Plan Section and Profile Drawings

   M.3.2 Plan and Profile Sheets

Clarification

This module instructs users how to create plan and profile sheets from an Alignment.  Users will acquire:

• How to create Named Boundaries that volition be used to generate plan and profile sheets.
• The departure between cartoon models and canvas models that are used during the sheet creation process.
• How to create programme and profile sheets – set up for printing.

Objectives

• Create plan sheets
• Create contour sheets
• Review named boundaries
• Accommodate canvas layout
• Comment

Quick Steps

Create Program Sheet

Create Profile Sail

Review Plan and Profile Sheets

Review Named Boundaries

Adjust Sheet Layout

Deleting Sheets

Create Blown Up Particular

Place Labels (Note)

Label - Horizontal Alignment

Label – Profile (Vertical Alignment)

CTDOT Annotation Tools

Label the Beginning of Project, Stop of Projection, and Limit of Construction

Label – Place Call Outs

Notes

Create Plan Canvass

All files for contract plans, profiles and cantankerous sections will reside in the Contract_Plans folder under the disciplines binder; example: project folder/Highways/Contract_Plans.

one. Create a blueprint model that will be used to create the plan and profile sheets for the project. Scan to the Contract_Plans binder to create a new second pattern file using the file naming convention as described in the CTDOT-CONNECT-DDE Volume-016 Appendix/Section File-Naming (instance: HW_CP_5678_5678_PlanPro_SR_14.dgn) and using the correct seed file: …\CT_Configuration\Workspaces-Ceremonious\CT Civil English WorkSpace\Standards\Seed\Seed2D - CT RoadDesign.dgn

2. Reference in the Principal Model file, it resides in the Highways/Base_Models folder inside the projection folder, case:HW_CB_5678_5678_Master_Model.dgn.   See the CTDOT CONNECT DDE Volume 3 - ORD Roadway Modeling - Module i - Creating Base Model Files

3. The Primary Model is referenced using Live Nesting and a Nesting Depth of one and will adhere all other files: alignments, roadway design models, surveys, and terrains as well.

iv. Set the brandish views to show Default view and profile view. Set the terrain to active and save settings.

5. Select Drawing Production > Named Boundaries > Named Purlieus > Place Named Boundary . A named boundary is a closed element that has a name associated with it. Previously you could create named fences from fences, clip volumes and clipped masks.

6. Select the Civil Programme mode. Set Drawing Seed to xl Calibration Contract Plan Sheet . Set the Item Calibration to 1"=40'. The Set up Name will exist set to Programme ane.

TIP: Including the number 1 at the terminate of the proper noun keeps the names of the named boundaries and sheets more than uniform because the number is included in the first proper noun. Otherwise the incremented numbering begins with the second name, example: Plan, Plan one, Plan 2.

7. Set the Group to (New) . Set the Group Proper noun to match alignment proper name, ordinarily the Road Number or Street proper noun (This is the lower proper noun field which defines the name of the named boundary group.) Instance: SR xiv (for Land Route 14). Length (length of alignment on one sail), Left Showtime and Right Starting time (starting time from the alignment), Overlap should be set to 0 (a sheet overlaps the other), and Purlieus Chords have preset values.

viii. Enable the Create Cartoon option then that the sheets are created as soon every bit the named boundaries are created. Enable the Show Dialog option. This dialog is used to override settings defined past the Drawing Seed if needed.

9. In the 2D view (default plan view), select the alignment forth which the program named boundaries will be created. The command line (lower left corner) will read: Identify Named Boundary Civil Plan > Identify Path Chemical element . With the cursor select the alignment.

x. Select the desired Start Location. Follow the prompts. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Plan > Accept/Reject. Identify Path get-go point to identify boundary . Follow the prompts.

