Editing Profiles Using the Profile Layout Tools

Grips are wonderful tools for editing geometry that is already there, but what if you need to add a PVI or draw a curve? For that, you need the Profile Layout Tools toolbar Figure 7.8. This toolbar is the same one that you would use to create a profile initially.

Figure 7.8  Profile Layout Tools toolbar.

To use the Profile Layout Tools to edit a profile in your drawing, complete these steps:

The Exercise File can be downloaded at the end of the article  

1. Open the drawing named Editing Tools.dwg located in the Chapter 07 class data folder.

2. Click the Jordan Court FGCL profile, and then click Geometry Editor on the ribbon. This opens the Profile Layout Tools toolbar.

3. On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Insert PVI. While holding down the Shift key, right-click and select Endpoint.
4. Zoom in to the left end of the profile, and click the sharp break in the existing ground profile that is located at the center of the circle marked A. This sharp break is the edge of the existing road that the new road will tie into.

5. On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Delete PVI. Then click within the circle marked B. This will delete the PVI at this location and remove the slight bend in the profile.

6. On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Insert PVIs – Tabular.
7. In the Insert PVIs dialog box, enter 19+10 (0+582) for Station and 174.00 (53.000) for Elevation.
8. Press the Enter key to create a new line. Then enter 21+55 (0+655) for the Station and 173.5 (52.750) for the Elevation. Click OK. This creates two new PVIs located near the centers of the circles marked C and D.

9. On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click the black triangle to the right of the curves button to view the curves menu. Select More Free Vertical CurvesFree Vertical Parabola (PVI Based), as shown in Figure 7.9.

   Figure 7.9  Clicking the Free Vertical Parabola (PVI Based) command.

10. Click within the circle marked C. Type 150 (45) and press Enter to provide the curve length.
11. Click within the circle marked D. At the command line, type 200 (60) for the curve length and press Enter.
12. Press Enter to end the command. You have successfully edited the design profile using the Profile Layout Tools toolbar.

Editing Profiles

• Editing Profiles with Grips
• Editing Profiles Using the Profile Layout Tools
• Editing Profiles Numerically

Download Exercise File :

• Editing Profiles - Metric     --- ( 2.95 MB )
• Editing Profiles - Imperial  --- ( 2.7 MB )