Elevation Editor Dialog Box

2012-03-14

Product Documentation

Intermediate

Use this dialog box to edit the elevations and grades for feature line, lot line, or survey figure segments. You cannot change the values of the stations or segment lengths.

Green triangles indicate primary geometry points. Green circles indicate intermediate elevation points.

White triangles indicate split points, where two features lines cross with neither having a geometry point at that location. Split points cannot be directly edited. When a vertex shares a point with another intersecting feature line, a small plus symbol is added to the icon for that row. The gray point icons in the grid control and the drawing glyphs represent read-only objects, such as daylight lines and dynamically linked feature lines. For more information, see Editing Feature Lines with the Elevation Editor.

Use the Shift key to select multiple rows for editing with the Raise/Lower commands.

Select Line: Selects a feature line, lot line, or survey figure for editing.
Zoom To: Zooms the drawing display to the selected point of intersection (PI) or elevation point.
Quick Profile: Creates a quick profile of the feature line.
Raise/Lower: Adjusts the elevation of rows either upward or downward. If no rows are selected, prompts for a new elevation for the first point, then adjusts all rows by the same relative amount. If rows are selected, prompts for the new elevation of the first selected row, then adjusts all the selected rows by the same relative elevation.
Raise Incrementally: Adjusts the elevations of all points upward by the increment value. If no rows are selected, the option adjusts all points, otherwise it adjusts the points only for the selected rows.
Lower Incrementally: Adjusts the elevations of all points downward by the increment value. If no rows are selected, it adjusts all points, otherwise it adjusts the points for the selected rows.
Set Increment: Specifies the value to be used by the Raise and Lower commands. Enter the value.
Flatten Elevations: Specifies that the elevations of all selected rows are flattened to either the same elevation as the first row in the selection, or a constant grade from the start elevation to the end elevation of the selection. Click to open the Flatten dialog box.
Insert Elevation Point: Inserts an elevation point between the start and end stations of the footprint, creating an intermediate elevation point.
Delete Elevation Point: Deletes an elevation point between the start and end stations of the footprint. You can delete only a single-row selection of intermediate elevation points.
Elevations From Surface: Selects an elevation from a surface in the drawing. If there is only one surface, it automatically uses that surface to retrieve the elevations. If there is more then one surface, it prompts you to select the desired surface. If no rows are selected, it updates the elevation of all points. Otherwise, it updates just the selected rows. If the feature line is off the surface, it displays a warning message. If some elevations are updated, but one or more points are off the surface, it displays a message indicating the number of points off the surface that could not be assigned elevations. This option is disabled if the drawing has no surfaces.
Reverse: Changes the direction of feature lines. Updates the editor so that the order of points is reversed. This command affects the labeling and stationing of feature lines.
Show Grade Breaks Only: Displays only the feature line start/end points and any grade breaks in between. This option simplifies the editing process by allowing elevation edits to span multiple points. By default, the table displays all feature line points.
Unselect All Rows: Clears any selected rows so that the Raise, Lower, and Flatten commands to affect the entire length of the footprint.
Station: Identifies the point that starts the current segment.
Elevation: Specifies the elevation of the point identified by the Station.
Length: Displays the length of the current segment.
Grade Ahead: Specifies the end elevation of the current segment in the forward direction. Modifying this grade will change the elevation of the segment. This is the elevation of the next Station point in the next row of the grid.

Note

To edit the grade of multiple rows, select the desired rows and edit the grade of one of the selected rows. The new grade will be applied to all selected rows.

Grade Back: Specifies the grade of the current segment from its end to start. Modifying this grade will change the start elevation of the segment, which is the point at the beginning of the current row.

Elevation Editor Dialog Box

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