surface profile

[fruStrated]

Hi,
I'm working in 2004 Land Desktop and am trying to find a way to create a terrain profile. The Quick Section option is nice, but I want to end up with an actual drawing or block that I can insert or xref as opposed to inserting as an OLE. I already have a surface and have tried creating a section from that but I can't find anyway to use more than two points and my profile has multiple points.
I appreciated the help.

[rustysilo]

In your quick section viewer you should have an option under the utilities menu to "import quick section". This allows you to add it to your .dwg and is a simple process. After importing it you may want to add a grid. For this go to the terrain menu > sections > grid for sections > and follow the prompts.

For a real terrain profile have a look at this thread:
http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16637

[eldon]

Is the profile you mention a horizontal polyline? If so, you can define it as an Alignment, and then Quick Profile should give you the ground level along it

[BOB'27T]

Here is a lisp for making a profile by using a polyline. This way you basically have a quick profile, that will be able to moved.

[rustysilo]

Very cool! Does this work with other ACAD versions or just Land Desktop?

[rustysilo]

Another alternative would be to export your model to a .dxf, .xml, or point file, open it in SiteTopo and run a profile in there which will export to .dxf along with the alignment. This really only appears to be good for straight lines though.

[BOB'27T]

Very cool! Does this work with other ACAD versions or just Land Desktop?

It works with any version. All you need is elevations on each line.