Draw Cross-Sections

The function draws the cross-sections that you have made in Novapoint, into the AutoCAD drawing.

Run the function from:

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Not available from the Toolbar

MOUS_ICO Menu: Novapoint > Drawing presentations from Quadri > Draw cross sections

KEYB_ICO Command Line: Not available from the command line

The dialog box Select task will pop up.

• Choose the wanted task and confirm with OK

The dialog box Draw cross sections with layout will pop up.

Procedure

• Drawing settings:

  • Select all the cross-sections you want to have in the layouts

  • Pick the insertion point, or use default 0,0

• Additional drawing objects:

  • Select mass data (if you have done a mass calculation in the Road model) with the Draw hatched cross-sections and Draw quantity label options

  • You can also select Draw other alignments, Draw wireframes, Draw illustration symbol, and Existing objects

  • You can also select Design objects and Additional Model

• Terrain settings:

  • Draw terrain As… Choose between Merged terrain surface or Original terrain surface

• Sheet settings:

  • Select Sheet size and (optionally) a title block

• Layout settings:

  • Specify Column and Row (Preview on the right side)

  • Drawing direction (most used is Bottum to top)

• Drawing style setting:

  • Use wanted drawing style

• Plot options:

  • Draw grid

  • Plot to file and give the File path

  • Prefix gives names to all the layouts

Make your choice and end the function with Draw.

Next topic: Terrain Information