To Create a Single Profile View

Create a single profile view to display a surface profile and to design a layout profile. Each profile view displays new or existing profiles and offsets for one horizontal alignment.

Tutorial: Displaying and Modifying Profile Views

  1. Click Home tabProfile & Section Views panelProfile View drop-downCreate Profile View Find.
  2. In the Create Profile View wizard, navigate through the pages by using the links at the left or clicking Back or Next.
    Note: Click Create Profile View at any time to accept the current settings.

    The wizard pages contain the following controls:

    • General page - Specify the alignment name and profile view name and description.
      Note: The Show Offset Profiles By Vertically Stacking Profile Views is only applicable when creating stacked profile views.
    • Station Range page - Specify the starting and ending stations.
    • Profile View Height page - Specify the profile view height and any split profile options, including split stations and styles for individual stations.
    • Profile Display Options page - Specify the profiles to be drawn as well as their styles, labels, and layers.
    • Pipe/Pressure Network page - Specify the pipe networks or parts to be drawn.
    • Data Bands page - Specify the data band sets and their properties.
    • Hatch Options page - Specify how to mark areas between two profiles on the profile view, such as where terrain must be cut or filled to create the design profile.
  3. Click Create Profile View.
  4. In the drawing window, click a location for the lower left corner (origin) of the profile view grid. The profile view is drawn.