RoadCalc Output

Geometric Design of Highways

 RoadCalc Output

 1. Adjusting the scale:

       a. In the EAGLEPOINT dialogue box, go to Tools --> Plot Scales... 

b. Change the horizontal scale to 1:5000 and the vertical scale to 1:200.  (Horizontal scale 1 cm = 50 cm and vertical scale 1 cm = 2 m)  This scale is enough for a 36” x 48” paper size.  If using other paper size (24” x 36” or 11” x 17”) the scale has to change accordingly.
c. In ROADCALC, open your profile drawing.  If it asks if you would like to synchronize graphics or data, update graphics.  The vertical scale will change, so the drawing will look much different.  That is ok.  Save it on AUTO-CAD.
2. Specifying the Project Extents on Your Plan View:

       a. In the ROADCALC dialogue box, go to Output --> Catchlines…

b. Click OK.  This will place lines along each side of your centerline that most likely will not have the same width between them from the beginning to the end of your route.  In other words, your project extents will get narrower in some places and wider in others.
3. Cross Section Plots:

       a. In the ROADCALC dialogue box, go to Output --> Cross Section Sheets...

b. Click on the Format Library button. Choose RoadCalc Metric Defaults and click on the Load Format button.  Click on Yes and close the window.
 In the Format drop down menu, you will have many options. These are all parameters that you will be able to change according to your liking. Only a few of them will be mentioned here. You are welcome to try changing other values on your own. Sometimes you can get a really nice product by using a little trial and error.
* Sheet settings:  Here you can change the settings for the cross-section printout.  The default values are acceptable, except the horizontal and vertical grid spacing.  Change these to the following:

       Heavy Grid:  Horizontal – 10m, Vertical – 20m

       Fine Grid:  Horizontal – 2.5m, Vertical – 5m

       Sheet Prototype: C:\Program Files\Eagle Point Software\EGPT\Support\DWG\Rcxplt.dwg

       Click OK. 

* CAD Settings:  Here, you can change the line widths, text sizes, and colors that will be on the plan and profile sheet.  Just keep in mind that these will be printed in color.  Therefore, yellow does not show very well, white shows as black, and black shows as white, etc.

* Slope Annotation:  Don’t bother with this – you should annotate slopes on the finished AutoCAD drawing.

* Text settings:  Here, you tell RoadCalc what text to place on the drawing.  Leave it as it is for now, and remove any text that you don’t want after the sheets are finished.

    d. After you are finished changing these values, click on the Stations to Plot button. 

e. Choose one station that is in full cut, one that is in full fill, one that has both cut and fill, and one that is superelevated.  Turn the rest off by clicking on Mark Off button.  Click OK. 

       f. Click on the Create Cross Section Sheets icon and OK on the following window.

RoadCalc will now show you one sheet of cross-sections. You can do some clean-up on the text placement, dimensioning, adding the concrete barrier (you have all dimensions for the barrier in your notes – be sure that when you draw the barrier that you are aware of the drawing’s scaling factor) and whatever else that you would like to change. Your finished cross-section should resemble the one below. After you feel that they are satisfactory, save the AutoCAD file.
4. Mass Diagram Plot:
From the RoadCalc dialogue box, go to Output --> Mass Diagram sheets.  You will create the Plan and Profile just like you did the Cross Section plot (hint: do step 3b).

* Sheet settings: The default sheet length is 800mm.  You will change this to fit your diagram sheet.  For example, if your horizontal alignment is 5000m long, and the scale is 1:5000, then you will need your sheet to be a little over 1m long – say 1.1m, or 1.2m.  Change the sheet height to a value lower than 910 mm (36 inches) to allow for a frame.

* Prototype drawing path: C:\Program Files\Eagle Point Software\EGPT\Support\DWG\Rcmass.dwg

* Volume Settings: This allows you to specify the settings used to calculate the mass volumes. Settings that can be set are horizontal curve correction, free haul distance and ending percent compaction. The different original/actual materials may be toggled on to be included in the mass volumes. Since the mass volumes are affected, the mass diagram is affected as well.
5. Plan and Profile Plots:
a. From the RoadCalc dialogue box, go to Output --> Plan and Profile Sheets. You will create the diagram just like you did the Cross Section plot (hint:  do step 3b). You will want to check the CAD settings and carefully examine them to make sure that everything is the way that you would like it to be in your CAD plot.  Once some of these settings are set, it is very tedious to change them later.
b. In the Format drop down menu:
* Sheet settings:  Here you can change the settings for the plan and profile view of the printout. 
1. The default sheet length is 800mm.  You will change this to fit your horizontal alignment.  For example, if your horizontal alignment is 5000m long, and the scale is 1:5000, then you will need your sheet to be a little over 1m long – say 1.1m, or 1.2m. The sheet height should be somewhat smaller than 910 mm (36 inches). 

2. After you have changed the sheet length to 1200mm (or whatever your length should be), you need to change the Sheet Upper Right X Coordinate to the same value. 

3. Change the Plan Upper Right X Coordinate to (sheet length minus 20mm). 

4. Prototype drawing: C:\Program Files\Eagle Point Software\EGPT\Support\DWG\Rcplap.dwg

5. Click on the Profile tab at the top of the dialogue box.

6. Change Grid Area Length to (sheet length minus 40mm). 

7. Change the Upper Right X Coordinate to (sheet length minus 20mm). 

8. Click on OK to close the dialogue box. 

You can use the following example as a first trial, adjust at your convenience.
* CAD Settings:  Here, you can change the line widths, text sizes, and colors that will be on the plan and profile sheet. Change any Nonzero text sizes to 2.0. Beware of the layer colors. Change grids to the lightest grey for the heavy grid, and the next to lightest grey for the fine grid. (This is purposely backwards, as the plotter will plot the opposite)

* Station/Elevation Intervals: Change the values in the window to those shown below and hit OK.

