When this option is selected, the program requests a horizontal alignment file or that a polyline be selected that constitutes the trace the profile desired. Lines and polylines are admitted as horizontal alignments. In turn, the polylines can have straight and curved sections. To process clothoid sections, it necessarily has to be a horizontal alignment. If the profile is obtained from an object other than a horizontal alignment, it does not matter in which direction it was drawn, because the program chooses the closest end to the point selected as the origin.
Executing this command displays a dialog box to define the profile requested. An overview of the process and the elements in the window are described below.
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Firstly, the digital model is specified based on which it is wished to obtain the longitudinal profile. With this in mind, the Surfaces button is pressed, and surfaces or mesh file is selected based on which we wish to generate the profile if it is different from the one proposed. This option is only required in the event that we use as the data source a digital model or mesh file; otherwise, in the Source section we will select the mode or entities from which it is wished to generate the profile.
The File button shows a default directory (the current directory) in an overlaid window, together with a proposed longitudinal profile file name with a .LON extension. It is the drawing’s default name. When the file name is validated or modified, the program goes back to the previous window.
The configuration of parameters involved in obtaining the profile can be accessed by clicking on Configuration.
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