+55.� Sections from Grid or FLT File - Cross-sections are created by selecting a MXShorizontal alignment file (*.MXS) and thenselecting a stored grid or FLT file. All inter-sects along the MXS file on the grid andFLT files are stored to a cross-section(*.SCT) file.� Sections from Text File - Create cross-sec-tions from ASCII coordinate files. ASCIIfiles must have elevations and stations withoffset distance left, center or right in the de-

scription.� Sections by Layers - Similar to Sectionsfrom Surface Entities except you specifywhich layers to test for intersects foundalong the MXS horizontal alignment file.� Digitize Sections - Digitize sections in planview from photogrammetry maps or fromcross-sections sheets. Digitize end-areavolumes by digitizing two cross-sectionsplotted together on one grid.� Section Conversion - Convert cross-sec-tion files from external sources (Agtek, Ceal,Moss & RoadCalc) to SurvCADD. ConvertSurvCADD cross-section files to RoadCalc

files. Also convert SurvCADD cross-sec-tion files to SurvCADD point numbers or 3Dpolylines from a polyline or MXS file.� Rock Sections - Input-edit rock section filesand overshoot section files for rock cutearthwork quantities.� Points on Section - Plots template detail forany template (e.g. road, channel, ditch, tun-nel.. ), by station and vertical alignment file.Plots surveyed points as point number, el-

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� Input-Edit Section File - Create a newcross-section file or select any storedcross-section (*.SCT) file for reviewing,modifying and storing revisions. Eachselected cross-section station displaysthe offsets and elevations for that sta-tion. The cross-section is screen plottedabove the cross-section data in the in-put-edit box.� Draw Section File - Draw cross-section

evation and station with offset left or rightdistance on template plotting. Creates off-set report for printing or screen plottingfor surveyed points along template.

(*.SCT) files to a grid, picked position or tocross-section sheets. Up to four cross-sec-tion files plotted together at any horiz. &vert. scales. Elevation plotting at breakpoints, cut & fill, station and horiz. & vert.elevation plotting.� Section Report - Reports section data in-cluding stations, offsets, elevations and de-scriptions.

Sections Menu

� Draw Centroid Point - Draws a point at thecentroid of a closed polyline.� Design Regrade - Create a regrade cross-section on an existing cross-section plottedat any horizontal and vertical scale with grid.Undo capability with constant station, in-crement distance from last station picked,elevation, ratio and slope is displayed ascursor is moved including cut and fill quan-tities in square feet and yards. Stores quan-tities in earthwork (*.EW) file. New optionto hold the elevation and adjust the station.� Highway Section Staging - End-area vol-umes between two cross-section files alonga range of stations and for specific offsetdistances.� Calculate Section Volumes - End-area vol-umes between two cross-sections files for arange of stations. Volume report can beprinted, stored to a file and screen plotted.� Calculate End-Area - Screen select twocross-sections plotted together to calcu-late and store their station and cut/fill cross-section values in square feet and squareyards to an earthwork (*.EW) file. Selectedcross-sections must be plotted together onthe same grid but can be plotted at any hori-zontal and vertical scale, station and datumelevation. "Print EW File Report", calulatesend-area volumes from stored earthwork(*.EW) files and prints, screen plots or savesthe data to a file.

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