Use the Profile Entities vista and Profile Layout Parameters dialog box to display and edit parameters of profile entities that are part of the solved profile geometry.
The Profile Entities vista displays a form that is like a spread sheet, where each row represents either a profile entity or PVI and each column represents a parameter. Use the 
PVI Based and 
Entity Based buttons on the Profile Layout Tools toolbar to change the type of data that is displayed on the Profile Entities vista. In the Profile Entities vista, you can right-click a column heading to display options for customizing the display of detail in the column views.
The purpose of Profile Entities vista is to let you quickly scroll through the entities that make up the profile. The list displays only the entities that have been selected in the drawing window. When you select a row, the details for the corresponding entity are displayed in the Profile Layout Parameters dialog box.
The Profile Layout Parameters dialog box enables you to view and change the many attributes for a single profile sub-entity. The Profile Layout Parameters dialog box contains up to three panels. The Layout Parameters panel, which displays the geometric parameters of the selected sub-entity, is always present. In this panel, the Value column lists the actual value of each sub-entity Parameter. If the profile was created using the criteria-based design feature, the Constraint column lists the value to which a Parameter is constrained by the specified design criteria. Use the Value and Constraint columns together to view whether the sub-entity parameters meet the specified design criteria. If the profile was not created using the criteria-based design feature, the Constraint column is not available.
Two additional panels may be present on the Profile Layout Parameters dialog box if the profile has design criteria applied to it. If the profile has a design criteria file associated with it, the criteria from the file are displayed in the Design Criteria panel. If the profile has a design check set associated with it, the name and contents of the design check set are displayed in the Design Checks panel.
The attributes of a curve or other profile entity that you can edit depends on the method you used to create the entity. Generally speaking, you can edit the numeric value of a parameter if the parameter was used to define the entity. For all other parameters, numeric values are calculated and displayed but cannot be edited.
Tutorial Exercise: Editing a Layout Profile
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To edit profile layout parameters using the Profile Entities vista and Profile Layout Parameters dialog box
- Click the profile. Click Profile tab
Modify Profile panelGeometry Editor
. - In the Profile Layout Tools Dialog Box, click
Profile Layout Parameters and 
Profile Grid View. - Specify the type of data to display in the Profile Entities vista:
- To display PVI data, click PVI Based.
- To display entity data, click Entity Based.
The Profile Entities vista displays the attributes of the selected profile entities. The Profile Layout Parameters dialog box is empty.
- To display PVI data, click
- In the Profile Entities vista, select the specific PVI, entity, or sub-entity you want to analyze. The parameters of the selected the entities are displayed in the Profile Layout Parameters dialog box. Editable values are in black text (not shaded).
- To display a range of entities in the Profile Entities vista, Ctrl+click the entity at the end of the desired range.
The selected range of entities is displayed on the Profile Entities vista. Highlighting a row displays the parameters of that entity in the Profile Layout Parameters dialog box.
NoteSelecting another profile causes the Profile Layout Tools dialog box, Profile Entities vista, and Profile Layout Parameters dialog box to become active for the new profile. See Selecting Profile Subentities for more information about profile sub-entity selection.
- Review and edit the data as required. To edit another PVI, entity sub-entity, or range, repeat Steps 5 and 6.
- When finished, close the Profile Layout Parameters dialog box and Profile Layout Tools toolbar.