Draw Trench

What

This function draws the trench of a design in 2D or 3D with different drawing styles.

• It is possible to draw  surface edges, slope symbols, flow direction arrows and hatch surface in one operation, or split in into more operations.

• Drawing rules will be saved for all saved models as a standard.

• User-defined setup can be established and saved with desired destination.

The tool will only display data from calculated trench. 

How

Use the function the following way:

Step 1: Start the function.

Step 2: Select which trench to draw.

Step 3: Draw the whole trench or add a start and end point.

Step 4: Select drawing style.

Step 5: It is possible to add center line.

Step 6: End with Draw.

Use a shorter cross section interval, for instance 1.0 m. This makes the model better with sharp horizontal angles. Models based on shorter intervals will as well give more exact quantity reports.

Draw Surface Edges

• Mark the check box to include all edges to marked surfaces

• Can also choose to only draw edges of some surfaces

• Remember to uncheck choices for eventual drawing rules for surfaces on the right and left side 

Draw Slope Symbols

• Mark the check box to include slope symbols in the presentation.

• With this option one can specify drawing rule for the slope symbols.

• Use the left pane to specify drawing options (on both or only left or right side).

• One can also select between different symbol types, and specify the layer, color and lineweight to be used.

Draw Flow Direction

• These arrows indicates downwards slope direction along with the trench

• Choose on which surfaces the slope arrows should be drawn

Draw Hatched Surface

• This tool can be used to generate clear plan presentation drawings

• Specify colors for different surfaces, or choose predefined layers with different colors and use 'Bylayer' colors

Next topic: Longitudinal Profile