About Association of Cross Section to Object Type

You can assign an object type to a cross section either while creating or editing it.

For information about object types, see Building and Civil Assemblies User's Guide: Defining Object Types.

You must use Subgrade Object Type to associate cross sections to it. For the Product instantiation method of the object type, it is advised to select Adaptive in the Subgrade type dialog box.

When you define a subgrade object type, and set different resources to it,

  • The sketch-based cross section must be set as resource to Cross Section,
  • The UDF-based cross section must be set as resource to Cross Section Feature-based Design.



If only one out of two resources are set,

  • The earthwork/platform commands will use this resource.
  • The subgrade command will use exclusively the resource associated to Cross Section Feature-based Design.

If both resources are set,

  • The earthwork/platform commands will use the resource associated to Cross Section.
  • The subgrade command will use the resource associated to Cross Section Feature-based Design.