Creating profile along the lowest point in an existing ditch

[Anonymous]

In highway construction, I usually check for lowest ditch elevation and see how the existing drainage flows. Typically one would create or specify in CL profile creation with a 15m offset right and left which would then generate existing CL and 15m offset profiles in profile view. However, the 15m offset profile might not represent the lowest point in the ditch as the lowest elevation offset distance varies along the highway.

My question: Is there a way in civil 3D profile creation where it can automatically trace the lowest elevation in the ditch and plot it in profile view? 

[AllenJessup]

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@Anonymous wrote:

My question: Is there a way in civil 3D profile creation where it can automatically trace the lowest elevation in the ditch and plot it in profile view? 

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Not as far as I know. Others may have more knowledge.

If I had to do this. I would use the Waterdrop feature to trace the water path. You'll extraneous information, But you can explode and join, or trace over the relevant portions of the polylines to define an alignment along the lowpoints. I've used this method to trace the Thalweg (deepest channel) of a river.

Allen