Typical section sheet
Last updated: 2024-05-17
Total video time: 34:08
Example sheet: 020301-ts.pdf
Datasets for live class
Create file with speed sheet template
Exercise files: pln-prod-typ-sctn-data-begin-c3d18.zip
Typical section sheets are created using the WisDOT speed sheet template. The speed sheet template contains layouts with viewports that are aligned with the frames in the model space. Information that will be displayed within the layout needs to within the model space frames.
- Make sure that Tool Palette is visible
- WisDOT Sheets tab > Palettes On/Off to toggle the palette on and off.
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WisDOT Sheets tab > Sheet Creation panel > Construction Details > Typical Section
- Typical Section Tool Palette > Startup Main tab > Typical Section Startup Templates > 02-Typical Sections Speed Sheet (02-TS-SPSHT-wdot18.dwt)
- A new drawing with TS (typical sections) layout sheets and model space views are created
- Typical Section Tool Palette > Startup Main tab > Insert Typical Section Blocks
- Typical section drawing elements are added to the drawing file
- Typical Section Tool Palette > Startup Main tab > Typical Section Startup Templates > 02-Typical Sections Speed Sheet (02-TS-SPSHT-wdot18.dwt)
Items to check before drafting
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Check that the annotation scale is set to the same scale as the model frame before drawing elements are added
- WisDOT Sheets tab > Standard Components panel > Add All Components
- Add All Components will add all the WisDOT plan production elements (leader styles, dimension styles, etc.) that are not initially included in the WisDOT drawing template.
- Save the file to PDS\C3D\ProjectID\SheetsPlan\020301-ts.dwg
Create urban typical section top
- Set the current layer to P_MISC_TYPS for proposed work or E_MISC_TYPS for existing conditions.
- Typical Section Tool Palette > Startup Main tab > Set Layer > P_MISC_TYPS (or Home ribbon > Layers panel > Layer dropdown).
- Zoom to the PROPOSED LANE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box
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Explode the proposed slope tree blocks
- Select the slope tree of PROPOSED LANE SLOPES and the slope tree of PROPOSED SIDE SLOPES
- Type X in the command line
- Enter to explode the two blocks
- Copy the desired slope text and lane slope lines for the typical section
- Select the desired slope text and the lane slope line for each side of the roadway. When the text is selected, all the assigned annotative scales will display indicating that the text is annotative
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select where the two lane lines meet in the middle
- Place copied lane lines and slope text within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- Create vertical line at the crown of the roadway
- Home tab > Draw panel > Create line
- LINE Specify first point: Snap to the endpoint where the two copied lane lines intersect
- F8 to turn Ortho on
- LINE Specify next point or [Undo]: Extend line to desired height
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- F8 again to turn Ortho off
- Home tab > Draw panel > Create line
- Create offsets for horizontal dimensions
- Select vertical line
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- OFFSET Specify offset distance or [Through Erase Layer]: 7 Enter
- OFFSET Specify point on side to offset or [Exit Multiple Undo]: Place a line to the right
- OFFSET Select object to offset or [Exit Undo]: Select center vertical line
- OFFSET Specify point on side to offset or [Exit Multiple Undo]: Place a line to the left
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Create an offset of 24 feet from the 7 foot offset lines created in the previous step
- Extend the lane lines to the outer vertical lines
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]:R for Radius (or click on Radius in the command line)
- FILLET Specify fillet radius: 0 Enter
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]: Select the right lane line
- FILLET Select second object or shift-select to apply corner or [Radius]: Select the outer right vertical line
- Enter to restart the Fillet command
- Select the left lane line and the outer left vertical line to intersect the lines
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
Create urban typical section pavement depth
- Zoom to the VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 box in the upper middle of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left
- Explode the vertical lines block
- Select the VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 block
- Type X in the command line
- Enter to explode the block
- Create 5-inch vertical line for pavement by combining two vertical lines
- Select the vertical lines for the 2-inch and 3-inch depth
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Left-click at a location near the two selected lines
- Place copied vertical lines within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- Select the lower copied vertical line
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Move
- Move lower line to the bottom of the upper vertical line
- Select both vertical lines
- Move the two vertical lines to the centerline of the typical section
- Create upper layer of pavement
- Select the horizontal lane lines
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select where the two lane lines meet in the middle
- Place copied lane lines at the bottom of the lower vertical line
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- Create additional layer of pavement structure
- Select the two vertical lines from the layer above (2-inch + 3-inch = 5-inch)
- Copy the lines to the bottom of the "5-inch" vertical line
- Copy the 6-inch vertical line VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 box and place below the previously placed line. The result is a vertical line representing 11-inches (2-inch + 3-inch + 6-inch).
