Drawing cross sections - MDT26

8.10 Drawing Cross Sections

Conversely, to draw the cross sections, choose the command Roads/Segments > Draw Cross Sections (or Roads> Drawing> Cross-Sections), and select the survey.SEG file. Specify DIN-A0 format, horizontal and vertical scales 500, Survey as title and also select the Paper Space option. Press OK and then draw as many sheets as necessary to draw all the cross sections.

Save drawing again as survey.DWG, in directory C:\MDT9 Projects\Tutorial04.

File Overview

Once the job is finished, we list the existing project files in the C:\MDT9 Projects\Tutorial04 directory. The main files are the following

File Description

survey.dwg Drawing with the existing ground

survey.prj MDT project file

Survey.eje Horizontal alignment file

survey.per Superelevations file

survey.lon Long section file

survey.tra Cross-sections file

survey.RAS Vertical alignment file

survey.scc Road sections file

survey.seg Road segment file

survey.sob Widenings file