TIP: Add together extra to the left of the start of your Stationing, instance: Beginning Station is 100+00, at Start Location type in 99+00, this volition move the named boundary to the left of the first of alignment. Bring your cursor back into the dialog box, enter the Start Station, click the Tab button, back in the view left click to Have.

eleven. Next select the Stop Location . Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Program > Identify Path end indicate to place boundary . The named boundaries are displayed interactively as the cursor moves. Accept the endpoint location for the named boundary. Command Line: Place Named Purlieus Civil Programme > Accept/Turn down. Datapoint point in Plan View to place purlieus.  Identify Path end point to place boundary.

12. The Create Drawing dialog box will appear. Ensure the Fashion: is set to Plan, Name: should be populated with the Program 1 from Identify Named Boundary Civil Plan tool. In the Drawing Model portion of the dialog set up the annotation scale to 1"=40' . In Sheet Model portion of the dialog, set the Detail Calibration to ane"=twoscore' .

13. Enable the Add to Canvas Alphabetize option. This option will be discussed later in this module. Enable the Open up Model option.

14. Click O K to create the sheets. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left click to define the named boundaries. Multiple left clicks may be required.

In the view group dialog, you tin at present see the newly created drawing models and sheet models.

Create Profile Sheet

1. Open the Plan and Profile Blueprint Model and display the contour view. If non already open.

TIP: If yous saved settings afterward setting up your views (footstep 2 from create plan sheet section) change the agile view group to Multi-Model Views.

2. Select Drawing Product > Named Boundaries > Named Purlieus > Place Named Boundary .

three. Select the Civil Profile manner. Set the dialog fields every bit follows:

• Cartoon Seed > 40 Scale Contract Profile Sheet
• Detail Scale > 1"=40'
• Name > Profile 1 (This is the top name field which defines the proper noun of the named purlieus)
• Method > From Program Group

The From Programme Group method matches the profile named boundaries to the plan named boundaries. The Station Limits method is used to defined contour named boundaries that are non matched to plan boundaries such as for profile just sheets, example: profile sheet for a local route.

• Plan Group > Cull the desired Plan Group if in that location are multiples in this file.  This is the name of the program group that contains the program named boundaries that will as well define the profile named purlieus locations, example: as named Plan sheets: SR 14 or Land Route 14.
• Group > (New)
• Name > Road Number or Street proper name, instance: SR 14 or State Route xiv

This is the lower name field which defines the name of the named boundary group for profiles. This is the same grouping proper name we used for the plan portion, only they are 2 different groups, one associated with Plan, the other associated with Contour. More on this later in this module.

• Vertical Exaggeration > x
• Available Profile Height, Height Clearance (toggled on), Bottom Clearance (toggled on) , Pinnacle Datum Spacing, Station Datum Spacing and Profile Shifts are gear up by the drawing seed.

4. Make sure all are toggled on.

• Utilise Terrains
• Use Active Vertical
• Create Drawing
• Show Dialog Box

5. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left, Command Line: Place Named Boundary Ceremonious Profile > Identify Profile View click in the Contour View to ascertain the named boundaries. More than than 1 click is required.

6. The Create Drawing dialog box volition appear. Change the Way to Profile and the Proper name to Profile i (or brusque Pro ane). Everything else is preset for y'all.

7. Toggle on: Add together To Sheet Index and Open Model .

8. Click O K to create the sheets. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left click to define the named boundaries. Multiple left clicks may be required.

Review Plan and Profile Sheets

There are several ways to review individual sheets. Click on the View Tab > Within the View Groups tools set y'all tin select whatsoever of the sheets. The same tool is also bachelor in the Manage View Groups toolbox if docked on the bottom (it usually is).

1. Select the View Group tool to view the sheets.  Each sheet has a Cartoon Model and a Sheet Model.

The Drawing Model is always 2D, is a subset of a 2nd or 3D design model and is a direct reference of the named purlieus expanse, it is geospatially correct.  The Drawing Model is used to use annotations, dimensions and callouts to a design, examples: call outs for items such as slope limits and catch basins or dimensions for guiderail offsets.  The Drawing Model is so referenced into the Sheet Model.  To acquire more see MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help.