- Select the top horizontal lane lines and copy to the bottom of the "11-inch" vertical line
- Add curb and gutter blocks
- Zoom to the CURB & GUTTER BLOCKS box in the upper left corner of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left
- Copy the CONC C&G 30-INCH [PROP & EXIST] blocks to a location near the typical section in 020301-ts frame
- Select the right curb and gutter by the insertion point and move it to the outside end of the right lane line.
- Select the left curb and gutter by the insertion point and move it to the outside end of the left lane line.
- Copy vertical dimension line
- Copy the vertical line at the end of the lane line from the bottom end point and place it at the top back of curb on each side
- Draw edge of base material limits
- Select the vertical dimension line at the top back of curb on the left side
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- OFFSET Specify offset distance or [Through Erase Layer]: 1 Enter
- OFFSET Specify point on side to offset or [Exit Multiple Undo]: Place a line left of curb and gutter
- OFFSET Select object to offset or [Exit Undo]: Select the vertical dimension line at the top back of curb on the right side
- OFFSET Specify point on side to offset or [Exit Multiple Undo]: Place a line right of the curb and gutter
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Extend the base lines to the outer vertical lines
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]:R for Radius (or click on Radius in the command line)
- FILLET Specify fillet radius: 0 Enter
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]: Select the bottom right layer line
- FILLET Select second object or shift-select to apply corner or [Radius]: Select the outer right vertical line
- Enter to restart the Fillet command
- Select the bottom left layer line and the outer left vertical line to intersect the lines
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
Create rural typical section pavement
- Set the current layer to P_MISC_TYPS for proposed work or E_MISC_TYPS for existing conditions.
- Typical Section Tool Palette > Startup Main tab > Set Layer > P_MISC_TYPS (or Home ribbon > Layers panel > Layer dropdown)
- Zoom to the PROPOSED LANE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box.
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Explode the proposed slope tree blocks
- Select the slope tree of PROPOSED LANE SLOPES and the slope tree of PROPOSED SIDE SLOPES
- Type X in the command line
- Enter to explode the two blocks
- Copy the desired slope text and lane slope lines for the typical section
- Select the desired slope text and the lane slope line for each side of the roadway. When the text is selected, all the assigned annotative scales will display indicating that the text is annotative
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select where the two lane lines meet in the middle
- Place copied lane lines and slope text within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- Create vertical line at the crown of the roadway
- Home tab > Draw panel > Create line
- LINE Specify first point: Snap to the endpoint where the two copied lane lines intersect
- F8 to turn Ortho on
- LINE Specify next point or [Undo]: Extend line to desired height
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- F8 again to turn Ortho off
- Home tab > Draw panel > Create line
- Create offsets for horizontal dimensions
- Select vertical line
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- OFFSET Specify offset distance or [Through Erase Layer]: 7 Enter
- OFFSET Specify point on side to offset or [Exit Multiple Undo]: Place a line to the right
- OFFSET Select object to offset or [Exit Undo]: Select center vertical line
- OFFSET Specify point on side to offset or [Exit Multiple Undo]: Place a line to the left
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Create an offset of 24 feet from the 7 foot offset lines created in the previous step
- Extend the lane lines to the outer vertical lines
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]:R for Radius
- FILLET Specify fillet radius: 0 Enter
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]: Select the right lane line
- FILLET Select second object or shift-select to apply corner or [Radius]: Select the outer right vertical line
- Enter to restart the Fillet command
- Select the left lane line and the outer left vertical line to intersect the lines
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
- Zoom to the VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 box in the upper middle of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left
- Explode the vertical lines block.
- Select the VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 block
- Type X in the command line
- Enter to explode the block
- Create 5-inch vertical line for pavement by combining two vertical lines.