* Custom Symbols: Make sure that the path for all the symbols start with C:\Program Files\... like this:

       NORTH ARROW --> C:\Program Files\Eagle Point Software\Egpt\Images\narrow\nora1.dwg

* There are settings for the annotation of the horizontal and vertical alignments (specifically in the menu items ‘Horizontal Station Labels,’ ‘Circular Curve Labels,’ ‘Spiral Curve Labels,’ ‘Vertical Station/Elevation Labels,’ ‘Vertical Curve Labels’). You can pick what design parameters you would like to have labeled on your horizontal and vertical alignment. Be careful, because if you pick everything, your drawing may be overcrowded. There are some parameters that are not necessary. It is up to you to decide which ones.

After making the format changes, click on the New Plan and Profile Sheets icon.

Check if your horizontal alignment fits on one sheet. There should be only one row added to the window, as such:
If not, delete all sheets, change the length of sheet, as described above, and create a new sheet. Repeat this step until you have one sheet.  Wait for AutoCAD to prepare the drawing.
If you are not happy with the placement of the drawing onto the plan and profile sheet, you may move the drawing items.  For example, if you have a large horizontal curve that is not shown on the plan view, the entire plan view window may be shifted. To do this, on the RoadCalc dialogue box go to Output  --> Adjust Plan and Profile Sheets.  You will be able to adjust your plan and profile sheet.
You may change drawing items on the plan view by going to the original horizon.  Once you have changed all the settings to your liking, click on the New Plan and Profile Sheets icon.  Click OK.  This will create the plan and profile sheet.  Make any and all changes that you would like, and save.  You are now ready to plot.
You can create a graphical scale on your drawings to avoid problems with the scale of your drawing.  In that way the scale will reflect any scaling you need to perform to plot the drawing.
The viewport will change once you are ready to plot and select the correct plotter and page size!

6. Printing AutoCAD files to the plotter

       a. In AutoCAD of to File-->Plot.

       b. Click on the “Plot device” tab and select the printer, CIVL3154PLT on Madrid.

                c. Click on the “Plot Settings” tab.

                d. Select the paper size (ARCH D-24 x 36 portraits).  Select landscape “Drawing Orientation”.

       e. Choose the “Plot Area” by clicking the Window < button.

       f. Select “Scaled to fit” for “Plot Scale”.

       g. Select Center the Plot.

h. Click on the “Partial Preview” button.  Make sure the drawing fits on the paper, the shaded area should be smaller than white area.

                 i.  Click OK twice.
 Your Plan and Profile sheet, Cross-Section sheet and Mass Diagram sheet should resemble the following drawings:
(Your Cross-Section will be of a 4-lane divided highway, not 2-lane undivided as in the example)

Eaglepoint and Autocad Points

EAGLE POINT AND AUTO CAD

 HINTS:

THE YELLOW  QUESTION MARK ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF  ANY DIALOG BOX  IS A HELP  FILE  FOR EAGLE POINT  OR HIT THE  F1 KEY.

TO ADD OR REMOVE TOOLBAR, RIGHT CLICK ON TOOLS IN THE MENU AND CLICK ON CUSTOMIZE. CHECK OFF THE  ONE YOU WISH TO HAVE ON THE SCREEN.

USE THE ESCAPE KEY TO BACK OUT OF A TOOLBAR COMMAND.

TO GET RID OF THE INTERNET BOX  CLICK THE SMALL RED BOX IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

AND   CLICK CLOSE.

TO DELETE A FILE, USE THE EAGLE POINT OPEN DIALOG BOX ( DIALOG BOX  THAT FIRST

COMES UP WHEN YOU OPEN EAGLE POINT)  SELECT  THE  X  ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE

BOX,  CHECK REMOVE FROM LISTING AND DRIVE, CLICK APPLY, CLICK DELETE.

TO  START  A  NEW  FILE   AND  LIST  THE  SURVEYS POINTS

1. DOUBLE CLICK THE EAGLE POINT ICON OR CHOOSE THE START BUTTON,  PROGRAMS AND EAGLE POINT

2. CLICK ON CREATE NEW PROJECT/ SUB PROJECT ICON ON THE OPEN DIALOG BOX. THIS ICON IS LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER.

3. IN THE NEW  DIALOG BOX, VERIFY THAT EAGLE POINT PROJECT IS HILIGHTED, CLICK ON THE NEXT BUTTON.

4. A NEW PROJECT DIALOG BOX COMES UP. ENTER A PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND PRESS TAB KEY. THIS COULD JUST BE A JOB NUMBER OR A NAME AND DESCRIPTION.

5. NOW YOU WILL WANT TO SUPPLY A  DRAWING FILE THAT WILL BE THE  "PLAN"  VIEW OF YOUR PROJECT.  YOU WILL WANT TO USE A DRAWING NAME THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CREATED. TO CREATE A NEW DRAWING FILE YOU MUST TYPE THE LOCATION AND NAME OF THE FILE TO BE CREATED. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT EACH PROJECT THAT YOU ADD TO EAGLE POINT BE IN IT'S OWN UNIQUE DIRECTORY.  TYPE C:\ PROJECTS\ PROJECT NAME\ PROJECT NAME.DWG   AND PRESS THE TAB KEY.

6. THE CONTENTS WITHIN A  PROTOTYPE SETTINGS DESCRIPTION ALLOW YOU TO SET ITEMS SUCH AS UNITS, SCALES , TEXT HEIGHTS, ECT.  FOR PROTOTYPE  DRAWING YOU ARE SPECIFIYING THE DRAWING FILE THAT CONTAINS ANY PROTOTYPE SETTINGS  FOR  THE  PROJECT DRAWING. YOU CAN USE THIS OPTION TO INDICATE A DRAWING THAT HAS BEEN PREDEFINED TO CONTAIN ANY OF YOUR ORGANIZATION"S STANDARDS.                                                                                                                  FOR PROTOTYPE  SETTINGS, SELECT EITHER A PROTOTYPE NRCS , OR A PROTOTYPE THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED, OR EAGLE POINT FEET DEFAULT.

