About The Profile View Panel

Use the Profile View panel to review and modify the vertical geometry of a component road in relation to the existing ground surface.

To display the Profile View panel, select a component road, then click (Profile View)(Ctrl + 0). You can also right-click on a selected component road and choose Show Profile View. A variety of tools controls how the road profile is shown.

1. Vertical Exaggeration: control the ratio by which the Profile View grid is vertically exaggerated.

2. Active Tracking: when toggled on, this enables the yellow station tracker to display in-canvas as you move your cursor in-canvas or in the profile view. The station tracker also displays elevation and station offset values in the profile view in yellow, once you enable active tracking.

3. Fit to View: Zooms out to view the extents of the road profile.

   • Zoom to a range of stations by using the mouse wheel to zoom in or out of the profile. Note: As you zoom in, more information is displayed in the Profile View. For example, horizontal critical stations are displayed.
   • Pan along the length of the road by dragging the left mouse button.

4. Road Profile Options: Choose Recreate Profile to redraw the road profile or choose Drape Profile to drape the road's vertical profile to the terrain. Note: The drape is computed with a variable frequency depending on the road and terrain geometry. The draped profile will not exactly match the terrain elevation in rapidly changing areas along the roadway, but it should closely approximate terrain elevation.

5. Asset toggles: expand the asset toggle and checkmark the types of feature you want to display in the Profile View.

   

Horizontal Geometry

• Horizontal stations along the road profile are displayed

Existing Ground

• Existing Ground (green line)

Drainage

• Culverts
• Manholes and Inlets aligned to the road centerline are displayed
• Pipelines aligned to the road centerline are displayed

Junctions

• Junctions (Intersection or Roundabout)

Structures

• Bridges
• Tunnels

Surface Layers

• Additional surface layers (including sub-surface terrain layers) along the road centerline are displayed. Note: The Road Centerline is displayed as a blue line.

Right-click context menu options

• There are also various context menu options available when you right-click in the Profile View.

Right-click on a PVI

• Select Show in Canvas to zoom to the selected PVI in your model.
• Select Remove PVI to remove the PVI from the road.
• Select Convert Geometry to change the way in which you can edit the PVI.
  • Symmetric Parabola Curve: selecting and moving either end of the curve changes both ends equally.
  • Asymmetric Parabola Curve: selecting and moving one end of the curve only changes that side, maintaining the location of the other end.
  • Circular Curve: displays an editable Radius field to change the radius of the curve.
  • None: removes the curve from the PVI.

Mode	Effect	Example
Symmetric Parabola Curve	Selecting and moving either end of the curve changes both ends equally.
Asymmetric Parabola Curve	Selecting and moving one end of the curve only changes that side, maintaining the location of the other end.
Circular Curve	Displays an editable Radius field to change the radius of the curve.
None	Removes the curve from he PVI

Right-click not on a PVI

• Select Add PVI to add a PVI at that location in the grid. The roadway moves to that new PVI point.

Cross Section Viewer Integration

When both the Profile View and Cross Section Viewer are open, an orange line displays in the Profile View at the same station as the Cross Section Viewer.

1. Right-click in the Profile View and select Show in Cross Section. The Road Cross Section is displayed.
2. Click and drag the orange line in the Profile View to move the line along the road. The Cross Section Viewer updates dynamically as the line is moved.