View a Slice of a Surface

Use the surface slicer view to check any surface cross-section by slicing vertically through the surface. You need to have the plan view and the surface slicer view open concurrently. Multiple surface slicer views can be open at a time, and you can view multiple surfaces in the view concurrently.

Note: If you use a command while viewing a surface slice, the focus will be in the Command pane. To return focus to the surface slicer view, click in the view's From or To box.

Prerequisites:

  • Surface

To view a surface slice:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Surface Slicer View in Surfaces > Create.
    • Right-click Surfaces in the Project Explorer (or select a surface (general, subgrade, depth, layer, etc.)), and select Surface Slicer View from the context menu.

    Thesurface slicer view displays.

  2. Click in the From box and pick a starting point for the slice in the plan view, or type a coordinate (in the format X,Y) or point ID in the box.
  3. Pick an ending point for the slice, or type a coordinate or point ID in the To box.

    Tip: After picking the From point, you can also move the cursor across the surface to view the cross-section slice dynamically, without picking a To point. The surface slicer view automatically scales to fill the view as you move the cursor.
    Note: Red tic marks denote where the slice crosses points or breaklines. At certain view magnifications, slope values appear above segments. To hide cross-section slope values, right-click the cross-section, and select Properties from the context menu. In the Properties pane, select Hide in the Label slope list.
    Note: You can also right-click in the view to access COGO controls and snaps when picking points.

  4. To add additional surfaces to the view, click Surfaces. The Select Surfaces dialog displays.
  5. Check boxes for the surfaces to include in the view, and click OK (see the tip below).

Options:

  • Show slicing line - Check/uncheck this box to show/hide the line indicating where the surface was sliced.
  • Surfaces - Click this to open the Select Surfaces dialog. Then check the box for each surface that you want to appear in the Surface Slicer view.

    Tip: To check or uncheck multiple boxes at a time, press [Shift] or [Control] to select them and press [spacebar] to check or uncheck them.

  • Apply - Click this when you have typed coordinates into the From and To boxes instead of picking the coordinates in the Plan View.

Related topics

Create and View a Cross-Section