12d Model

John, have you got the Height Snap selected by any chance? If this is turned on it prompts you for a height on every snap.

Shaun, You could create a Supertin, (Tins>Create>Supertin) , this is a list of tins to display together in descending order of importance, i.e. list your tins from the top down, so you would have the pad 1st and the NS 2nd. You can use the Supertin to extract volumes only by using a cross-section me...

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If you have an alignment string then pull up the string editor either by pressing F6 or by selecting Strings=>Editor from the menu. Select your alignment string and accept it. You will be presented with a menu of options for Alignment Edit. Hover your mouse/cursor over Utilities in the menu then wal...

Shaun,
You probably need to be a little more specific when you pose a question. If you've created an alignment it should already have chainages applied. Do you want to edit the start chainage or apply a chainage to a particular point or label the chainages or produce a plot displaying the chainages?

Eric, Not quite sure what else to suggest. Although, it appears from your latest screen shot that you are in the middle of a tentative line selection. did you accept the selection? That should display your chosen section. Try turning off all the tins in your section view and just profile the section...

Eric, If you are following Philip's 5 steps, at step 4 did you actually profile one of your cross sections? From your screen grabs it appears in your plan view 1 that you actually have some sections there. What you need to do then in your Section View is profile one of the sections and if you have a...

No Problems Janet.
No, I do not work for 12d, but I've gained plenty of knowlege by reading the forums, that I like to contribute as well when I can.
Regards,
Bernard

Janet,
I think you'll find it is because you are using the practice version. If I remember rightly, you can't output data in any format from the practice version.
Regards,
Bernard

Struan,
Look under Tins=>Tin analysis=>Intersection. The original tin will be your NS and new tin will be the Des. The resulting intersection will be the cut/fill line.
Regards,
Bern