I have alignments that go in and out of a surface boundary (this is because I have a surface that represents the bottom of pavement.) I want to show the surface profile with the gaps in the profile view (where there is no surface. However in the profile view the gaps are sometimes connected with a straight line instead of being blank.
How can I have a surface profile represent the bottom of pavement properly? (An alignment that is not fully withing the surface boundary.) I know I could add the profile mutiple time with different start/end stations But, I don't want that, I want it to be dynamic, as the alignment will change.
Thanks
-John
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Use a Hide surface boundary on the areas you do not want to see the surface. The profile should then be blank in those areas.
John Mayo
I think that may have worked only hidding the surface (the part that I tried at least). Before I tried to hide the entire surface and then show only what I wanted. Should this also work or does the Hide/Show not work?
That can work but first you must define an outer boundary. Then you need a hide boundary just inside the outer. Both of these boundaries must fully enclose the surface. After you have these defined the show boundaries will work. To me this is a bit more work but if you have hundreds of objects to show or hide this is pretty easy since C3D lets u select multiple coundaries at one time (watch the command line when you define a srf boundary).
John Mayo