7. VERIFY THE LINEAR UNITS IS SET TO FEET.

8. LEAVE THE PROTOTYPE DRAWING FIELD ALONE. IT IS BASICALLY AUTOMATIC FROM WHAT YOU TYPED IN FOR YOUR PROTOTYPE SETTINGS. YOU  CAN CHANGE ANY SETTINGS LATER ,IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE THEM.

9. CLICK ON THE  ADVANCED BUTTON. NOW YOU WILL SPECIFY MULTIPLE DOCUMENT LOCATIONS. NEW IN EAGLE POINT IS THE ABILITY TO SEPARATE  THE FILE OF A PROJECT TO DISTINCT LOCATIONS. THIS CAN BE USEFUL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT A PROJECT FILES TO A LOCATION WHERE CERTAIN  PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEM. SPECIFYING DATA\PLOT FILE LOCATIONS IS TYPICALLY PERFORMED AS A NEW PROJECT IS ENTERED INTO EAGLE POINT. BY DEFAULT, EAGLE POINT STORES ALL FILES THAT COMPRISE  A PROJECT IN THE SAME DIRECTORY AS THE MAIN PROJECT DRAWING; BY DOING THIS EAGLE POINT VIEWERS CAN EASILY SHARE THEIR DRAWINGS WITH ONE AND ANOTHER.

10. DATA FILE LOCATION IS WHERE THE DATA FILES FOR THE PROJECT ARE TO BE STORED.               TYPE C:\PROJECTS\PROJECT NAME\DATA. PRESS THE TAB KEY.

11. PLOT FILE LOCATION IS THE LOCATION WHERE YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PLOT FILES.                     TYPE C:\PROJECTS\PROJECT NAME\PLOT .   CLICK OK.

12. WHENEVER YOU SPECIFY A DIRECTORY THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CREATED, EAGLE POINT WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO CREATE  IT.  CLICK  YES.

13. CLICK FINISH  IN THE NEW PROJECT DIALOG BOX.  CLICK OK IN THE OPEN DIALOG BOX..

14. USING YOUR MOUSE, EXPAND THE EAGLE POINT - FILE NAME DIALOG BOX IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.  SELECT FILE,  SELECT PRINT SETUP, MAKE SURE PRINTER IS SELECTED, AND NOT FILE,  CLICK OK.

15. SPECIFYING PROJECT SETTINGS. THESE SETTINGS SHOULD BE ESTABLISH BEFORE YOU BEGIN  YOUR DESIGN/ ANALYSIS WORK,  AND BEFORE YOU LOAD YOUR POINTS FILE.    SETTING UP A PROTOTYPE  IN THE FUTURE TO USE WILL TAKE CARE OF THESE SETTINGS.

16.  IF YOU SELECTED A NRCS PROTOTYPE OR YOUR OWN PROTOTYPE,  JUMP TO STEP 27.    IF YOU USED A EAGLE POINT PROTOTYPE OR KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEED TO CHANGE SOME SETTINGS, CONTINUE WITH STEP 17.

17. SELECT SYSTEM  ( NEXT TO FILES IN THE EAGLE PIONT DIALOG BOX) .

18. FIRST SPECIFY THE PROJECT UNITS. SELECT UNITS.  CLICK ON THE CATEGORY DROP LIST ARROW. VERIFY THAT CATEGORY IS SET TO ANGULAR , AND THAT INPUT AND OUTPUT ARE SET TO DEGREES, MINUTES, AND SECONDS. CLICK ON APPLY.

19. CLICK ON THE CATEGORY DROP LIST ARROW. HILIGHT DEGREE OF CURVATURE. CLICK ON INPUT/OUTPOUT LIST.  SELECT THE ARC DEFINITION. VERIFY THAT THE LENGTH IS SET TO 100. CLICK APPLY.

20. CLICK ON THE CATEGORY DROP LIST ARROW. HILIGHT LINEAR.  CHECK TO SEE THAT INPUT AND OUTPUT  ARE  IN FEET.   CLICK APPLY.

21. CLICK ON THE CATEGORY DROP LIST ARROW. HILIGHT  PLANIMETRIC AREA. CLICK ON INPUT/OUTPOUT LIST.  CHECK TO SEE THAT INPUT AND OUTPUT  ARE IN SQUARE FEET.           CLICK  APPLY.    CLICK OK.

22. SELECT SYSTEM. SELECT FORMATS. IN THE FORMAT BOX  ARROW THE CATEGORY TO HORIZONTAL DIRECTION. SET FORMAT TO NORTH AZIMUTH.    CLICK  APPLY.

23. ARROW CATEGORY TO   NODES.  CHECK  POINT NUMBER PROTECTION, ID FORMAT SHOULD BE NUMERIC, CLICK APPLY

24. CLICK ON THE CATEGORY DROP LIST AND SELECT STATIONING.  VERIFY THAT STATIONING IS SET TO   +00,      CLICK APPLY,    CLICK  OK..

25. SELECT SYSTEM. SELECT PRECISION.  VERIFY THAT CATEGORY IS SET TO ANGULAR AND DEGREES MINUTES SECONDS IS SET TO THE NEAREST   SECOND,   CLICK APPLY

26. CLICK ON THE DROP CATEGORY LIST AND SELECT  LINEAR. VERIFY THAT THE DISTANCE PRECICION IS 2.   TYPE 2 FOR NORTHING AND EASTING AND 2 FOR ELEVATION.  USE THE TAB KEY TO GET AROUND.    CLICK   APPLY AND OK.

27. ON THE EAGLE POINT MAIN MENU SELECT TOOLS, SELECT PLOT SCALES AND SET YOUR HORIZONTAL SCALE.   LEAVE THE VERTICAL SCALE ALONE FOR NOW.   CLICK OK.

28. FOR EAGLE POINT PROTOTYPE ,  IN THE EAGLE POINT BOX  SELECT SYSTEM,  SELECT NODE LIBRARY,  ON CURRENT FIELD CODE  ARROW TO EP DEFAULT SYMBOLS, SELECT 32 DOT,   UNCHECK PLACE  ADDITIONAL SYSMBOL,  CLICK   AND CLOSE.   CLICK  CLOSE ON THE NEXT DIALOG BOX.

