Use this dialog box to view and change profile-related settings.
This topic documents settings in all profile-related Edit Settings dialog boxes (drawing-level, feature-level, and command-level).
For general information about drawing, feature, and command settings and their interaction, see About Autodesk Civil 3D Settings.
For information about drawing-level ambient settings, see Ambient Settings Tab (Drawing Settings Dialog Box).
Use these settings to specify the default styles assigned to profiles and their labels.
Specifies the default profile label style set. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Profile Label Set dialog box.
Specifies the default profile style. Click in the Value column, and click to select a style in the Profile Style dialog box.
Use these settings to specify the default name formats for profiles, offset profiles, superimposed profiles, and 3D entity profiles. Click in the Value column, and click to make changes in the Name Template dialog box.
Use these settings to specify the default values for vertical curve sub-entities. For all linear settings such as length, height, or radius, enter a number in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing area.
Specifies the default vertical curve type for a new profile:
Specifies whether curve length or K value is the primary constraint on a parabolic sag curve.
Specifies whether curve length or K value is the primary constraint on a parabolic crest curve.
Specifies the default length for a parabolic crest curve.
Specifies the default K-value for a parabolic crest curve.
Specifies the default length for a parabolic sag curve.
Specifies the default K-value for a parabolic sag curve.
Specifies whether curve length or radius is the primary constraint on a circular crest curve.
Specifies whether curve length or radius is the primary constraint on a circular sag curve:
Specifies the default length for a circular crest curve.
Specifies the default radius for a circular crest curve.
Specifies the default passing eye height.
Specifies the default length for a circular sag curve.
Specifies the default passing object height.
Specifies the default radius for a circular sag curve.
Specifies the default stopping eye height.
Specifies the default length for the first part of the asymmetrical crest curve.
Specifies the default stopping object height.
Specifies the default length for the second part of the asymmetrical crest curve.
Specifies the default headlight angle.
Specifies the default length for the first part of the asymmetrical sag curve.
Specifies the default headlight height.
Specifies the default length for the second part of the asymmetrical sag curve.
Use these settings to specify the default design criteria.
Specifies whether to associate a design criteria file with the profile.
The first XML file found in the <install directory>\Data\Corridor Design Standards\<units> is used by default. You can select another design criteria file by using either the Create Profile - Draw New dialog box during profile creation, or the Profile Properties dialog box after the profile is created.
Specifies whether to associate a design check set with the profile.
Specifies the default design check set. Click in the Value column, and click to select a set in the Default Design Check Set dialog box.
You can select another design check set by using either the Create Profile - Draw New dialog box during profile creation, or the Profile Properties dialog box after the profile is created.
Specifies how the layout profile geometry is anchored in relation to the associated alignment.
Specifies whether profile entities that are affected by edits to the associated alignment are modified or deleted.
Specifies whether a graphical marker is added to the drawing and to the Profile Entities vista to mark profile entities that are modified due to a change to the associated alignment. The appearance of the Notification Symbol can be controlled by modifying the profile style.
Use these settings to specify the default behavior when curve entities are used as an input option for best fit arc, line, and parabola creation.
Specifies whether to tesselate curve segments if they are included as an input option.
Specifies the mid-ordinate tolerance based on a distance across the tessellated curve segments. Enter a length in the Value column or click and select two points along a curve.
Use this setting to specify the default behavior for regression analysis graphs in best fit arc, line, and parabola creation.
Specifies whether the regression graph displays splines on the green line that represents the best fit entity.
Use these settings to specify the default settings for quick profile creation.
Specifies whether to generate profiles of all surfaces in the drawing file in the quick profile.
Specifies whether to include elevation data for the selected 3D entity in the quick profile.
Use these settings to specify the default values for the mid-ordinate distances that the system uses when tessellating (approximating) the shape of curves in superimposed profiles.
Specifies the horizontal mid-ordinate distance for tessellated curve segments. Enter a distance in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing.
Specifies the vertical mid-ordinate distance for tessellated curve segments. Enter a length in the Value column or click and select a distance in the drawing.
These settings are used in the Superimpose Profile Options dialog box.