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Portion of A Longitudinal Section Plot

This document describes different options for creating and plotting longitudinal section plots in a surveying software. It discusses using design files, cross section files, and long section files individually or combined. It also outlines several methods for generating long section files, including using tacheometric files with defined bend points, contour triangulation files, or loading existing section data from other file types. The options provide flexibility in creating section plots from surveyed field data.

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Portion of A Longitudinal Section Plot

This document describes different options for creating and plotting longitudinal section plots in a surveying software. It discusses using design files, cross section files, and long section files individually or combined. It also outlines several methods for generating long section files, including using tacheometric files with defined bend points, contour triangulation files, or loading existing section data from other file types. The options provide flexibility in creating section plots from surveyed field data.

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Portion of a Longitudinal Section Plot

Longitudinal Section Creation/Editing/Plotting


The data used for display, or plotting, may be any of the following :-
Section Plotting Using both Design and Cross Section Files
Combines the centre line of a Vertical Curve Alignment File and User designated elements
of a Cross Section File. The selected element may be any of the available 51 elements ( 25
points left of the centre line, the centre line and 25 points right of the centre line) of a
Cross Section.
Section Plotting Using a Cross Section File only.
Uses any User designated element of the available 51 elements of a Cross Section File.
Section Plotting Using both Design and Long-Section Files
Combines the centre line of a Vertical Curve Alignment File and a Longitudinal Section
File (created through this application - see further on).
Section Plotting Using a Long-Section File only.
Uses a Longitudinal Section File, as created and/or edited through this application.
Section Plotting Using a Design File only.
Uses a centre line of a Vertical Curve Alignment File.
Section Plotting of Random Grouped Section Files.
This option displays, or plots, a series of Long-Section Files (known as Random Grouped
Files), which have been generated from data in a Tacheometric File , and in which the
Points follow a specific numbering coding system used by SURPAC.
The Options for Creating a Longitudinal Section File are :-
Generate Sections from a Tacheometric File plus defined Bend Points.
This method locates and sorts Long-section data along defined section line, or series
of consecutive section lines within a Tacheometric File. The section line positions are
defined by identifying consecutive Bend Points held in the Co-ordinate File. The two
defined files must have a common area of overlap. This is not an interpolation
technique, and only surveyed data will be used. This method is best suited for
measurements downloaded from a total station, or logger. Side Slope Points may also
be included.
Interpolate Sections from a Tacheometric File plus defined Bend Points.
This method uses a system of Least Squares plane fitting along the user defined
section line(s) and at a defined interval. The section line positions are defined by
identifying consecutive Bend Points held in the Co-ordinate File . The surveyed data are
Tacheometric data, plus BreakLines where necessary, held in a user defined
Tacheometric File. This method is best suited for determining random sections over a
surveyed area where no direct long-section information has been surveyed. It provides
a technique of creating long-section information on discreet topographical features,
plus interpolated heights, without having to measure directly along the section line, and
is suitable for both natural terrain and terrain that contains man made features such as
drains, existing roads etc.
Create Sections from a Contour Triangulation File plus defined Bend Points.
This method searches for all possible intersections between the Longitudinal Section
Lines (defined by the Bend Points) and the sides of Triangles created in a User defined
Contour Triangulation File . The Section Line positions are defined by consecutive
Bend Points held in the Co-ordinate File . This method is best suited for determining
random sections over a surveyed area where no direct long-section information has
been surveyed. It provides Long-Section data based on Contour Triangulation, without
having to measure directly along the Section Lines, and is suitable for both natural
terrain and terrain that contains man made features such as drains, existing roads etc.
Load Section Information from a Handi-Data "LEVELS Lng-Sect" File.
This method will load Long-Section data from a Handi-Data Systems PSION Organiser,
or PSION Workabout, "LEVELS" Lng-Sect File [as long as the data are captured in
SURPAC Format]. For further information, refer to the "LEVELS" User's Guide for the
PSION Organiser, or the PSION Workabout, DISK Transfer.
Load Long Section Information from an ASCII File.
Data are imported from a Fixed Column ASCII File.
Create a series of Grouped Random Section Files from a Tacheometric File.
Using this function, it is possible to rapidly create a series of long-section Files from
data held in a Tacheometric File . The Points for each Section created are identified by
means of the Point numbers of the Data in the Tacheometric File using a number
coding system. Each Section created will be in its own, separate Longitudinal Section
File , which will be given the Name of the Tacheometric File plus the Section Number.

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