The Sheet Model is always 2D, serves every bit an electronic drawing sheet (printed sheet), typically has cartoon and design model references that are scaled and positioned to create a printable drawing.   To learn more than see MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help.

2. Open up and review the Canvas Model for Plan ane by selecting Plan 1 [Sheet] Views and so select Apply .

TIP: Yous tin also double-click on any model in the listing to open information technology as well.

The Sheet Model for Plan ane volition open.  Notice the edge cell is placed at 0,0 axis, the named boundary shape and all blueprint models are referenced.  The project number, description and town name(s) will be automatically populated from the Continued Project, the Drawing Title will be populated with the text entered in the Model Description Field.  For more detailed information see Section 1 – Introduction - THE CONTRACT Border TITLE Cake INTERGRATION

3. Open and review the Cartoon Model for Programme 1 by selecting Programme 1 Views from the list and and so selecting Utilize .

The Drawing Model for Programme 1 volition open. Find the Named Purlieus shape is referenced, the Match Mark line and telephone call out has been added to the Drawing Model as well and the model is geospatially correct.  Plan view annotation should be done in the drawing model.

four. Review the remaining Canvas Models by using the same steps described above. Get familiar how to navigate between the various drawing and sheet models.

Review Named Boundaries

1. Select the Multi-Model view once more.

2. Open the Cartoon Production > Named Boundaries > Named Boundaries dialog.

three. In the Named Boundaries box, expand Programme Groups . There is a plan grouping for the Plan Sheets named during cosmos, example: SR 14. The name of the group and the private named boundaries come from the values defined on the Place Named Boundary dialog. Expanding the Linked Profile Groups , shows a linkage to the profile group: example SR 14, that is besides named every bit the programme group.

four. Past clicking on the individual program the named boundary is highlighted in view i.

5. Expand Profile Groups . There is a profile group to come across the private profile named boundaries for the Contour Sheets named during creation, example: SR fourteen.

Accommodate Sheet Layout

Final adjustments to sheet layouts can be made in the reference attachments.

ane. Use the View Group tool to select a Plan [Sheet] Views model, example: Plan two [Canvass] Views.

2. Select Home > Primary > Attach Tools > References . In the References dialog, select the first zipper, this is the Plan Drawing Model, example: (Logical) Plan 2-ane, HW_CP_5678_5678_PlanPro_SR_14

3. Click on the ' Move Reference ' command to activate, then click on the Named Boundary, this will activate the named boundary with all references (should be highlighted) and are "attached" to the cursor, move all for a improve fit inside the sail outline.

4. Left click to accept the new reference location.

Recall, sheets are references of the respective plan, profile, or cross section space. Any elements that are visible in the source drawing will automatically announced on the sheets.

Adjusting Profile Named Boundaries

If necessary, the vertical position of a profile named purlieus can be adapted. Open up the Multi-Model Views.

1. Select Drawing Product > Named Boundaries > Named Boundary > Accommodate Profile Named Boundary.

2. Left click in the profile view (example: View 2).

3. Left click on one of the profile named boundaries . The name boundary moves vertically with the cursor allowing you to adjust the exact position of the boundary. Observe that the boundary moves in increments divers past the Elevation; Datum Spacing, in this example 10'. The Elevation Datum Spacing was one of the parameters that could exist set when the named boundaries were created.

Deleting Sheets

Sometimes it is necessary to delete sheets. There are multiple parts to a sail.

• The named boundary that defines the boundaries of what is shown in the plan or contour.
• The Drawing Models for annotation and dimensioning.
• The Sheet Models with the electronic drawing sheets.

To completely delete the sheet these all need to be deleted.

