Autodesk Land Desktop 2007

1 Open Autodesk LD
2 Open '.dwg' file
3 Go to 'Projects'
3.1 Reassociate Drawing
3.1.1 Define 'Path' and 'Name' of your Project
(Here, make sure that no other dwg files are being opened)

4 Go to 'Alignment'
4.1 "Define from Polyline"
● Select Polyline (click near to the starting point of the line)
● a 'x' symbol will be seen as a reference point
(you will be asked to select reference point)
4.2 simply hit 'enter' key
4.3 "Define Alignment'
4.3.1 Define "Alignment Name, Description.."
4.3.2 Enter
● (Starting stn and Ending stn chainage can be noticed
at the bottom just above command line.)

4.4 "Station Display Format"

● "Edit Station Format" dialog box will appear
● See Preview and Preview Value…
● Generally it should likely to be "0+100" not "1+00" as per Sanima Std.
you can change it by using sliding bar next to "station base value"

4.5 "Station Label Setting"

● Tick all boxes (prefered to maintain sanima std)
● Station label Increment = ch. Interval or 2 X Ch. Interval
● Station tick increment = half of above

4.6 "Creat Station Lebels"

● Mouse Cursor will intend u to mark beginning station as 0.000 then, ending stn.
Simply hit "enter" twice (Make habit of reading through the information bar just
above Command line.)
● U are likely to see the station lebels along alignment
(Here, U might not see the stn lebel clearly or not as u desired.
● This is because u have not set text styles and so on…
● Hit "ST" command for Test style..
● See "sanima std" file to maintain text height (1.5 for 1:1000 scale)
and text style (romans))

5 Go to "Profile"
5.1 "Profile Setting"
5.1.1 "Sampling" click 'OK'
5.1.2 "Values"
● Profile Values Setting -
● tangent labels =Vertical curve label = Grid Line = Ch, interval
● set Label Precision value to 2 or 3 for both existing or finish
● click 'OK'

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5.2 "Surface"
5.2.1 "Set Current Surface"
● Select Surface you have made during contour creation or project creation
5.3 "Existing ground"
5.3.1 "Sample from surface"
● See what autodesk is asking and just hit enter..

5.4 "Creat Profile"

5.4.1 "Full Profile"
● Select "Import Grid"
● "OK"
● (U can set text style as I have discussed earlier but don’t forget to reset text
height to 0.000 after profile creating task is completed)
● Do whatever as autocad ask for.
● A full profile is created.

Now, construct invert level (Design level) line along the profile as per your design.
(For instance, see Plan and Profile, dwg file of Mai Cascade: the invert level of
Canal/Culvert along alignment traced along the profile is what you are now concerned for)

6 Go to "Profile"
6.1 "FG Centreline tangent"
6.1.1 Set Current layer
● Here, Mostly, the current layer is set to 'PFGC' layer (but not always)

● Next thing to do is: keep the Design Profile (must be lines, not Polyline)
in this current layer (PFGC)
● you can do this by drawing a line. Then, using 'Ma' command match its property
to the Design Profile. (anyway, u should keep the design profile to current layer)

6.2 "FG Vertical tangent"

● Select initial line of the design profile. Then select all lines..
● Press enter… note the information bar… (.. CL PVI's found)

6.3 "Labels"
6.3.1 "Tangent"
● Select grade (select design profile(FG line) from beginning to end)
● if Text Styles are relatively ok then u will see the lines with grade(for eg, 1%)
and the respective level at the bottom of the grid)
● There, now on, U will see two levels -1. exist GL, 2. FGL

Upto here, I hope u have understood about

√ Alignment Creation
√ Station label setting
√ Profile Creation
√ FG Profile Creation
√ FG Profile Labelling
(FG refers Final Ground ie Design Profile)

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7 Go to " Cross Section"
7.1 "Surface"
7.1.1 "Set Current Surface"
7.2 "Existing ground"
7.2.1 Sample from Surface
● Select alignment
● Select Surface
● Section Sampling setting box will appear (enter,… enter)
● Swath Width: set EG section Width from CL to left and right (eg, 20)
● Sample Increment: tangent, Curve, Spiral (let them be 10m)
● Aditional Sample Control: check start and end staion.
● "OK"

8 Draw Templetes in Model Space

9 Go to "Cross Section"
9.1 "Templates"
9.1.2 Define Templates (Select Template object)
● Click finish ground reference point (i.e. Invert level)
● Is your Template Symmetrical?...No
● Symply hit 'Enter' untill you are asked to define left/ right connection Points
● Click left connection, then rt. Connection Point
● Define Datum line
● Define another template (optional)
● Name templates

9.2 Design Control

9.2.1 Edit Design Control
● Select Alignment
● Select Range you want to creat the cross section
9.2.2 Design Control dialog box appears
● Go to 'Template Control'
● Select Template Name From Dropdown list
● A preview of the template you created will appear, Click OK
● Go to 'Slope'
● Change the Values given as per your need.
● Give slope in decimal value for H:V in both fill and cut type

● Go to Benches
● Specify Bench width, Bench Height, Bench slope as per your need
● OK

9.3 "Section Plot"

9.3.1 Setting
● Here U can set layout for cross sections, increment labels, grid settings, etc
9.3.2 Set text Styles or cmd='ST'
● Text-romans
● Text Size-0.3 for 1:200 Scale
9.3.3 All

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● Specify Beginning Station (0,0), Ending Station (last chainage)…
● Specify sheet origin Point (click on any blank space on model)
● All Cross-sections will be plotted with template at spacified design level

Note:
→ Open Just one drawing for one autodesk LD app. File.
→ Revert Text Size to 0.000 in (set text style(ST)) whenever specific work is done.
→ Set Text Style to Romans
→ Regularly check the heading of drawing…. Project should have been defined
(should not be a 'Scratch' Project)
→ If Project Scapes, Go to "Project"-"Ressociated Drawings", redefine Project Path and Name

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