Export HEC-RAS Sections

Export a road layer to HEC RAS.

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This function exports a specified road layer in HEC RAS SDF file format.

Civil Designer exports the following:

The SDF file format is as follows:

# RAS export file created on 23 September 2014 at 09:54

# by Civil Designer version 2015 (Beta 1)

BEGIN HEADER:

 NUMBER OF REACHES: 1

 NUMBER OF CROSS-SECTIONS: 102

 UNITS: METERS

END HEADER:

 

BEGIN STREAM NETWORK:

 ENDPOINT: 76200.593,21117.803, ,1

 ENDPOINT: 75660.961,21695.526, ,2

 

REACH:

 

 STREAM ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

 REACH ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

 FROM POINT: 1

 TO POINT: 2

  CENTERLINE:

   76200.593,21117.803, ,0

   76190.814,21119.895, ,10

   76181.035,21121.986, ,20

. . .

   75663.326,21684.957, ,860

   75661.142,21694.715, ,870

   75660.961,21695.526, ,870.831

 END:

END STREAM NETWORK:

 

BEGIN CROSS-SECTIONS:

 CROSS-SECTION:

  STREAM ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  REACH ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  STATION: 0

  CUT LINE:

   76196.409637, 21098.245406

   76204.776363, 21137.360594

   SURFACE LINE:

   76196.409637, 21098.245406, 1559.290161

   76197.875742, 21105.099576, 1559.139038

   76199.731168, 21113.773856, 1559.049927

   76199.876087, 21114.451367, 1559.043823

   76201.424032, 21121.688147, 1558.884888

   76201.830052, 21123.586328, 1558.799438

   76204.600369, 21136.537806, 1558.448975

   76204.776363, 21137.360594, 1558.432007

 END:

 

CROSS-SECTION:

  STREAM ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  REACH ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  STATION: 10

  CUT LINE:

   76186.630840, 21100.337088

   76194.997566, 21139.452275

  SURFACE LINE:

   76186.630840, 21100.337088, 1559.460083

   76189.226377, 21112.471451, 1559.229126

   76190.113965, 21116.621005, 1559.191284

   76191.661785, 21123.857201, 1559.028320

   76192.601392, 21128.249949, 1558.830688

   76194.997566, 21139.452275, 1558.508423

 END:

. . .

CROSS-SECTION:

  STREAM ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  REACH ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  STATION: 870

  CUT LINE:

   75641.625209, 21690.347431

   75680.659705, 21699.082885

  SURFACE LINE:

   75641.625209, 21690.347431, 1557.619873

   75649.812520, 21692.179653, 1557.479736

   75656.807732, 21693.745098, 1557.347290

   75664.029438, 21695.361230, 1557.166382

   75671.956887, 21697.135298, 1556.874023

   75680.659705, 21699.082885, 1556.628052

 END:

 CROSS-SECTION:

  STREAM ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  REACH ID: RD2 - Dual Carri

  STATION: 870.831

  CUT LINE:

   75641.443752, 21691.158273

   75680.478248, 21699.893727

  SURFACE LINE:

   75641.443752, 21691.158273, 1557.603638

   75650.720361, 21693.234267, 1557.444946

   75656.617335, 21694.553940, 1557.333252

   75670.540483, 21697.669774, 1556.905762

   75680.478248, 21699.893727, 1556.623047

 END:

END CROSS-SECTIONS:

Procedure

In order to export HEC-RAS sections you must have an alignment along which the cross-sections are extracted.

  1. The Cross-Section Export options display.

  1. Specify the chainage range you want to export, and the road cross-section layer to export. You can also apply a constant to the chainages and elevations by checking the Add constants to sections option.

  2. Click OK.

  3. Now specify the name of the SDF file to create with the cross-section data.

  1. Click Save to create the HEC-RAS file.