Setting Up Profiles

Use standards to create a consistent format for the profiles in a drawing.

Standard format and content for profiles is often required to comply with your requirements or to make it easier to compare several profiles. You can create these formats and content standards with styles and settings for profiles, profile views, labels, and data bands. The following process helps you evaluate existing styles and settings and to decide whether to change anything.

Create a profile from an existing alignment		Create a profile from an existing alignment and display the profile on a profile view.
Add profile view labels		Manually place a few profile view labels for station elevation and depth.
Add data bands		Add data bands above or below the profile grid, ensuring that you have one of each type that you need.
Review profile styles		Review the standards for the graphed profile line.
Review profile label styles		Review the standards for the automatic labels along the profile line.
Review profile view label styles		Review the standards for the manual labels in the profile view.
Review profile view styles		Review the standards for the profile view title, axes annotation, grid, and ticks.
Review profile view band styles		Review the standards for the data bands above or below the profile view grid.