AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide: Essential

Applying Section View Styles

Now that you have studied the display and annotation of sections, let's take a look at the appearance of the section view that provides the backdrop for the sections. Once again, there are many similarities between section views and profile views. Both have the capability to display a grid, both can apply a vertical exaggeration, and both can use bands to provide supplemental information along the bottom or the top of the view. In fact, the only significant difference between profile views and section views is that profile views display stations (read along the alignment), whereas section views display offsets (read ...