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00:09...of tools to help you edit feature lines.
00:12Use these tools to easily adjust individual or multiple elevation and slope values.
00:19In this example, a pond is already created in the drawing.
00:23Select the top feature line, then right-click in the drawing area and select Elevation Editor.
00:32In the Grading Elevation Editor dialog, view the elevation points.
00:38To edit all points at once, simply select all rows in the table,
00:43and in the Active Elevation cell, enter 636, All Points Update.
00:52You can also access elevation tools from the ribbon.
00:56Select a feature line and in the contextual ribbon, Modify panel, click Edit Elevation, if needed,
01:04to turn on the display of this panel.
01:08In this example, a weir is already created on the left side of the pond.
01:13To add elevation points, select Insert Elevation Point.
01:18In the drawing, snap to and select the end point where the upper polyline and the feature line meet.
01:26At the command prompt, enter the elevation 635.
01:32Repeat these steps for the lower polyline.
01:35Press Enter to complete the command, and then open the Elevation Editor to see the two added points.
01:45To quickly edit elevations and slopes from the Edit Elevation panel, select Quick Elevation Editor.
01:54In the drawing, hover the cursor over any of the vertices on a feature line to view its elevation.
02:01Hovering between two elevation differences displays the slope or grade.
02:08Click to edit the displayed value, then enter the desired elevation or slope at the command line.
02:15Next, in the drawing, locate the closed polyline already created in this example.
02:22To turn it into a feature line, in the Ribbon, Home tab, Create Design Panel.
02:29Expand the Feature Line drop-down, and select Create Feature Line from Object.
02:35Select the Polyline, and in the Create Feature Lines dialog, in the Style drop-down, select Standard.
02:45Click OK twice.
02:49Select the Feature Line, and in the Contextual Ribbon, select Add to Surface as Break Line.
02:58From the Select Surface dialog, select Create Surface.
03:03In the Create Surface dialog, click in the Name field, and type Parking.
03:10Click in the Style field, and then click Browse Ellipses.
03:14In the Select Surface Style pop-up, expand the drop-down, and select Contours, Background.
03:23Select Edit.
03:25In the Surface Style Contours Background dialog, click the Major contour color.
03:31In the Select Color dialog, select Red, and then click OK.
03:38Follow the same steps to set the minor contour color to cyan.
03:43Click OK four times to close all but the Add Break Lines dialog.
03:49Here, under Supplementing Factors, enter a distance value of 2.5, and then click OK.
03:58The feature line is added to the surface.
04:01Before adjusting elevations, make sure the surface is set to Rebuild Automatically.
04:07In the Tool space, on the Prospector tab, expand Surfaces.
04:13Then right-click Parking, and select Rebuild Automatic.
04:20Now select the feature line, and in the Contextual Ribbon, select Quick Elevation Editor.
04:28Using this tool, you can easily adjust elevations and slopes by typing them into the command line.
04:36Hover the cursor over the bottom corner to display the elevation.
04:40Click, and then enter a new value, such as 746.25.
04:48Next, hover over the middle of the bottom line to display the grade.
04:53Click, and enter minus 4.
04:56Continue by setting a grade of 4 up the left vertical line at 3 locations between the points.
05:03Then, enter a grade of 10 for the left top line.
05:12To set multiple grades between two selected points, in the Edit Elevations panel, click Set Grade Slope Between Points.
05:21In this case, select the leftmost point, and then press Enter to accept the elevation.
05:28Then, select the rightmost top corner point, and enter a value of 5.
05:34Hover the cursor over different locations between the selected points to see the applied 5% grade.
05:44To raise the entire feature line, select it, then, right-click and select Raise Lower.
05:53On the command line, enter the amount to raise or lower it by, such as 1.25 feet.
06:01Hover the cursor over the bottom corner to see that the elevation is now 1.25 feet higher.
06:08To adjust the entire feature line to drape upon the surface, from the Edit Elevations panel, select Elevations from Surface.
06:19In the Set Elevations from Surface dialog, select EG for Existing Ground, then click OK.
06:28Select the feature line and press Enter to complete the command.
06:34Open the Elevation Editor to see the adjustments to the Elevations.
06:39As you have seen, the Elevation tools offer many ways to edit the Elevations and Slope.
