Prepared By:

Jeewan Manandhar
Civil Engineer

Autodesk Land Desktop 2007

1 Open Autodesk LD
2 Open '.dwg' file
3 Go to 'Projects'
3.1 Reassociate Drawing
3.1.1 Define 'Path' and 'Name' of your Project
(Here, make sure that no other dwg files are being opened)
4 Go to 'Alignment'
4.1 "Define from Polyline"
Select Polyline (click near to the starting point of the line)
a 'x' symbol will be seen as a reference point
(you will be asked to select reference point)
4.2 simply hit 'enter' key
4.3 "Define Alignment'
4.3.1 Define "Alignment Name, Description.."
4.3.2 Enter
(Starting stn and Ending stn chainage can be noticed
at the bottom just above command line.)
4.4

"Station Display Format"

"Edit Station Format" dialog box will appear
See Preview and Preview Value
Generally it should likely to be "0+100" not "1+00" as per Sanima Std.
you can change it by using sliding bar next to "station base value"

4.5

"Station Label Setting"

Tick all boxes (prefered to maintain sanima std)
Station label Increment = ch. Interval or 2 X Ch. Interval
Station tick increment = half of above

4.6 "Creat Station Lebels"

Mouse Cursor will intend u to mark beginning station as 0.000 then, ending stn.
Simply hit "enter" twice (Make habit of reading through the information bar
just above Command line.)
U are likely to see the station lebels along alignment
(Here, U might not see the stn lebel clearly or not as u desired.
This is because u have not set text styles and so on
Hit "ST" command for Test style..
See "sanima std" file to maintain text height (1.5 for 1:1000 scale)
and text style (romans))
5 Go to "Profile"
5.1 "Profile Setting"
5.1.1 "Sampling" click 'OK'
5.1.2 "Values"
Profile Values Setting tangent labels =Vertical curve label = Grid Line = Ch, interval
set Label Precision value to 2 or 3 for both existing or finish
click 'OK'
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5.2 "Surface"
5.2.1 "Set Current Surface"
Select Surface you have made during contour creation or project creation
5.3 "Existing ground"
5.3.1 "Sample from surface"
See what autodesk is asking and just hit enter..
5.4 "Creat Profile"
5.4.1 "Full Profile"
Select "Import Grid"
"OK"
(U can set text style as I have discussed earlier but dont forget to reset text
height to 0.000 after profile creating task is completed)
Do whatever as autocad ask for.
A full profile is created.
Now, construct invert level (Design level) line along the profile as per your design.
(For instance, see Plan and Profile, dwg file of Mai Cascade: the invert level of
Canal/Culvert along alignment traced along the profile is what you are now concerned for)
6 Go to "Profile"
6.1 "FG Centreline tangent"
6.1.1 Set Current layer
Here, Mostly, the current layer is set to 'PFGC' layer (but not always)
Next thing to do is: keep the Design Profile (must be lines, not Polyline)
in this current layer (PFGC)
you can do this by drawing a line. Then, using 'Ma' command match its property
to the Design Profile. (anyway, u should keep the design profile to current layer)
6.2 "FG Vertical tangent"
Select initial line of the design profile. Then select all lines..
Press enter note the information bar (.. CL PVI's found)
6.3 "Labels"
6.3.1 "Tangent"
Select grade (select design profile(FG line) from beginning to end)
if Text Styles are relatively ok then u will see the lines with grade(for eg, 1%)
and the respective level at the bottom of the grid)
There, now on, U will see two levels -1. exist GL, 2. FGL
Upto here, I hope u have understood about
Alignment Creation
Station label setting
Profile Creation
FG Profile Creation
FG Profile Labelling
(FG refers Final Ground ie Design Profile)

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Civil Engineer

Autodesk Land Desktop 2007

7 Go to " Cross Section"
7.1 "Surface"
7.1.1 "Set Current Surface"
7.2 "Existing ground"
7.2.1 Sample from Surface
Select alignment
Select Surface
Section Sampling setting box will appear (enter, enter)
Swath Width: set EG section Width from CL to left and right (eg, 20)
Sample Increment: tangent, Curve, Spiral (let them be 10m)
Aditional Sample Control: check start and end staion.
"OK"
8 Draw Templetes in Model Space
9 Go to "Cross Section"
9.1 "Templates"
9.1.2 Define Templates (Select Template object)
Click finish ground reference point (i.e. Invert level)
Is your Template Symmetrical?...No
Symply hit 'Enter' untill you are asked to define left/ right connection Points
Click left connection, then rt. Connection Point
Define Datum line
Define another template (optional)
Name templates
9.2 Design Control
9.2.1 Edit Design Control
Select Alignment
Select Range you want to creat the cross section
9.2.2 Design Control dialog box appears
Go to 'Template Control'
Select Template Name From Dropdown list
A preview of the template you created will appear, Click OK
Go to 'Slope'
Change the Values given as per your need.
Give slope in decimal value for H:V in both fill and cut type
Go to Benches
Specify Bench width, Bench Height, Bench slope as per your need
OK
9.3 "Section Plot"
9.3.1 Setting
Here U can set layout for cross sections, increment labels, grid settings, etc
9.3.2 Set text Styles or cmd='ST'
Text-romans
Text Size-0.3 for 1:200 Scale
9.3.3 All
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Civil Engineer

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Specify Beginning Station (0,0), Ending Station (last chainage)
Specify sheet origin Point (click on any blank space on model)
All Cross-sections will be plotted with template at spacified design level
Note:
Open Just one drawing for one autodesk LD app. File.
Revert Text Size to 0.000 in (set text style(ST)) whenever specific work is done.
Set Text Style to Romans
Regularly check the heading of drawing. Project should have been defined
(should not be a 'Scratch' Project)
If Project Scapes, Go to "Project"-"Ressociated Drawings", redefine Project Path and Name

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