- Select the vertical lines for the 2-inch and 3-inch depth
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Left-click at a location near the two selected lines
- Place copied vertical lines within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- Select the lower copied vertical line
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Move
- Move lower line to the bottom of the upper vertical line
- Select both vertical lines
- Move the two vertical lines to the centerline of the typical section
- Create upper layer of pavement
- Select the horizontal lane lines
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select where the two lane lines meet in the middle
- Place copied lane lines at the bottom of the lower vertical line
- Right-click > Enter to complete the command
- Create additional layer of pavement structure
- Select the two vertical lines from the layer above (2-inch + 3-inch = 5-inch)
- Copy the lines to the bottom of the "5-inch" vertical line
- Copy the 6-inch vertical line VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 box and place below the previously placed line. The result is a vertical line representing 11-inches (2-inch + 3-inch + 6-inch).
- Select the top horizontal lane lines and copy to the bottom of the "11-inch" vertical line
- Create paved shoulder dimension line
- Select the vertical dimension line at the outside of the right lane
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- OFFSET Specify offset distance or [Through Erase Layer]: 3 Enter
- Place a line to the right
- Select the vertical dimension line at the outside of the left lane
- Place a line to the left
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Create unpaved shoulder dimension line
- Select the vertical dimension line at the outside of the right paved shoulder
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- OFFSET Specify offset distance or [Through Erase Layer]: 7 Enter
- Place a line to the right
- Select the vertical dimension line at the outside of the left paved shoulder
- Place a line to the left
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Extend pavement lines to the outside edge of the paved shoulder
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
- FILLET Select first object or [Undo Polyline Radius Trim Multiple]:R for Radius (or click on Radius in the command line)
- FILLET Specify fillet radius: 0 Enter
- Fillet the left and right top of pavement lines with the vertical dimension line for the outside edge of the paved shoulder
- Fillet the left and right bottom of pavement lines with the vertical dimension line for the outside edge of the paved shoulder
- Home tab > Modify panel > Fillet
- Create the top of unpaved shoulder
- Select the 4% slope text and the lane slope line for each side of the roadway from the PROPOSED LANE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box. When the text is selected, all the assigned annotative scales will display indicating that the text is annotative.
- Copy the text and lane slope lines to a location near the typical section in 020301-ts frame
- Move the slope text and lane slope lines to the left and right outer edge of the paved shoulder
- Fillet the left and right top of unpaved shoulder lines with the vertical dimension line for the outside edge of the unpaved shoulder
- Create shoulder foreslope
- Select the 4:1 side slope text and the side slope line for each side of the roadway from the PROPOSED SIDE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box. When the text is selected, all the assigned annotative scales will display indicating that the text is annotative.
- Copy the text and side slope lines to a location near the typical section in 020301-ts frame
- Move the slope text and side slope lines to the left and right outer edge of the unpaved shoulder
- Fillet the left and right top of shoulder foreslope lines with the bottom of base layer line
- Create bottom of aggregate shoulder line.
- Home tab > Modify panel > Trim pulldown > Extend
- EXTEND Select objects:Enter to select all the edges
- EXTEND [Fence Crossing Project Edge Undo]:
- Select the right bottom of pavement line to extend it to the right shoulder foreslope line
- Select the left bottom of pavement line to extend it to the left shoulder foreslope line
- Right-click > Enter to close the command
- Home tab > Modify panel > Trim pulldown > Extend
Create rural and urban side slopes
Rural side slopes
- Create ditch foreslope
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- OFFSET Specify offset distance or [Through Erase Layer]:T Enter (or click on Through in the command line)
- OFFSET Select object to offset or [Exit Undo]: Select one of the vertical dimension lines
- OFFSET Select through point or [Exit Multiple Undo]:Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select subgrade left shoulder point (where the shoulder foreslope intersects the bottom of the base layer)
- OFFSET Select object to offset or [Exit Undo]: Select one of the vertical dimension lines
- OFFSET Select through point or [Exit Multiple Undo]:Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select right subgrade shoulder point
- Right-click > Enter to close the command
- Offset the vertical dimension line at the subgrade shoulder point the width of the typical ditch width (distance from subgrade shoulder point to the ditch invert) for the left and right side
- Select the desired typical side slope text (example: 6:1) and the side slope line for each side of the roadway from the PROPOSED SIDE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box. When the text is selected, all the assigned annotative scales will display indicating that the text is annotative.