TIP: When it becomes necessary to delete sheets depending on the number of sheets for your project, it may be easier to create a new design model and starting time over and only delete from the sheet alphabetize. This is considering usually the plan named purlieus is linked to the contour named boundary and profiles will demand to exist deleted too.

iii. Select Home > Primary > Models . Select all of the Drawing and Sheet models for the plan and profile views; example Plan 1 and two [Sheet] views and Plan i and 2, Contour 1 and ii [Canvas] views and Profile 1 and 2. Click Delete Model(s) . NOTICE: The sheet models are also deleted from the sheet index if necessary. Close the Models dialog.

4. Delete the Named Boundaries for the Plan Sheets and Profile Sheets. Open the Drawing Production > Named Boundaries Named Boundaries dialog.

five. Expand the Plan and Contour Groups sections. Select the Plan Group, example SR fourteen.

6. An Alert appears confirming the Named Boundaries and their associated saved views will be deleted. Click on Yes. Every boundary is deleted.

Create Blown Up Detail

This video demonstrates how to place a 20 Calibration Detail on an existing forty Scale Sheet.

Identify Labels (Annotation)

The OpenRoads Designer includes the MicroStation Identify Label tool which can read civil object data such as bend information for arcs, alignment names, bearings, stations, northing and easting, and offsets. Labels are associated with elements and can update and motion as the reference element changes. Reference elements can be located in the active file or in a reference. The Place Label tool is as well used for telephone call outs of roadway items.

There are four terms yous should become familiar with when placing and editing labels.

• Text Mode = format of text such every bit font, font size, spacing, justification etc.
• Dimension Style = format of dimensions such every bit terminator arrow, leader lines, text orientation, symbology (color, line style and weight of dimension & extension lines and terminators)
• Text Favorite = Intelligent reusable label that can exist made up of text and fields.
• Field = A link or arrow to object data. This could be civil object information such as the delta of a bend, coordinates of a bend PI, proper noun of an alignment, station values or full general MicroStation data such as level name, color, weight.

Labels can be placed for program, contour, and cross sections objects.

• Plan view labels can exist placed in Design or Drawing models, just not Sheet models.
• Labels that need to exist rotated to the sheet, should be created in the Drawing model.
• General labels that are not sheet specific and whose rotation does not thing can be placed in a Blueprint model and referenced to all sheets, example: horizontal alignment stationing and curve information.
• Contour and cross section labels must be placed in Drawing models.

At that place are three icons along the bottom of the Place Note or Place Label tool box that ascertain how the label behaves when the drawing scale is changed or when the referenced element changes.

• Annotation Lock - Labels created with this option enabled volition scale when the Annotation Scale is adjusted.
• Association to Chemical element - Labels created with this option enabled but the Relative Association to Element option disabled will remain at their placement location when the reference chemical element changes, only the leader line moves.
• Relative Association to Element - Labels created with this option too enabled will remain at their relative location to the reference chemical element when that reference chemical element changes.

Labels created in OpenRoads have three parts (Leader, Text, and Ballast Indicate). Labels created in MicroStation only have the first ii parts.

• Leader - Optional line and arrow connecting between the Text and the Anchor Indicate.
• Text - The characterization content which is made up of text, text fields, and graphics.
• Ballast Bespeak - The signal that is used to compute values in the fields.

This module will cover some of the labeling tools, simply not all.  For more than detailed descriptions and instructions get to the Bentley ORD Help Menu

Label - Horizontal Alignment

The horizontal Alignment should have stationing, PC's, PI's, PT'southward, curve data and bearings.  This has been automatic, the labeling/notation will be in the design file (alignment dgn-file) and is unremarkably done after the alignment is created.  Please see the CTDOT CONNECT DDE  Book 3 - ORD Roadway Modeling - Module 2 - Creating Alignments.

Label – Profile (Vertical Alignment)

The Profile (vertical alignment) notation has been automated to show:

• Stationing and Elevations at the filigree marks
• Stations and Elevations for PVC's, PVI'due south and PVT'south
• Length of vertical curves with Thousand-factor and Stopping Sight Distance
• Slope of tangent sections

The note will be in the profile cartoon models (example: Profile 1 views and Contour 2 views for the programme and profile design file HW_CP_5678_5678_PlanPro_SR_14.dgn).

