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
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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.