Using Design Check Sets

As you learned earlier, a design check set is a collection of one or more design checks. For profiles, there are two types of design checks: line and curve. When a design check set is applied to a profile, Civil 3D will flag any violations with a triangular yellow shield marked with an exclamation point. You can hover over the shield to get more information about the violation.

To apply a design check set to a profile, complete the following steps:

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

1. Open the drawing named Design Check Set.dwg located in the Chapter 07 class data folder.

2. Click the Jordan Court FGCL profile, and then click Profile Properties on the ribbon.
3. In the Profile Properties dialog box, click the Design Criteria tab.
4. Select the Use Criteria-Based Design box.
5. Select the Use Design Check Set box, and select Subdivision.
6. Click OK to close the Profile Properties dialog box. Press Esc to clear the grips on the profile. You should see two yellow shields near the right end of the profile, as shown in Figure Figure 7.10.

   Figure 7.10  Warning symbols indicating design check set violations.

7. Zoom in to the area where the warning symbols are displayed. Hover the cursor over the symbol on the left. The tooltip reports that the grade check is being violated for this tangent.
8. Click the profile to display its grips. Then click the PVI grip to the left of the warning symbol and move it upward. This warning symbol disappears, but a new warning symbol may appear on the tangent to the left because the grade of this tangent now exceeds 5 percent.
9. Move the PVI down little by little until both tangent warning symbols disappear. Now you have satisfied the design check for both tangents.
10. Hover your cursor over the remaining warning symbol. This tooltip indicates that the minimum curve length of 3 (1) times the design speed is not being met.
11. Click the profile to display the grips, and then click one of the circular grips at either end of the curve and move it outward to lengthen the curve. If you lengthen the curve enough, the warning symbol will disappear.

Using Design Check Sets and Criteria Files

• Using Design Check Sets
• Using Design Criteria Files

Download Exercise File :

• C07 - Design Check and Criteria - Metric     --- ( 1.97 MB )
• C07 - Design Check and Criteria - Imperial  --- ( 1.8 MB )