CTDOT Annotation Tools

The CT_CONNECT_DDE workspace has been set-upwards to ease the annotation for plan sheets, adjustments and additions are added periodically.

Select the CTDOT workflow and click the CTDOT Tab. Here are tools gear up-upwards for each subject field and for diverse field of study matters, hither we volition talk over the note tools.

These notation tools have been set up-up with appropriate attributes (level, color, line style, text mode, dimension style) these should not be changed by the user.

Label the Kickoff of Project, Stop of Project, and Limit of Structure

1. Select the Plan Views (example Programme 1 Views) – Cartoon Model. Select the CTDOT workflow and the CTDOT tab .

2. Click on the Begin Project Limits tool. The Place Annotation toolbox opens, and the Text Editor box should open. In the editor type in the project number, F.A.P. number, centerline station, Northing and easting coordinates.

Example: BEGIN Projection NO. 5678-5678

F.A.P. NO. NH78(123)

CL STA. 100+xl.00

N 671 403.048

E 993 511.112

iii. Follow the prompts. Place Note > Define start point > snap to the outset, acquaintance point > snap to the side by side point, > Define nextpoint, or <Reset> to complete . Place the leader and text to fit within the sheet.

4. Select Profile Views (example: Contour 1 Views) and repeat the previous steps to label the beginning and end of the project.

Example: Brainstorm Project NO. 5678-5678

F.A.P. NO. NH78(123)

CL STA. 100+40.00

N 671 403.048

E 993 511.112

Label – Identify Call Outs

1. Select the Plan Views (example Plan 1 Views) – Drawing Model . Select the CTDOT workflow and the CTDOT tab . Click on the Call Out tool.

ii. Click on the Characterization (Weight ii) tool or anyone of the other Label tools: Label Minor (Weight 2) Label (Weight 0) or Characterization Small-scale (Weight 0) . The Place Notation toolbox opens, and the Text Editor box should open. In the editor type in the label for the item.

Example: " APPROX. SLOPE LIMITS ".  The departure of the Weight 2 or 0 is the line weight of the leader line.  The weight is chosen appropriate to the complexity of the call outs.

3. Follow the prompts. Place Note > Ascertain start point > snap to the beginning, associate betoken > snap to the next point, > Define nextpoint, or <Reset> to complete . Place the leader and text to fit within the sail.

Notes

Notes should generally be placed in the canvas model . Notes are used to convey information such equally right of way, general construction notes, drainage notes and construction sequencing. There are several Note tools bachelor.

Title used for the championship of a detail accident up or as the label for construction sequences on one sail.

General Notes , General Notes Minor and General Notes Assuming are used for notes pertaining to the projection, example: All highway markers to be protected during structure.

Existing Text is for an existing item to be labeled, such as a mailbox to remain.

Match Marker Line and Match Mark are used to mark and annotate the match marker between two sheets,  this is automated when using the Programme and Contour Production tool.

Detail Blow Upwards sets the attributes for the accident-up circle or box.

Place Table tool – is used to place a table for the Full general Notes.  It is formatted and tin be filled in;  for a more detailed description using tables run across Bentley Assistance - Place Table

1. Select the Place Table command. In the Place Table toolbox select the commencement icon.

ii. Click on Seed: find the table for Full general Notes , select how many rows and columns are needed (this tin exist edited later if needed), now the table will exist visible on the cursor. Place the table on the canvass as needed.

3. To add/fill in the tabular array select the Annotate tab and choose the Edit Text tool. NOTE: Avert using the Element Selection tool to edit the table every bit this will lock up the file.

TIP: To better view the Text Editor, the User Preferences have been changed in the View Options the Blackness Background -> Westwardhite.

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Source: https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/Engineering-Applications/CTDOT-CONNECT-DDE-eBook-Volume-013---Contract-Plans-Production/Plan-and-Profile-Sheets

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