Chapter 9. Slice and Dice: Profile Views in Civil 3D

Although you work with profiles of all lengths while you're designing, that design profile eventually has to be printed for reviewers, contractors, and other project members. Profile views come into action when you convert the long profiles into workable chunks of data that fit nicely on the printed page with the labels and important information placed in the right places.

By the end of this chapter, you'll learn to:

  • Create a simple view as part of the sampling process

  • Change profile views and band sets as needed

  • Split profile views into smaller views

A Better Point of View

Working with vertical data is an integral part of building the Civil 3D model. Once profile information has been created in any ...

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