FOR NRCS PROTOTYPE, IN THE EAGLE POINT BOX  SELECT SYSTEM,  SELECT NODE LIBRARY,  ON

CURRENT FIELD CODE  LIBRARY IT SHOULD SAY NRCS, IF IT DOES NOT, ARROW TO NRCS. UNDER

FIELD CODE HILIGHT G, SELECT THE SECOND ICON FROM THE LEFT ( MODIFY FIELD CODE ).  THERE

ARE PROBABLY MANY WAYS TO APPROACH WANT WE NEED, THE FOLLOWING WILL WORK FOR EACH

LINE:  G    G     DOT    1.00000000     V.Fcod.Misc     3 - Green    Symbol and Point      Topo      Include

UNCHECK  PLACE ADDITIONAL SYMBOL,    CHECK USING FIELD CODES LAYER AND COLOR ,

UNCHECK USE FIELD CODE AS LINE IN AS DATA COLLECTION.  CLICK APPLY,   CLICK  CLOSE.

29. SELECT PRODUCTS,  DATA TRANSFER ON EAGLE POINT TOOLBAR.   DATA TRANSFER DIALOG BOX COMES UP,     SELECT TRANSFER..

30. SELECT  SETTINGS,  TRANSFER SETTINGS DIALOG BOX COMES UP, UNDER THE    IMPORT TAB  UNCHECK DRAW LINES,    CHECK    PLACE POINTS AS.

31. ARROW TO NODES,  ARROW DEFAULT FIELD CODE TO 32 DOT   OR  G  FOR NRCS  PROTOTYPE.

32. NODE NUMBER TO ADD SHOULD BE ZERO.  STARTING ID SHOULD BE ONE.

33. PLACE A CHECK ON USE POINT NUMBERS, PLACE A CHECK ON USE ELEVATIONS.

34. CLICK APPLY, CLICK  OK.

35. SELECT TRANSFER, IMPORT  FILE. A IMPORT FILE DIALOG BOX COMES UP.

36. USE THE OPEN FILE ICON  ON THE RIGHT SIDE TO SELECT THE FILE YOU WANT. IT MAY BE ON A DISK OR IN A FILE YOU HAVE SET UP IN THE COMPUTER.

37. LEAVE THE FORMAT IN ABACUS SDC71. CLICK OK

38. A REPORT WARNINGS DIALOG BOX COMES UP.  THE REPORT SHOULD STATE THE NUMBER OF NODES IMPORTED.  PRINT IF YOU WISH, AND CLICK CLOSE.

39. LEAVE THE DATA TRANSFER BOX ACTIVE. YOUR POINTS FILE SHOULD HAVE LOADED INTO YOUR DRAWING. TO SEE THE POINTS, ELEVS. DESCRIPTIONS USE THE ZOOM EXTENTS ICON.

40. FROM THE DATA TRANSFER DIALOG BOX,  SELECT  REPORTS, AND NODES.

41. A REPORT NODES DIALOG BOX COMES UP,  PLACE A DOT IN SELECT,  ARROW TO ALL IN SELECTION METHOD.

42. CLICK APPLY, CLICK CLOSE.

43. A NODE REPORT BOX SHOULD COME UP, CLICK THE PRINT  ICON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

44. CHECK OFF THE FIRST 5 ITEMS ON THE LEFT AND HIT PRINT.

45. CLOSE THE DATA TRANSFER BOX.

46. SAVE YOUR DRAWING AS POINTS.

PLOTTING THE POINTS DRAWING

HIT THE F1 KEY FOR HELP IN EP-ACAD ( YOU MAY NEED TO CLICK ON THE EAGLE POINT

TOOL BAR FIRST).

BEFORE YOU PLOT THE DRAWING YOU MAY WISH TO SET UP YOUR POINT NUMBERS, ELEVATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THEM. SOME MAY BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AT THIS TIME.

TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE  ELEVATION, POINT NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF THE POINTS IN THE DRAWING IN ORDER TO BETTER READ EACH  POINT, USE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

PICK EP,  PICK COGO, PICK NODES,   PICK  RESIZE,     A RESIZE  NODES DIALOG BOX  COMES UP. CHECK SELECT FOR SELECTION METHOD.  ARROW TO ALL FOR SELECTION METHOD. CLICK ON APPLY.  THE BOX SHOULD REAPPEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF NODES SELECTED.  CLICK ON NEXT.    PLACE A DOT IN SCALE ATTRIBUTES AND TYPE IN A VALUE SUCH AS O.5 AND CLICK APPLY.

IF YOUR TEXT IS A SMALL AS YOU POSSIBLY WANT TO PLOT, AND YOU STILL HAVE TEXT ON TEXT, YOU MAY USE SWIVLE TO ROTATE THE TEXT TO CLEAN UP THE DRAWING SOMEWHAT.

PICK EP,  PICK COGO, PICK NODES,   PICK SWIVEL,   A SWIVEL NODES DIALOG BOX COMES UP.  SET SELECTION MODE  TO SELECT,  SET SELECTION METHOD TO AUTOCAD, CLICK ON THE NODE  NUMBER (ID)  YOU WISH TO MODIFY ON THE SCREEN ( NOT THE  DOT ) AND HIT ENTER. THE SWIVEL NODES DIALOG BOX  COMES BACK UP.  CLICK ON NEXT AND TYPE IN THE ANGLE  AND CLICK ON APPLY. TYPE IN THE DEGREES OF ROTATION AND HIT ENTER. THE ID'S OF THE NODES YOU HAVE SELECTED SHOULD APPEAR.  CLICK APPLY.   IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE THE SWIVEL NOTES COMMAND SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT NODES WITH THE MOUSE, CLICK CLOSE.   IF YOU WANT THE DIALOG BOX TO COME UP FIRST, CLICK REPEAT, CHANGE THE SELECTION METHOD TO ALL AND CLICK CLOSE.

