Using profiles, you can view changes in elevation along a horizontal alignment.
In addition to the centerline profile, you can create offset profiles for features such as road edges or ditches.
Create a profile view to see one or more of the profiles associated with a horizontal alignment. Use the profile view of a surface as a guide for creating the layout profile of a designed surface, such as a road. On a profile view, you can also superimpose the profile of a different horizontal alignment that is in the same area.
To work most effectively with profiles, learn how to combine the create, copy, edit, and superimpose operations to get the profiles you need for terrain analysis and design.
In addition, you can use quick profiles to view and evaluate elevation information at locations where there is no alignment. Quick profiles are temporary objects that are useful for evaluating elevation information along a line, polyline, feature or lot line, survey figure, or along a series of points you select.
Topics in this section
- Creating Surface Profiles
You can create surface profiles to show surface elevations along an alignment.
- Creating Layout Profiles
Create layout profiles to represent designed elevations along an alignment.
- Format Requirements of Profile Files
Use profile files to record layout data for points of vertical intersection (PVIs) in a profile.
- Creating a Superimposed Profile
In a profile view, display the profile of another alignment that is adjacent to the main horizontal alignment.
- Creating a Corridor Profile
In a profile view, display a profile derived from a corridor feature line.
- Creating a Profile by Reference
Create a reference to an existing profile in a data shortcut or a Vault project.
- Copying a Profile
Copy a layout profile or a static surface profile. Use the copy to create a profile or replace an existing one.
- Creating a Quick Profile
View surface elevation data along an object or between two points.
- Creating a Profile by Best Fit
Create a profile that follows the most logical path through a series of surface profiles, feature lines, COGO points, or AutoCAD 3D polylines, points, or blocks.