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- posted 10/22/08 by Jack Strongitharm Editable ground profile
- Sometimes we may want to work closely to the existing ground, but not want to retrace all the existing ground profile to get a design profile.
Of course there is a little trick that you can pull off to get this desired effect.
What you can do, is draw the ground profile
Click on profile view properties and profile tab.
Then change the status to 'Static'
You know you have a Static profile, when you select it as it will display lots of grips
Then what you can do is edit the profile, with the grid panorama window, grip edit or in this case I will raise it 100mm up, just so you can see the result.
Also maybe change the name of the profile and change the style so it will look different to the original ground.
'Raise VIPs/PVIs'
You also probably want the original ground back, so just go back to 'Profile from surface' and add the existing ground surface again and click ok, not draw
Final result
Could be handy
Jack Strongitharm