ROTATE FUNCTION IN THE SAME MENU ALSO WILL WORK, BUT IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE THE BASE POINT AS THE NODE THAT YOU ARE ROTATING, YOU WILL ALSO ROTATE THE POINT. WHILE SWIVEL TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO USE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MESS UP YOUR SURVEY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH ROTATE.

1.  HAVE   YOUR  POINTS  DRAWING  ON THE SCREEN. AT THIS TIME YOU WISH TO CALCULATE THE

ACTUAL LENGTH OF THE PROJECT TO SET THE SCALE FOR THE BORDER THAT YOU PLAN TO USE,  OR

JUST WAIT TILL STEP 6.

2.  PICK EP  ( UPPER COMMAND BAR)    PICK DRAFTING.

3. PICK INSERT,   PICK   BORDER .

4.  PICK HORIZONTAL OR VERTCAL ( DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY YOU WANT YOUR DRAWING

ORINTATING )    USE THE ARROW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT   22” BY 34” FOR   E  SIZE DRAWINGS,

8.5” BY 11”  FOR L SIZE DRAWINGS,  11” BY 17”  FOR N SIZE DRAWINGS

5. PIC OK,   USE THE MOUSE TO PLACE THE BORDER AROUND YOUR DRAWING. YOU MAY USE  THE

MOVE COMMAND UNDER MODIFY TO THE LEFT OF EP TO POSITION YOUR BORDER. YOU MAY ALSO

USE THE UNDO ARROW  AND  START AGAIN.

6. IF YOUR DRAWING DOES NOT MATCH THE SHEET SIZE THAT YOU WANT, YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE

THE SCALE OF THE DRAWING. (  IN THE EAGLE POINT - FILE NAME DIALOG BOX ,  SELECT TOOLS,

SELECT PLOT SCALES,  CHANGE THE HORIZONTAL SCALE , THIS IS A TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS )

7. PICK INSERT,   PICK BAR SCALE ,  TO PLACE A SCALE UNDER THE DRAWING. A INSERT DIALOG BOX

COMES UP. CLICK ON INSERT TO PLACE THE BAR SCALE,  OR MODIFY TO YOUR WISHES AND THEN

INSERT THE SCALE.

8. PICK  INSERT,  PICK ARROWHEAD ,  SELECT  ARROW  3  ON SYMBOL,  UNCHECK ALIGN TO OBJECT,

TYPE IN  20 OR WHATEVER WORKS  FOR  YOU  IN  THE SCALE  FACTOR .   IF NORTH  IS TOWARDS THE

TOP OF THE DRAWING,  TYPE  IN  90 FOR  ROTATION,.  CLICK  ON  INSERT TO PLACE A NORTH ARROW.

9. AT THIS POINT YOU MAY WISH TO ADJUST  THE BAR SCALE,  NORTH  ARROW,  OR  THE BORDER,

PICK MODIFY,  PICK MOVE,  FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

AT THIS POINT YOU MAY WISH TO ENTER TEXT IN THE TITLE BLOCK (IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ENTER TEXT, JUMP TO STEP 17).  THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO ENTER TEXT.  ONE OF THE EASIEST  TO LEARN IS AS FOLLOWS:

10. PICK  DRAW  TO THE  LEFT  OF  EP IN THE AUTOCAD SECTION.

11. PICK TEXT,           PICK SINGLE LINE TEXT.

12. AT THE BOTTOM YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR START POINT.  USE THE MOUSE TO PICK THE START

POINT FOR THE TEXT.

13. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE SIZE OF TEXT.   THE SIZE DEPENDS ON THE SCALE YOU ARE  IN (15

TO 60 WORKS).

14. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR ROTATATION ANGLE.   ROTATION SHOULD BE 90 FOR SIDE BORDERS

OR VERTICAL TEXT.   ROTATION SHOULD BE 0 FOR HORIZONTAL TEXT.

15. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR TEXT,    TYPE  THE TEXT THAT YOU WANT AND  ENTER.

16.  IF WHAT YOU HAVE FOR TEXT ON THE DRAWING IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT,

PICK MODIFY AT THE TOP,         PICK ERASE,      CLICK ON THE WORDS AND HIT ENTER TO ERASE.

THEN TRY THE STEPS AGAIN STARTING WITH STEP 11.

PRINTING OR PLOTTING THE DRAWING

17.  PICK FILE,  PICK PAGE SETUP. A PAGE SETUP DIALOG BOX COMES UP.

18. SELECT THE PLOT DEVICE TAB.     ARROW TO THE PRINTER  OR PLOTTER NAME THAT YOU WANT.

19. SELECT THE LAYOUT SETTINGS TAB.   USE THE DROP ARROW TO SELECT THE PAPER SIZE, SUCH AS

TABLOID FOR THE 2500 PRINTER.

20.  SELECT THE DRAWING ORIENTATION.

20. IN PLOT SCALE  SECTION, . SET THE SCALE TO THE SCALE THAT YOUR DRAWING IS SET TO BY

TYPING IN THE SCALE.

22. PICK OK.

23. SELECT  FILE,    SELECT  PLOT.  A PLOT DIALOG BOX COMES UP.  CHECK TO SEE THAT ALL INFORMATION IS CORRECT.

            24. SELECT  THE WINDOW  BUTTON.  WINDOW A RECTANGLE AROUND YOUR DRAWING.  PREFERABLY JUST INSIDE THE CORNER TABS OUTSIDE OF THE BORDER.

            25. SELECT  PARTIAL PREVIEW, CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS.

            26. SELECT  FULL  PREVIEW.  ALLOW A FEW SECONDS FOR THE  PREVIEW OF THE

DRAWING TO COME UP.

DOES THE DRAWING LOOK OK ?   ( THIS PART IS A TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS,  YOU MUST MAINLY

PRACTICE TO MATCH THE WINDOW WITH THE FINAL PLOT THAT YOU WANT).

HIT THE ENTER KEY TO EXIT THE  PREVIEW.

