Profiles Tutorials

Exercise 1: Designing Simple Profiles

1. Open drawing Profile_surf.dwg, which is located in the DPWH Training folder

2. Click Home tab>Create Design panel>Profile drop-down>Create Surface Profile .
3. In the Create Profile From Surface dialog box, click Add.
4. Click Draw in Profile View.
5. In the Create Profile View wizard, click Create Profile View.
6. In the drawing, click the lower left corner of the rectangular placeholder.

Create a layout profile

1. Continue with the previous drawing exercise or open drawing Profile.dwg, which is located in the DPWH
Training folder
2. Click Home tab>Layers panel>Layer drop-down. Next to the _circle marker layer, click .
3. Click Home tab>Create Design panel>Profile drop-down>Profile Creation Tools.
4. Select the profile view that you created.
5. In the Create Profile - Draw New dialog box, specify the following parameters:
o Name: FG_CL – Mimaropa
o Profile Style: Design Profile
o Profile Label Set: Basic

Click OK.

6. On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, in the Draw Tangents list, select Draw Tangents With Curves.
7. On the status bar, right-click Object Snap. Click Settings.
8. In the Drafting Settings dialog box, on the Object Snap tab, click Clear All, then select Endpoint and Center.
Click OK.
9. Moving from left to right, click the circle center points to place PVIs.
10. Press Enter to complete the layout profile.
11. Close the Profile Layout Tools toolbar.

12. Click Home tab Layers panel Layer drop-down. Next to the PROF-ROAD-FGCL-PL layer, click .
Click in the drawing to exit the Layer Control list.