Knowledge Base

The Draw Profile routine found in Carlson Software provides an extensive amount of flexibility for creating Plan & Profile (P&P) Sheets. As a general rule, most P&P sheets are created in the project drawing (either to the Model Space environment or the Layout/Paper Space environment).
Since all P&P sheets would reside in one drawing which becomes "read-only" while the drawing is in use, this can cause problems when simultaneous editing of multiple P&P sheets is desired. The following process offers a solution that allows a team of CAD drafters to work on several P&P sheets.
General Process

	

		

			

				
Determine how many "Techs" will be assigned to the project (e.g. Tech1, Tech2, Tech3).
				
Assign a station range to each Tech:
					

						
Tech1 assigned 0+00 → 50+00
						
Tech2 assigned 50+00 → 100+00
						
Tech3 assigned 100+00 → 150+00
					
				
				
Create seperate drawings for each Tech:
					

						
Tech1: PP01.dwg
						
Tech2: PP02.dwg
						
Tech3: PP03.dwg
					
				
				
Each Tech references/attaches the main "plan" drawing (e.g. BaseMap.dwg) through File → Xref Manager.
				
Each Tech utilizes the Draw Profile command and specifies the various files needed to produce the P&P sheets:
					

						
MyRoad-Existing.pro - Existing ground profile for MyRoad
						
MyRoad-Proposed.pro - Proposed grade profile for MyRoad
						
MyRoad-Alignment.cl - Mainline centerline alignment for MyRoad
					
				
			
		
	

As each Tech creates their P&P sheets, the orientation of the external referenced main plan drawing is positioned correctly within the Plan portion of the P&P sheet.