            27. PICK OK.   THE DRAWING SHOULD BE PLOTTED.

CHECK THE SCALE AFTER IT IS PLOTTED.

28. PICK FILE,   PICK SAVE AS,       SAVE YOUR DRAWING,       CALL IT POINTS OR POINTS1.

STATIONING A LINE  WITH OR WITHOUT  CROSS SECTIONS  --  STATION  OFFSET

( THIS IS THE FASTEST METHOD, IF YOU CAN EASILY DETERMINE THE CL POINTS TO CLICK ON , ON THE SCREEN;  IF YOU CAN’T, USE THE NEXT METHOD )

TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE  ELEVATION, POINT NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF THE POINTS ON THE SCREEN IN ORDER TO BETTER READ EACH  POINT, USE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

PICK EP,  PICK COGO, PICK NODES,   PICK  RESIZE,     A RESIZE  NODES DIALOG BOX  COMES UP. CHECK SELECT FOR SELECTION METHOD.  ARROW TO ALL FOR SELECTION METHOD. CLICK ON APPLY.  THE BOX SHOULD REAPPEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF NODES SELECTED.  CLICK ON NEXT.    PLACE A DOT IN SCALE ATTRIBUTES AND TYPE IN A VALUE SUCH AS O.5 AND CLICK APPLY.

IF YOU STILL HAVE TEXT ON TEXT, YOU MAY USE SWIVLE TO ROTATE THE  NODE TEXT TO CLEAN UP THE SCREEN DRAWING SOMEWHAT.

PICK EP,  PICK COGO, PICK NODES,   PICK SWIVEL,   A SWIVEL NODES DIALOG BOX COMES UP.  SET SELECTION MODE  TO SELECT,  SET SELECTION METHOD TO AUTOCAD, CLICK ON THE NODE  NUMBER (ID)  YOU WISH TO MODIFY ON THE SCREEN ( NOT THE  DOT ) AND HIT ENTER. THE SWIVEL NODES DIALOG BOX  COMES BACK UP.  CLICK ON NEXT AND TYPE IN THE ANGLE  AND CLICK ON APPLY. TYPE IN THE DEGREES OF ROTATION AND HIT ENTER. THE ID'S OF THE NODES YOU HAVE SELECTED SHOULD APPEAR.  CLICK APPLY.   IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE THE SWIVEL NOTES COMMAND SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT NODES WITH THE MOUSE, CLICK CLOSE.   IF YOU WANT THE DIALOG BOX TO COME UP FIRST, CLICK REPEAT, CHANGE THE SELECTION METHOD TO ALL AND CLICK CLOSE.

ROTATE FUNCTION IN THE SAME MENU ALSO WILL WORK, BUT IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE THE BASE POINT AS THE NODE THAT YOU ARE ROTATING, YOU WILL ALSO ROTATE THE POINT. WHILE SWIVEL TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO USE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MESS UP YOUR SURVEY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH ROTATE.

            1.  PUT YOUR POINTS DRAWING ON THE SCREEN.

            2.  MAKE  SURE THE RUNNING OBJECT SNAP IS ON FOR SNAP TO NODES.    PICK EP AND AUTOCAD,

PICK OPTIONS, PICK  RUNNING OBJECT SNAP,  CLICK ON  APPLY,  CLICK ON OK.

3.    SNAP TO  NODE AND TO NEAREST MUST BE ON.  PICK  EP,  PICK AUTO CAD,  PICK  TOOLS,  PICK

DRAFTING   PICK   SETTINGS,  PICK  OBJECT SNAP ON,  CENTER CHECKED,  NODE CHECKED,

NEAREST CHECKED.

4.    ARROW  AND ZOOM  TO START  NODE FOR STATIONING.  PICK  DRAW,  PICK  3D POLYLINE,

            5. NOTICE THE STATEMENT UNDER THE COMMAND LINE. CLICK FROM NODE TO NODE WITH THE

MOUSE  STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE YOU WISH TO STATIONWHEN YOU HAVE

FINISHED, HIT THE ENTER KEY.

            3. PICK EP,  PICK  COGO.

            4. PICK  LAYOUT,  PICK  CONVERT OBJECTS TO ALIGNMENT,   LEFT  CLICK ON THE LINE FOR SELECTED ALIGNMENT,  HIT ENTER.

            5. THE COMMAND LINE WILL ASK YOU TO PICK  POINT NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE ALIGNMENT.

            6. A CONVERT OBJECTS TO ALIGNMENT DIALOG BOX APPEARS. GIVE THE ALIGNMENT A NAME SUCH AS CL.

            7. FILL IN THE BEGINNING STATION, SUCH AS 0+00  OR 10+00.  CLICK APPLY,  THE DIALOG BOX WILL DISAPPEAR.

            8. PICK REPORT,  PICK  STATION/OFFSET.  A REPORT STATION/ OFFSET DIALOG BOX SHOULD COME UP.

            9. HILIGHT THE NAME OF YOUR ALIGNMENT AND CLICK NEXT.

            10. ANOTHER REPORT STATION/OFFSET BOX COMES UP. PICK SELECTION MODE SELECT,  SELECTION METHOD ALL, CHECK LEFT AND RIGHT,  FILL IN THE DISTANCE YOU WANT TO REACH OUT ON SECTIONS.   CLICK APPLY.

            11. CLICK CLOSE ON THE NEXT STATION/OFFSET BOX..

            12. A REPORT STATION/OFFSET DIALOG BOX SHOULD COME UP.

            13. CLICK ON PRINT ICON  IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER . A STATION OFFSET PRINT OPTIONS DIALOG BOX SHOULD COME UP.

            14. CHECK OFF  ID, ELEVATION, DESCRIPTION,  STATION, AND OFFSET AS A MINIMUM.

            15. CLICK THE  PRINT BUTTON  FOR OUTPUT.   CLOSE  THE  BOX  IF YOU WISH, AFTER YOU ARE SURE YOU HAVE A PRINTOUT.

EACH  NODE THAT HAS A ZERO VALUE  FOR  OFFSET IS A CENTERLINE POINT.  THE  PROGRAM

WILL REACH TO  ANY POINTS THAT ARE  PERPINDICULAR TO THE CENTERLINE OUT TO THE

DISTANCE  YOU REQUESTED.

