Sections Editor

The Sections Editor is used to view and edit section data for a number of network objects:

The editor is displayed via the object's property sheet.

See the River Sections Editor topic for details on editing River Reach cross section data.

When a section editor is opened, the section will be temporarily highlighted on the GeoPlan.

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River Reach - Left river bank editor

Section points grid

Offset (cross chainage) values are automatically calculated from X and Y coordinates, but are not exported or imported when exporting to / importing from external files.

When viewing Bridge or River Reach data:

Note

River bank section data is read only by default as it is intended that bank parameters, including geometry, be built from river line data. If changes to bank parameters are required, these should be made to the line data and the reach updated from the line data. However, section data can be made editable by checking the Allow editing of river reach data option of the General page of the Options dialog.

To insert or delete rows in the section points grid, right click on the left hand column of a row to display the context menu. The options available are:

When editing River Reach or Bridge section data and Cross Section or Bank line data the following options are also available:

When editing Cross Section or Bank line data further additional options are available:

Section profile graph

A graph of the profile of the currently selected section is displayed at the bottom of the editor.

When viewing Bridge or River Reach data; selecting points on the graph will temporarily highlight section vertices on the GeoPlan by drawing a small box round the selected vertices.

Right-click on the graph to display a context menu that includes options that allow different properties of the graph to be turned on or off.

If a ground model is loaded onto the GeoPlan Window, a trace displaying the ground model elevation can be displayed.

If results are loaded onto the GeoPlan Window, a trace displaying the water level at the current timestep will be displayed.

Update ground model button

This button is only available when editing section data for a Cross Section line.

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Cross section line editor

When you click Update from Ground Model,and a ground model is loaded on the GeoPlan, the cross section data is automatically updated with levels from a ground model, and an Update from Ground Model Report is displayed. A message is displayed if a ground model is not loaded.

See Updating Network Objects from the Ground Model for further information.

River Reach Data Fields

River Reaches

Property Sheets