- Copy and place the copied slope lines and slope text within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Move the slope text and side slope lines to the left and right subgrade shoulder point
- Fillet the left and right ditch foreslope line with the vertical dimension line located at the ditch invert
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- Create flat bottom of ditch (perform step only if needed)
- Home tab > Draw panel > Create line
- LINE Specify first point: Snap to the endpoint of the ditch foreslope
- F8 to turn Ortho on
- LINE Specify next point or [Undo]: Extend line to the right and enter the width of the ditch bottom
- Enter to complete the command
- Perform the step 2A on the left side as needed
- F8 again to turn Ortho off
- Home tab > Draw panel > Create line
- Create ditch backslope
- Select the desired typical side slope text and the side slope line for each side of the roadway from the PROPOSED SIDE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box.
- Copy and place the copied slope lines and slope text within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Move the slope text and side slope lines to the left and right of the ditch invert
- Add existing ground intercept block
- Zoom to the TEXT AND LEADER EXAMPLES box in the upper right of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left.
- Select the IN CUT or IN FILL block and desired text
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Place copied elements at the slope intercept for the typical section
Urban side slopes
- Create terrace slope
- Select the 4% slope text and the lane slope line for each side of the roadway from the PROPOSED LANE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box
- Copy the text and lane slope lines to a location near the typical section in 020301-ts frame
- Move the slope text and lane slope lines to the left and right outer edge of the top back of curb
- Complete Datum outline
- Home tab > Modify panel > Trim pulldown > Trim
- TRIM Select objects:Enter to select all the edges
- TRIM [Fence Crossing Project Edge eRase Undo]:
- Select the outer left vertical line above the terrace line to trim the left datum limits
- Select the outer right vertical line above the terrace line to trim the right datum limits
- Right-click > Enter to close the command
- Home tab > Modify panel > Trim pulldown > Trim
Create urban sidewalk and hatch pavement areas
Create urban sidewalk
- Create offsets for horizontal dimensions
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- Type the distance in the command line for the offset distance to the inside edge of the sidewalk
- Select the vertical dimension line at the top back of the curb and place a line on the side of the sidewalk
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- Trim terrace line to inside of sidewalk
- Home tab > Modify panel > Trim pulldown > Trim
- Enter to select all the edges
- Select the terrace line beyond the dimension line at the inside sidewalk location
- Right-click > Enter to close the command
- Home tab > Modify panel > Trim pulldown > Trim
- Create sidewalk
- Zoom to the VERTICAL LINES ARE MULTIPLIED BY 2 box in the upper middle of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left
- Copy the 4-inch vertical line and place it at the end of the terrace line in the typical section
- Copy the 1.5% slope text and the lane slope line from the PROPOSED LANE SLOPES tree in the upper left corner of the left TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box and place it at the end of the terrace line in the typical section
- Home tab > Modify panel > Offset
- Type t for Through (or click on Through in the command line)
- Select the line for the top of the sidewalk
- Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select the bottom of the vertical line for the sidewalk
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Enter to restart the offset command
- Type the distance in the command line for the width of the sidewalk
- Select the vertical line at the inside of the sidewalk and left-click to place a line at the outside of the sidewalk
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
- Fillet all the corners of the sidewalk using a radius of 0
Hatch pavement areas
- Zoom to the PROPOSED HATCHING EXAMPLES box at the bottom of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left
- Left-click to select the HMA Pavement hatching
- The Hatch Editor ribbon automatically appears when a drawing hatch pattern is selected
- Zoom to the urban typical section
Hatch Editor ribbon > Boundaries panel > Pick Points
- Left-click inside the HMA pavement areas of the urban typical section
- Enter to end the command
Other material hatch patterns can be placed using the same method.
Note: The hatch placed in the typical section is recognized as the same object of the hatch pattern originally selected.
Note: Be careful to select the PROPOSED or EXISTING hatch patterns to match the typical section. PROPOSED and EXISTING hatch patterns are different for the same materials and will plot differently on plan sheets.
