
184 | Chapter 13 Viewing and Editing Roads in Section View
Transitioning a Roadway
To transition a road from one set of dimensions to another, you can create
plan and profile transition regions on the finished roadway design. For
example, if the highway design includes a passing lane on a hill, you can add
the additional lane to the plan view of the roadway, define the edge of pave-
ment as a transition alignment, and then update the cross sections using the
Edit Design Control command.
You can also design vertical alignments in profile view that represent vertical
transitions, su/jointfilesconvert/428697/bgrade surfaces, or ditch elevations, and then you can attach
these vertical alignments to the cross sections, updating them with the new
elevations.
Key Concepts
■ Define transition control points on the template using the Edit Template
command.
■ You can create horizontal and vertical transition alignments, and then
attach them to the cross sections using the Edit Design Control command.
■ You can use commands in the Cross Sections ➤ Ditch/Transition menu to
define plan and profile transition alignments. You can also use commands
in the Alignments and Profiles menus to define and modify these transi-
tion alignments.
■ If you make changes to the transition alignments using the View/Edit
Sections command or the Edit Design Control command, then you can
use the Cross Sections
➤ Ditch/Transition ➤ Import commands to import
these transition alignments back into the plan or profile views.
To transition a roadway
Steps Use to locate
1 Draw and define the finished ground template. Defining Templates
2 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Templates
➤ Edit
Template to place transition points on the template.
Defining the Template
Transition Regions
3 To apply the template to the cross sections, from the
Cross Sections menu, choose Design Control
➤ Edit
Design Control and then click Template Control.
Specifying the Design
Control Values for
Templates
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