Hi Jon,
Just quickly.
Draw a polyline starting anywhere, then go 0.3m or 1 foot (Nominal half
width of trench) left horizontally and then close it.
Define the template from that, picking the starting point as the FG
reference
> -Next, I gather, I must define the template. So, I pick my FG reference
> point, then I enter Yes for symmetrical, select my object, but is this a
> normal surface type or subgrade? NORMAL
> -I picked my material (made one up - called it sewer). OK
> -I'm guessing my connection point out will be the upper-left end-point
> of my single pline? YES
> -So what's my datum number? And my datum points? I'm lost here because I
> only have a single pline.... Datum 1 Pick Left end of polyline, then
right end
> -No subassembly? NO
> -Save my template. YES
There is a tutorial and help files on this.
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Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au
"Jon" wrote in message news:421b7bc9_2@newsprd01...
> Laurie Comerford wrote:
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > If you design the sewer profile as a road profile, you can attach a
simple
> > template to model the vertical steps needed in the sewer connections,
and
> > then create cut batters as 1% (or whatever the allowed pipe slope is).
The
> > daylight lines of these batters will indicate the extent of area
serviced by
> > the sewer profile.
> >
> > Make sure you sample with an adequately wide value when sampling the
cross
> > sections.
> >
> > You can do a similar thing with grading objects starting with a 3D
polyline
> > of the profile.
> >
>
> Okay, now after 6 hours I finally get to try this.
>
> I'm not overly familiar with the X-sections menu in Civil. I hate to
> ask, but can you give me a rundown on the process here?
> -In profile, I drew lines snapping to the inverts of my proposed sewer
> alignment.
> -I defined that as FG.
> -I sampled the area, making sure my swath distances are wide enough.
> -I then drew a symmetrical template. I'm not sure if I did this right.I
> went to Cross Sections > Draw Template, and I basically drew a pline
> from my reference point to the left, 20m long at 0.5% (min slope). But
> it's a single pline. Does this template need to be a closed figure?
> -Next, I gather, I must define the template. So, I pick my FG reference
> point, then I enter Yes for symmetrical, select my object, but is this a
> normal surface type or subgrade?
> -I picked my material (made one up - called it sewer).
> -I'm guessing my connection point out will be the upper-left end-point
> of my single pline?
> -So what's my datum number? And my datum points? I'm lost here because I
> only have a single pline....
> -No subassembly?
> -Save my template.
> Then what? This is all a grey-area for me....I've created x-sections in
> LDD once; before that was C&G on R14 more than two years ago (and I'm
> running through the tut's now)!!!
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Jon