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Profile/Profile View Styles and Labels

This Skill Builder looks at profile and profile view display and stylization and

shows you how to create and edit various profile and profile view styles and

labels.

Several exercises are included to illustrate how to modify common profile and

profile view styles and labels.

A sample schematic of a profile view is also included. It provides details on

common styles and labels in a profile view and explains where to access the

styles and labels to control their display.

Background

Profiles are used to show surface elevations along a horizontal alignment. You

typically use profiles to visualize the terrain along a route of interest, such as

a proposed road, or simply to show how the elevation changes across a

particular region. You typically use profile views to display several profiles

along a proposed route for a road, pipe, fence, or a similar structure, as graphed

lines on a grid. The profile views are used to compare elevations of several

surfaces or alignments along the route.

For more information on profiles and profile views, see the Profiles topics in

the Autodesk Civil 3D Users Guide.

1 | Profile/Profile View Display


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You control profile and profile view display primarily from the Profile andProfile View collections in the Toolspace Settings tab:

You control the components that are displayed in the profile view, for examplethe profiles and the bands, from the Profile View properties:

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Installing the Skill Builder Files

For best results, copy the drawing (Profile-labels_styles.dwg) into the folder

C:\Program Files\Autodesk Civil 3D 2007\SkillBuilders, creating the SkillBuilders

folder if it does not exist. Other Skill Builders for Autodesk Civil 3D should

also go into this folder.

Exercises

In the following exercises, you will modify several aspects of the profile/profile

view display and labeling. Each exercise is designed to illustrate a different

type of display or labeling aspect.

Modifying the Profile Style

Profile styles control profile appearance in 2D and 3D views.

The profile style is an object style associated to the profile at design time and

you would typically use different profile styles for different kinds of profiles,

for example, existing ground and finished ground.

In this exercise you will modify the finished ground profile visibility and

display.

To modify the profile visibility

1 Open the drawingProfile-labels_styles.dwg.

2 In the drawing area, click the finished profile to select it, right-click and

click Edit Profile Style:



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NOTE You can also edit the profile style from the Toolspace Settings tab by

expanding Profile > Profile Styles, right-clicking on the Finished Ground profile

style, and clicking Edit.

3 In the Profile Style - Finished Ground dialog box, click the Display tab.

4 In the Component Display table, click the Line Extensions component

to select it.

5 Click in the Visible column for the Line Extensions to hide them.

Click OK.

The Finished Ground profile line extensions are no longer visible in the

profile view. Notice that if you select the profile, the grips at the ends of

the line extensions are still available so you can grip edit the profile.

6 To change the color of the line segments of the profile, open the Profile

Style - Finished Ground dialog box again and click the Display tab.

7 In the Component Display table, click the Color column for Line and in

the Select Color dialog box, click the yellow swatch. Click OK. In the

Profile Style - Finished Ground dialog box, click Apply.

Notice that the line segments of the profile are now yellow.

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8 To change the displayed line weight of the profile to 0.3 mm, open the

Profile Style - Finished Ground dialog box if you closed it and click the

Display tab.

9 In the Component Display table, click the Lineweight column for the

Line components and in the Lineweight dialog box, click 0.30mm.

10 Repeat step 9 for the Symmetrical Parabola component.

11 Click OK to close the Profile Style - Finished Ground dialog box.

12 If the lineweight of the profile does not change, you need to turn on the

lineweight display in the drawing by clicking the LWT button at the

bottom of the Civil 3D window:

Modifying the Profile View Style

You use profile view styles to control the format of the graph on which the

profiles are displayed as well as the annotation placed above and below the

profile graph or grid.

In this exercise, you will modify a couple of display aspects of the profile view:

Add text to the title and change its color.

Change the vertical grid spacing and color.

To modify the profile view title

1 On the Toolspace Settings tab, expand the Profile View collection, expand

the Profile View Styles collection, right-click the Major Grids style, and

click Edit:



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NOTE You can also edit the profile view style from the drawing by

right-clicking on the profile view and clicking Edit Profile View Style.

2 In the Profile View Style dialog box, click the Graph tab.

3 In the Graph View Title section of the dialog box, click the next to

the Title Content field.

4 In the Text Component Editor, with the Properties tab selected, place

your cursor in text editor area after the last line of text:

5 Press Enter and type PARENT ALIGNMENT:

6 In the Properties drop-down, select Parent Alignment:

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7 Click to insert the property into the text editor area at the cursorlocation:

8 To change the title text color, click the Format tab.

9 With the cursor in the text editor area, press Ctrl-A to select all the text.

10 Click the Color drop-down list and click ByLayer (green).

11 Click OK and click Apply in the Profile View Style dialog box.

The profile view title is modified:

To change the profile view vertical grid spacing and color

1 In the Profile View Style - Major Grids dialog box, click the Horizontal

Axes tab.

2 In the Axis Title Text section of the dialog box, click the Select Axis

drop-down and select Bottom:



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TIP The bottom axis controls the horizontal grid spacing.

In the Major Tick Details section of the dialog box, enter 200 into the

Interval field.