THE  OFFSET SHOTS THAT APPEAR TO BE FAIRLY PERPINDICULAR TO THE CENTERLINE NODE WILL

STILL NOT HAVE THE  EXACT STATIONING AS THE CENTERLINE NODE.  FOR THE WATERWAY

PROGRAM  THE  STATIONING OF OFFSET  SHOTS SHOULD BE CHANGED TO THE CENTERLINE NODE

STATIONING UNLESS THE SHOTS ARE  WAY OFF  FROM PERPINDICULAR  WITH THE CENTERLINE

STATION.  ( THE  SHOTS  THAT ARE  USED IN A LASER LEVEL SURVEY ARE NOT PERFECTLY

PERPINDICULAR  TO THE  CENTERLINE .)

THERE  IS SMALL SEGMENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF  ANY CURVE ON A  PROFILE  THAT IS NOT

PERPINDICULAR TO EITHER LINE AT THE CENTERLINE NODE.  THE  PRINTOUT  WILL SHOW THESE

SHOTS OR  NODES AS N/A.

TO GET THE DISTANCE TO THESE POINTS FOR SECTIONS,  TYPE IN    DIST    IN THE COMMAND

SECTION. CLICK ON  THE TWO POINTS AND HIT ENTER.

NOTE:   ORTHO MUST BE TURNED OFF. ( BUTTON BELOW COMMAND LINE)

SNAP TO  NODE AND TO NEAREST MUST BE ON.  ( EP, AUTO CAD,  TOOLS, DRAFTING

SETTINGS,  OBJECT SNAP ON,  CENTER CHECKED,  NODE CHECKED, NEAREST CHECKED. )

STATIONING A LINE  WITH OR WITHOUT  CROSS SECTIONS  -- STATION OFFSET

(  USING POINT NUMBERS TO MAKE THE LINE )

             1. IF ALL THE  CENTERLINE  POINTS THAT YOU WANT TO  STATION HAVE BEEN CODED, AND ARE  IN

CONSECUTIVE ORDER, SKIP PART TWO.

             2. USING THE POINTS DRAWING AND THE POINTS LIST, MAKE A LIST ON THE SIDE OF THE POINTS IN THE ORDER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM STATIONED.  IF POINTS ARE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE DESCRIPTIONS IN THE POINTS FILE TO DETERMINE WHICH POINT YOU WANT.  YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON A DESCRIPTION ON THE SCREEN TO HILIGHT IT, AND  TELL WHICH POINT NUMBER  IT IS,  AND JUST WHERE THE NODE IS.

ANOTHER METHOD THAT MAY HELP IS TO RESIZE THE NODES TEXT TO A MUCH SMALLER SIZE ON

THE SCREEN.  SEE  THE NEXT TWO PARAGRAPHS.

TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE  ELEVATION, POINT NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF THE POINTS ON THE SCREEN IN ORDER TO BETTER READ EACH  POINT, USE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

PICK EP,  PICK COGO, PICK NODES,   PICK  RESIZE,     A RESIZE  NODES DIALOG BOX  COMES UP. CHECK SELECT FOR SELECTION METHOD.  ARROW TO ALL FOR SELECTION METHOD. CLICK ON APPLY.  THE BOX SHOULD REAPPEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF NODES SELECTED.  CLICK ON NEXT.    PLACE A DOT IN SCALE ATTRIBUTES AND TYPE IN A VALUE SUCH AS O.5 AND CLICK APPLY.

IF YOU STILL HAVE TEXT ON TEXT, YOU MAY USE SWIVLE TO ROTATE THE  NODE TEXT TO CLEAN UP THE SCREEN DRAWING SOMEWHAT.

PICK EP,  PICK COGO, PICK NODES,   PICK SWIVEL,   A SWIVEL NODES DIALOG BOX COMES UP.  SET SELECTION MODE  TO SELECT,  SET SELECTION METHOD TO AUTOCAD, CLICK ON THE NODE  NUMBER (ID)  YOU WISH TO MODIFY ON THE SCREEN ( NOT THE  DOT ) AND HIT ENTER. THE SWIVEL NODES DIALOG BOX  COMES BACK UP.  CLICK ON NEXT AND TYPE IN THE ANGLE  AND CLICK ON APPLY. TYPE IN THE DEGREES OF ROTATION AND HIT ENTER. THE ID'S OF THE NODES YOU HAVE SELECTED SHOULD APPEAR.  CLICK APPLY.   IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE THE SWIVEL NOTES COMMAND SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT NODES WITH THE MOUSE, CLICK CLOSE.   IF YOU WANT THE DIALOG BOX TO COME UP FIRST, CLICK REPEAT, CHANGE THE SELECTION METHOD TO ALL AND CLICK CLOSE.

ROTATE FUNCTION IN THE SAME MENU ALSO WILL WORK, BUT IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE THE BASE POINT AS THE NODE THAT YOU ARE ROTATING, YOU WILL ALSO ROTATE THE POINT. WHILE SWIVEL TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO USE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MESS UP YOUR SURVEY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH ROTATE.

3. PUT YOUR POINTS DRAWING ON THE SCREEN.

             4. MAKE SURE THAT THE RUNNING OBJECT SNAP TO NODES IS ON.  PICK EP AND AUTOCAD,  PICK TOOLS, PICK OPTIONS, PICK USER PREF.,  PICK RUNNING OBJECT SNAP,   CLICK APPLY, CLICK OK.

             5. SNAP TO  NODE AND TO NEAREST MUST BE ON.  PICK  EP,  PICK AUTO CAD,  PICK  TOOLS,  PICK DRAFTING   PICK   SETTINGS,  PICK  OBJECT SNAP ON,  CENTER CHECKED,  NODE CHECKED, NEAREST CHECKED.

