Create feature line

1. Home tab > Create design panel > Feature Line dropdown > Create Feature Line
2. Site: <None>
   1. Can create a new Site at this time if needed.
   2. Name: checked, Ditch east
   3. Style: checked, RDWY Ditch Flowline
   4. Layer: P_FTLN
   5. OK
3. Specify start point: Click in modelspace on surface
4. DRAWFEATURELINE Specify elevation or [Surface]: s Enter
   1. Select Surface: Exist
   2. OK
5. Specify the next point: Click in modelspace on surface
6. DRAWFEATURELINE Specify elevation or [Grade Slope Difference Surface Transition]: g Enter to switch to grade mode
7. DRAWFEATURELINE Specify grade or [Grade Slope Difference Surface Transition]: -2 Enter
8. Specify the next point or [Arc Length Undo]: Right click in modelspace > Arc > Click on surface
9. DRAWFEATURELINE Specify grade or [Grade Slope Difference Surface Transition]: d Enter to switch to elevation difference mode
10. DRAWFEATURELINE Specify elevation difference or [Grade Slope Difference Surface Transition]: -1 Enter
11. Specify the next point or [Arc Length Undo]: Right click in modelspace > Line > Click on surface
12. DRAWFEATURELINE Specify elevation difference or [Grade Slope Difference Surface Transition]: su Enter to switch to surface mode
    1. Enter to accept surface elevation
13. Specify the next point or [Arc Length Close Undo]: Enter to finish the feature line

    

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1. Home tab > Draw panel > Polyline
2. PLINE Specify start point: Click in modelspace on surface

   Elevation of this point is 0.

3. PLINE Specify next point or [Arc Halfwidth Length Undo Width]: Click in modelspace on surface
4. PLINE Specify next point or [Arc Halfwidth Length Undo Width]: Right click in modelspace > Arc > Click in modelspace on surface
5. PLINE Specify next point or [Arc Halfwidth Length Undo Width]: Right click in modelspace > Line > Click in modelspace on surface
6. PLINE Specify next point or [Arc Halfwidth Length Undo Width]: Right click in modelspace > Enter to finish
7. Home tab > Create design panel > Feature Line dropdown > Create Feature Lines from Objects
8. CREATEFEATURELINES Select lines, arcs, polylines or 3d polylines ot convert to feature lines or [Xref]: Click polyline > Enter
   1. Site: <None>
   2. Name: unchecked
   3. Style: checked, WisDOT Standard
   4. Layer: P_FTLN
   5. Conversion options
      1. Erase existing entities: checked
      2. Assign elevations: checked
      3. Weed points: checked

         Weeding point is not often recommended since it can eliminate data.

   6. OK
   7. Assign Elevations
      1. From Surface: checked, Exist
         1. Insert intermediate grade break points: checked

            This will add elevation-only points to the feature line

      2. OK
   8. Weed Vertices
      1. Weeding Factors
         1. Angle: checked, 1
         2. Grade: checked, 0.1%
         3. Length: checked, 4'
      2. Close Point Removal
         1. 3D distance: checked, 0.1'

            1 of 69 vertices will be weeded. These vertices show up red in modelspace.

      3. OK

         

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1. Home tab > Create design panel > Feature Line dropdown > Create Feature Line from Stepped Offset
2. OFFSETFEATURE Specify offset distance or [Through Layer]: Click first point in modelspace > Click second point in modelspace
3. OFFSETFEATURE Select an object to offset or [Name]: Click feature line that was just created
4. OFFSETFEATURE Specify side to offset or [Multiple]: Click to the east of the feature line
5. OFFSETFEATURE Specify elevation difference or [Grade Slope Elevation Variable]: s Enter to switch to slope mode
6. OFFSETFEATURE Specify slope or [Grade Slope Elevation Variable]: -4 Enter

7. Esc to exit the command

   

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A feature line can be created with the horizontal data from an alignment and the vertical data from one of it's profiles.

1. Home tab > Create design panel > Feature Line dropdown > Create Feature Lines from Alignment

   1. CREATEFEATURELINEFROMALIGN Select an alignment <or press enter key to select from list>: Click alignment in modelspace
   2. Create Feature Line from Alignment
      1. Site: None
      2. Name: unchecked
      3. Profile: USH51
         1. Mid-ordinate distance: 0.1

            Feature lines cannot have curves. This setting is how far away a chord can be created from the original curve

      4. Spiral tesselation factor: 0.25
      5. Create dynamic link to the alignment: checked
      6. OK

   3. Weed Vertices

      1. OK

fl-grdg-creat-fl-05.mp4 1:06

Two options

1. Select corridor > Contextual ribbon > Launch pad panel > Feature Lines from Corridor
2. Home tab > Create design panel > Feature Line dropdown > Create Feature Line from Corridor
   1. Select feature lines or [All by Regions within Polygon]
   2. Extract corridor feature lines
      1. Feature lines can be added or removed in this dialog
      2. Site, Layer, Pay Item, and Style can be set
      3. Settings...
         1. Dynamic Link to Corridor
         2. Apply Smoothing
         3. Name
         4. Code Set Style to automate applying settings
      4. Join feature lines in adjoining regions
      5. OK

Exercise files: fl-grdg-creat-fl-data-end-c3d18.zip