Note: Hatching only works inside completely enclosed areas that do not have any gaps.
Create dimensions
Place dimensions
- Set the current layer to P_MISC_TYPS for proposed work or E_MISC_TYPS for existing conditions.
- Typical Section Tool Palette > Startup Main tab > Set Layer > P_MISC_TYPS (or Home ribbon > Layers panel > Layer dropdown)
- Perform this step if all the WisDOT plan production elements have not been added.
- WisDOT Sheets tab > Standard Components panel > Add All Components
- Add All Components will add all the WisDOT plan production elements (leader styles, dimension styles, etc.) that are not initially included in the WisDOT drawing template.
- WisDOT Sheets tab > WisDOT Annotation > Standard (dimension style) > 070-LANE & SHOULDER
- WisDOT Sheets tab > WisDOT Annotation > Linear (dimension)
- DIMLINEAR Specify first extension line origin: Snap to the bottom end of the first vertical line on one side of the lane (where the vertical line intersects the typical section)
- DIMLINEAR Specify second extension line origin: Snap to the bottom end of the vertical line on the other side of the lane (where the vertical line intersects the typical section)
- DIMLINEAR [Mtext Text Angle Horizontal Vertical Rotated]: Move the cursor to the desired location for the horizontal dimension and left-click to place the dimension
- Enter to restart the DIMLINEAR command
Note: If the vertical lines did not exist, snap to the beginning and end of the element (example: line).
Note: To align additional horizontal dimension lines, snap to a previously placed dimension when choosing the vertical location of the dimension text (described in step 4C).
Edit dimension properties
- Select dimension
- Right-click > Properties
- Properties palette > Lines & Arrows > Ext line: On/Off toggle, setting for displaying vertical lines that extend to the dimension line and value
- Properties palette > Text > Text override: Allows user to replace the dynamic dimension with a custom and static information (numbers and/or text)
Final steps for completing typical section dimensions
- Select and delete the vertical construction lines used to layout the typical section
- Select dimension lines
- Right-click > Properties > Lines&Arrows
- Ext line 1 = On
- Ext line 2 = On
- Esc to release the grips
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Annotate ribbon > Dimensions panel > Dimjogline
- This command allows the user to specify a dimension that is greater than what is actually drawn. This may be used in combination where a text override dimension is placed.
- DIMJOGLINE Select dimension to add jog or [Remove]: Select dimension line
- DIMJOGLINE Specify jog location (or press Enter): Specify jog location on dimension line
Create multileader annotations
Place multileader annotation
- Add annotation to typical section
- Zoom to the TEXT AND LEADER EXAMPLES box in the upper right of the TYPICAL SECTION DRAWING ELEMENTS... box - second from the left
- Select:
- CL
- EXISTING/FINISHED TYPICAL SECTION station range dynamic block
- All multileader text
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Copy
- Shift-Right-click > Endpoint > select end of any element
- Place the copied elements within the 020301-ts frame or the desired frame location
- Select the EXISTING/FINISHED TYPICAL SECTION station range dynamic block
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Left-click the downward triangle to select the number of station ranges the typical section applies to
- Double left-click on the EXISTING/FINISHED TYPICAL SECTION station range dynamic block
This will bring up the Enhanced Attribute Editor dialog box
- Attribute tab - Select one of the listed attributes and update the text in the Value box
- OK
- Select one multileader text
- Right-click on the selected elements > Basic Modify Tools > Move
- Left-click on the multileader and move the text to the desired location
- Select the leader line and move the grip at the arrowhead to the desired location
- Double left-click the multileader text to edit the text
- Left-click outside of the text to complete the text editing
Adding a second leader line
- Select a the leader line with the arrowhead
- Right-click on the selected elements > Add Leader
- Pick or snap to the location of the second arrowhead
- Right-click > Enter to end the command
Purge unused components
All the WisDOT plan production elements (leader styles, dimension styles, etc.) were added at the beginning of the typical section sheet creation. Remove the unused components when the drawing is completed.
- PURGE Enter
- Purge All
- Purge All
- Close
- Save the drawing
Exercise files: pln-prod-typ-sctn-data-end-c3d18.zip