Splitting long profile views

Splitting a long profile view

A long profile view is cut into one piece per sheet, each covering that sheet's station range. The work starts in the source drawing.

Step 1. Open the source drawing: the one holding the profile views, with no built layouts. The drawing support section on the Welcome tab only appears there.

Step 2. Press Profile Split to open the Profile Split tab, then press Profile Split on that tab.

Step 3. Pick the alignment, then pick the layout drawing: the one you have already built your sheets in with SheetAgent for Civil 3D, not any drawing. Then pick an anchor point in model space. That point is the top left of the split row.

Step 4. A cyan preview appears with an accept or pick-again prompt. Accept to commit, or pick again to reposition.

Step 5. One split profile view is created per sheet, each sized to its tile's station range. Bands, pipes, structures and pressure networks all come along.

Step 6. Save the source drawing so the layout drawing can read the new splits.

Step 7. Open the layout drawing and finish it either way: press Split Profile View on the Multi VP tab, or open Health and press Profile Sync. They do the same thing, and each sheet's profile viewport ends up pointing at its own split.

Related: View and profile labels · When the tiles change after a split

Split Profile View does nothing

Split Profile View re-points each sheet's profile viewport at its matching split. It does not create the splits, so it only has something to do once they exist in the source drawing.

If pressing it changes nothing, run the split in the source drawing first and save that drawing, then press Split Profile View again.

If it still changes nothing, the build is not plan and profile, so there are no profile viewports to re-point.

Splits that have fallen behind the sheets also show on Health as a profile sync warning.

Related: Splitting a long profile view · View and profile labels · When the tiles change after a split

When the tiles change after a split

If the plan tiles change after a split, the splits no longer cover the sheets and Health raises a warning. Settling it is one press, or you can do the same work by hand.

Step 1. Save the layout drawing.

Step 2. Open Health and press Open Source Drawing. You are offered two routes: Assign to SheetAgent, or Do it manually.

Assign to SheetAgent is the short one. It opens the source drawing, updates the splits, comes back and syncs, without you moving between drawings yourself.

Do it manually leaves the same work to you: in the source drawing press Sync to Layout and save it, then back in the layout drawing press Split Profile View on the Multi VP tab, or Profile Sync on Health.

Either route re-creates the splits to match the current tile coverage, reusing the alignment, source profile view, anchor and row gap from your original split. The warning clears until the tiles change again.

Related: Splitting a long profile view · Split Profile View does nothing

Moved profile tiles

A warning that profile tiles moved on a number of sheets means they were moved in model space while placement is automatic. In automatic mode, Update Sheets returns them to the computed positions.

To keep your own layout, open Health and press Accept Profile Positions. Placement becomes manual: updates preserve your positions, and the profile viewports follow the moved tiles.

To discard the moves instead, press Update Sheets and the tiles return to the computed positions.

While placement is manual, Retile leaves the profile positions alone. There is no switch back to automatic placement: returning to it means resetting the project and rebuilding.

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