Profiles: Edit profile geometry

You will modify a profile using different

techniques to address the design check
warnings.

Learning Objectives:

• Edit a profile graphically.

• Edit using the Profile Layout Tools
toolbar and the Grid View vista. The completed exercise

1. Open the /Iowa City 04_09/04 Design

Models/road design.dwg drawing.

2. Zoom to the McCollister Blvd Profile View and

review the warnings.

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 3. Select the McCollister Blvd design profile.
• Select the point of intersection grip for the
curve at station 15+50 and relocate to circle
center point at station 19+50.
• Select the curve circular grip and drag to
increase the curve radius.

4. On McCollister Blvd design profile, the first

vertical curve, drag the circular grip to increase
the curve radius to remove the warning.

5. From the Profile Contextual tab > Modify Profile

panel > click Geometry Editor. The Profile
Layout Tools toolbar is displayed.

6. Click Insert PVI and click to snap to the

existing surface profile at station 29+42.

7. Open the Profile Grid View vista. On line 4,

modify the Grade In to be 0.50%, and then close
the Panorama.

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 8. Pan to the Sycamore Heights alignment, drag
the start point to snap to McCollister Blvd
alignment, and use the Nearest Object Snap.

9. Pan to the Sycamore Heights Profile View and

review the warnings.

10. Review and then dismiss the Horizontal

Change Notifications. In the Profile Contextual
tab > Notification panel, click Horizontal
Changes and choose Dismiss All Notifications.

11. Select the Profile View, and from the

Contextual tab > expanded Launch Pad panel,
select Add Crossings To Profile View.
• Select the McCollister Blvd alignment and
press Enter.
• In the Crossing To Profile View dialog,
deselect Existing Ground. Click OK.

12. Drag the Sycamore Heights design profile start

to snap to the Crossing Marker.

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 13. Adjust the curves point of intersection grip
positions to optimize earthwork relative to the
existing surface profile.

14. From the Profile Contextual tab > Modify Profile

panel, click Geometry Editor.

15. In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Insert

PVI and click to snap to the existing surface
profile at station 15+88

16. Open the Profile Grid View vista. On line 3,

modify the K Value to 357 and close the
Panorama.

17. Close the Profile Layout Tools toolbar.

18. Save and close the drawing.

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