3 Click Apply. Notice that the vertical grid lines now display every 200 feet

and the grid ticks and labels along the horizontal axis are displayed

accordingly.

4 In the Profile View Style dialog box, click the Display tab.

5 In the Components Display table, click in the Color column for Grid

Vertical Major:

6 In the Select Color dialog box, click ByLayer. Click OK.

7 In the Profile View Style dialog box, click OK.

The major vertical grid lines are displayed using the color of the layer

(C-ROAD-PROF-LABL).

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Modifying a Profile Band

You use profile view band styes to control the format of the bands that are

displayed above and below the profile grid. Bands contain information such

as the profile curve geometry, horizontal (alignment) geometry, or elevation

differences between profiles in the profile view.

In this exercise, you will modify the Profile Data band at the bottom of the

profile view and edit its labels.

To modify a profile view band

1 On the Toolspace Prospector tab, expand the Sites collection, expand the

Site collection, expand the Alignments collection, expand the Ridge Road

alignment, and expand the Profile Views collection.

2 Right-click the PV - (1) profile and click Properties:

NOTE You can also edit the profile view properties from the drawing by

right-clicking on the profile view and clicking Profile View Properties.

3 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, click the Bands tab.

4 To modify the Profile Data band, which is the band at the bottom of the

profile view, ensure that the Location drop-down is set to Bottom of

Profile View.

The bands at the bottom of the profile view are displayed in the List ofBands.



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5 In the List of Bands, scroll to the right so that you can see the columns

Profile1 and Profile2. These columns specify the profiles to be referenced

in the band.

6 In the Profile1 column for the Profile Data band, click the field and click

Layout(1) from the drop-down:

7 Click Apply.

Notice that the first number at each station in the band changed. This

value is the elevation of the layout profile:

To modify band labels

1 If you closed the Profile View Properties dialog box for PV - (1), open it.

For details, refer to the first step in the previous exercise.

2 In the Profile View Properties dialog box, click the Bands tab.

3 Ensure that the Location drop-down is set to Bottom of Profile View so

that the bands at the bottom of the profile view are displayed in the List

of Bands.

4 In the List of Bands, click in the Style column for the Profile Data

band.

5 In the Pick Band Style dialog box, click to edit the Profile Data style.

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6 In the Profile Data Band Style dialog box, click the Band Details tab.

7 In the Labels and Ticks section, click Major Station and then click theCompose Label button.

8 In the Label Style Composer, click the Component Name drop-down list

and click EG Elevation.

9 In the Property table, expand the Text Property group (if required) and

click the Value column for the Text Height and change the value from

0.1000 to 0.2. Click OK.

10 Click OK to close the Profile Data Band Style and click OK to close the

Pick Band Style dialog box. Finally, click OK to close the Profile View

Properties dialog box.

Notice that the second number at each station in the band is set to thenew size.

Profile View Schematic

The profile view diagram on the following page presents a overview of different

types of styles and labels used within the profile view. If you mouse over a

component name, you will get a tooltip with information on where the display

of that label or style is controlled and accessed in Civil 3D.

For printing purposes, following the schematic, a table is provided that lists

the components called out in the schematic and repeats the tooltip

information.



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ove your cursor over a callout for more information.

Graph Title

Band - Horizontal Geometry

Horizontal Axis - Top

tical Axis - Left

ical Axis Title

Grade Label

Horizontal Geometry Point Label

Grade Break Lab

Profile - Proposed

Grid at Horizontal Geometry Point

G

Grid Horizontal - Major

Horizontal Axis - Bottom

Profile - Existing

ottom Band 1


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How to AccessProfile/Profile View Component

Prospector tab: Profile View Properties >

Bands > Band Type: Horizontal Geometry

Bottom Band - 1


Bands > Band Type: Profile Data

Bottom Band - 2

Settings tab: Profile > Label Styles > Grade

Breaks

Grade Break Label

Settings tab: Profile > Label Styles > LineGrade Label

Settings tab: Profile View Style > Graph tab

> Graph View Title

Graph Title

Settings tab: Profile View Style > Display >




Grid Horizontal Major

Grid Horizontal - Major


Grid Vertical Major

Grid Vertical - Major

Settings tab: Profile View Style > Horizontal

Axes > Select Axis: Bottom

Horizontal Axis - Bottom

Settings tab: Profile View Style > Horizontal

Axes > Select Axis: Top

Horizontal Axis -Top

Settings tab: Profile > Label Styles > Hori-

zontal Geometry Point > Dragged State

Horizontal Geometry Point Label

Settings tab: Profile > Profile StyleProfile - Existing

Settings tab: Profile > Profile StyleProfile - Proposed

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How to AccessProfile/Profile View Component


Bands > Band Type: Horizontal Geometry

Top Band - Horizontal Geometry

Settings tab: Profile View Style > Vertical

Axes > Select Axis: Left

Vertical Axis - Left


Axes > Select Axis: Right

Vertical Axis - Right


Axes > Axis Title Text

Vertical Axis - Title


Axes > Minor Tick Details

Vertical Ticks - Right


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