             6. PICK EP,   PROFILES,  SETUP,  AND PROFILE COORDINATE SYSTEM. A DIALOG BOX APPEARS ON THE SCREEN

             7. CLICK ON NEW  ( ICON AT BOTTOM LEFT ) , A NEW PROFILE COORDINATED SYSTEM DIALOG BOX APPEARS.  TYPE IN A  NAME,  SUCH AS CL.

             8. HIT PICK BUTTON ON TOP RIGHT,   NOTE THE COMMAND LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. CLICK OFF TO THE SIDE  FOR A BASE POINT, NEAR WHERE  THE STATIONING WILL START,  BUT NOT IN THE  AREA TO BE STATIONED.  THE X AND Y COORDINATES SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY FILL IN THE BLANKS.

             9. CLICK ON STATION AND ELEVATION AND TYPE ZERO FOR EACH.  CHECK LEFT TO RIGHT  THEN PICK OK.  PICK CLOSE.

             10. PICK EP,   PICK COGO,   PICK  CONSTRUCT,  PICK  THROUGH NODES.

             11. A CONSTRUCT THROUGH NODES DIALOG BOX COMES UP,  LEAVE IN THE LINE BY LINE END PTS IN THE TOP BLANK OR USE THE ARROW TO GET LINE BY LINE END PTS. IN THE BLANK.   AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX  ARROW TO 3D.

             12. TYPE IN EACH POINT NUMBER, ENTER AFTER EACH  END OF LINE POINT NUMBER.    START WITH THE POINT NUMBER THAT YOU WISH TO MAKE AS 0+00 AND ENTER IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER,  PICK APPLY,  PICK CLOSE.

             13. ZOOM IN AND CHECK THE 3D LINE TO SEE IF IT CATCHES THE POINTS THAT YOU WANT AS  THE CL.

             14. PICK EP,  PICK  COGO,  PICK LAYOUTS  ( THE MENU MAY BE SETUP AT THE TIME TO JUST  PICK LAYOUT ).

             15. PICK  CONVERT  OBJECTS TO ALIGNMENTS. CHECK THE COMMAND LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

             16. USE THE MOUSE TO CLICK ON THE LINE  (ALL SEGMENTS  SHOULD BE DASHED AFTER CLICKING ON IT AND THE COMMAND LINE SHOULD SAY 1 OBJECT FOUND).    USE ENTER IF THE LINE IS DASHED.

             17. PICK A POINT NEAR THE BEGINNING  OF THE LINE . ( COMMAND LINE STATEMENT)

             18. THE  CONVERT OBJECTS DIALOG BOX COMES UP.  TYPE IN THE NAME YOU GAVE YOUR LINE FROM     STEP  6.

             19. CHECK THE BEGINNING STATION TO BE SURE IT WHAT YOU WANT SUCH AS 0+00 OR 10+00. PICK APPLY.  THE  DIALOG  BOX SHOULD DISAPPEAR.

             20. PICK REPORT,  PICK STATION OFFSET. A REPORT STATION/OFFSET DIALOG BOX SHOULD COME UP.

             21. HILIGHT THE ALIGNMENT NAME THAT YOU WANT.  PICK NEXT >  ANOTHER REPORT STATION/OFFSET BOX COMES UP.

             22. CHECK SELECT ,   CHECK  ALL,  CHECK LEFT AND RIGHT AND RIGHT ,  AND TYPE IN THE DISTANCE THAT YOU WANT YOUR CROSS SECTIONS TO REACH OUT TO. (EXAMPLE  40 FT.)

             23. PICK APPLY , PICK CLOSE.

             24. A REPORT STATION/OFFSET DIALOG BOX SHOULD COME UP.

             25. CLICK ON PRINT ICON  IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER . A STATION OFFSET PRINT OPTIONS DIALOG BOX SHOULD COME UP.

             26. CHECK OFF  ID, ELEVATION, DESCRIPTION,  STATION, AND OFFSET AS A MINIMUM.

             27. CLICK THE  PRINT BUTTON  FOR OUTPUT.   CLOSE  THE  BOX  IF YOU WISH.

             28. EACH  NODE THAT HAS A ZERO VALUE  FOR  OFFSET IS A CENTERLINE POINT.  THE PROGRAM WILL REACH TO  ANY POINTS THAT ARE  PERPINDICULAR TO THE CENTERLINE OUT TO THE DISTANCE  YOU REQUESTED.

THE  OFFSET SHOTS THAT APPEAR TO BE FAIRLY PERPINDICULAR TO THE CENTERLINE NODE WILL

STILL NOT HAVE THE  EXACT STATIONING AS THE CENTERLINE NODE.  FOR THE WATERWAY

PROGRAM  THE  STATIONING OF OFFSET  SHOTS SHOULD BE CHANGED TO THE CENTERLINE NODE

STATIONING UNLESS THE SHOTS ARE  WAY OFF  FROM PERPINDICULAR  WITH THE CENTERLINE

STATION.  ( THE  SHOTS  THAT ARE  USED IN A LASER LEVEL SURVEY ARE NOT PERFECTLY

PERPINDICULAR  TO THE  CENTERLINE .)

THERE  IS SMALL SEGMENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF  ANY CURVE ON A  PROFILE  THAT IS NOT

PERPINDICULAR TO EITHER LINE AT THE CENTERLINE NODE.  THE  PRINTOUT  WILL SHOW THESE

SHOTS OR  NODES AS N/A.

TO GET THE DISTANCE TO THESE POINTS FOR SECTIONS,  TYPE IN    DIST    IN THE COMMAND

SECTION. CLICK ON  THE TWO POINTS AND HIT ENTER.

NOTE:   ORTHO MUST BE TURNED OFF. ( BUTTON BELOW COMMAND LINE)

SNAP TO  NODE AND TO NEAREST MUST BE ON.  ( EP, AUTO CAD,  TOOLS, DRAFTING

SETTINGS,  OBJECT SNAP ON,  CENTER CHECKED,  NODE CHECKED, NEAREST CHECKED. )