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Extending Profile Tangents to a PVI

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Intermediate

Create a point of vertical intersection at the intersecting grade line of two tangents.

Use this command to connect short tangents that do not intersect. The result is a continuous profile that consists of tangents and PVIs.

To extend two profile tangents to a point of vertical intersection

  1. Click the profile. Click Profile tabModify Profile panelGeometry Editor.
  2. On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Solve Tangent Intersection.
  3. Select the first tangent, or specify a point/station and elevation.
  4. Select the second tangent, or specify a point/station and elevation.

Ribbon

Click profile. Click Profile tabModify Profile panelGeometry Editor.

Menu

Click Profiles menu Edit Profile Geometry

Command Line

EditProfileLayout

Profile Layout Tools Toolbar Icon

Solve Tangent Intersection

Dialog Box


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