Sheet Extraction

The Sheet Extraction options are found by clicking the Sheet Extraction button on the main dialog. A Project and an Alignment must have already been selected for the Sheet Extraction button to be enabled.

Clicking the Sheet Extraction button will display the Sheet Extraction dialog box.

 

Click the Border button to define the border or use drop down menu to select a border. Review Chapter 6: Borders for more information.

 

Clicking the Border Data button will display the Border Data dialog box. This is where the User can modify the values that will be populated into the Border.

The Rev box is for the revision level of the drawing.

 

Click the North Arrow button to browse for the North Arrow Block to use on the Alignment Sheet. Un-checking the North Arrow checkbox will remove the North Arrow from the Alignment Sheet.

 

Un-checking the Left to Right checkbox will cause the extracted sheets to display station in a Right to Left direction.

 

Check the Plan View button if the Plan View is to be displayed on the Alignment sheet.

 

Click this button to customize the Alignment Sheets. Review Chapter 28: Customize Sheets for more information.

 

Check the Code checkbox to have Skyline display the Description of each Code in the Station Band instead of the Code. Uncheck this checkbox to display the Code and not the description in the Station Band. Click the Code button to open the Codes dialog box. Review Chapter 4: Codes and Sub-Codes for more information.

 

Check the Profile checkbox to display the Profile on the Alignment Sheet. Clicking the Profile button will open the Profile Data dialog box. The Profile is created by sampling point data in the current project database based on the sampling corridor specified in the profile data dialog. Basically it takes the bounding box specified by the sampling corridor and grabs the elevation of points within the corridor and calculates the station along the Alignment to generate a Polyline on the profile grid. The User must verify the Vertical scale prior to building the profile as this is a stored default and will automatically reflect the last used setting

 

The User will define the Sampling Corridor, the Scale, and other options listed on the Profile Data dialog box.

Layers may be set for Major and Minor grid lines.

 

 

 

 

The Show First Elevation Values tab displays the elevation value for the first elevation data point.

Users may select the location of the displayed elevations by choices the desired side(s).

 

To use the Single Line Profile Option disable the Progen Extended Profile under the Progen tab.

 

Type the font style in the Grid Station Font field (verify the font style is available in AutoCAD). Either use the pull down to select a layer, or type in the layer for the major grid lines in the Major Grid Line Layer field. Either use the pull down to select a layer, or type in the layer for the minor grid lines in the Minor Grid Line Layer field. Either use the pull down to select a layer, or type in the layer for the grid station text in the Grid Station Layer field. Type the size of the grid station font in the Grid Station Text Size field. Type the angle of the grid station font in the Grid Station Text Angle field.

The Progen Tab button will open the ProgenDB dialog box. Review Chapter 26: ProgenDB – Defining a Surface for more information. Go to the Progen tab in the AutoCAD Platform.

 

Clicking the Event Features button to display the PipeLine Feature Event Band Settings dialog box.

 The text boxes labeled from 1 through 9 should contain the defined Material (Event Feature) categories for output into the extracted sheet. Clicking the Schematic Band button will open the Event Table Definition dialog which allows the User to create a Bill of Material on the extracted sheet.

 

 The order of Event Features in the Included Categories field will determine the sort order on the Alignment Sheet.

 

 Clicking the Ownership button will display the Ownership Band Settings dialog box.

 

Clicking the Use Table button will display the Ownership Table Definition dialog which allows the User to create a Line List of Owners on the extracted sheet.

 

 Clicking the Stationing button will display the Station Band Options dialog box. The User has the option to define exactly how the Station Band will look upon creation.

 

Under the Format tab Users may check the Append Description Located at Same Station checkbox which will append all descriptions that occur at the same station.

 

Under the Filter button the User can filter the display of items in the Station Band. By pressing the Station Filters button Users can filter and sort PIs with more options. User can also include PIs by checking the Include PIs checkbox.

 

 Under the Text Style tab Users may edit the text styles used. The text sizes in this dialog will automatically be scaled by the scale factor in the group selected for extraction.

Under the Offset, Symbols & Lenders tabs Users have the option to include these options in the station band.

 

 

Selecting the PI’s tab will display the PI Settings dialog box.

 

NOTE: The PI Settings Dialog controls all PI settings in the PI band as well as in the Stationing band.

 

 

Clicking the Match Line button will display the Match Line Data dialog box.

 

Under the Linework tab a Linear Style and length may be selected for the matchline. Text Styles and First & Second line Prefixes can be set under the Text tab. Users can define Milepost symbolization for marchlines under the Mileposttab.

 

 After selecting all the correct settings for the extraction press the Create / Update button.

 

 Highlight which sheets to build, or click the Select All button, from one up to a hundred at a time, and click the Create Selected Pages button. The sheets will be generated.

 

 In the Create Page dialog box, click the Update Settings button to open the Update tab. Uncheck the Rebuild Entire Sheet checkbox to display other options.

Check or uncheck each other the fields. They each represent an entire band. When the Alignment Sheets are re-created Skyline will not remove the existing AutoCAD tab with the existing sheet, and it will only re-create the selected bands to be re-created, leaving all other created bands. If the Band is Checked Skyline will rebuild only what it created, and not remove what the User created.

 

NOTE: Copied objects are considered application created, and will be replaced.