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I am trying to use the copy to profile command to bring the existing center line in to profile view of the proposed center line to compare the changes. When I try and copy the Ex CL to the profile it copies it no where near the Alignment I have created for the P-CL. My goal in the end is to create a set of plans that can be printed out with plan view and profile view. With the existing center line and the proposed center line.

In the Profile View you can move the Copied Profile to the correct Station and Elevation using the Move command - move it from a know Station and Elevation to the correct Station and Elevation.

When you do the Copy to profile it helps if you have an Elevation Grid Line or Tick Mark and a Station Tick Mark to reference so you can move them all to the correct location. If the Profile is exaggerated you can use the Scale command in the profile view to remove the Vertical Exaggeration before you move the profile into the correct location. You want the Scale to be 1:1 for the profile if you want them to match up.

Alan

Looking at your file I dont think you are using the right command - this is what I am seeing

1) You have an Existing Centerline Alignment but it doesn't have a profile - it is a HAL only

2) You have the Park Avenue Center Line Alignment which has a HAL and a VAL

3) You have 2x Corridors - both use Templates - one is based off the Face of Curb alignment and one off the Park Ave Centerline (I assume that is the Proposed Centerline

I don't see the Vertical data for the Existing Centerline in the Existing alignment or in an Original Ground Surface - there is a Linestring along the centerline called Ex-Line-Road Line Work and that also has two edge of pave lines on the same layer

1) So I created a surface from the Existing Surface Lines called Existing Road

2) I select the HAL called Park Ave Centerline and from Corridor Menu use the Create Surface Profile command to cut a Profile through the Existing Road Surface along the Park Ave Center Line. This creates a second profile in the Profile View for the Park Ave Center Line alignment. You can now open the profile view and see the two Alignments - the Main Alignment (Red) and the Existing Road Surface (Grey). These will show up in the Plan Profile Sheets or a Profile Sheet Plot also if you want to print. You have to exaggerate the vertical quite a bit before you can see the differences - at 10x it is quite clear.

The Copy to Profile View command is more to copy CAD Profiles drawn in the Plan View into the Profile View of an Alignment. It is not the command to use in this case.