As discussed in the past few chapters, surfaces, alignments, and profiles are often considered to be the three major foundational components required to build a true civil infrastructure design model within Civil 3D. In Chapter 6, Surfaces - The First Foundational Component to Designs within Civil 3D, we took a deep dive into surfaces, while in Chapter 7, Alignments - The Second Foundational Component to Designs within Civil 3D, we took a deep dive into alignments.

Along the way, we’ve learned several ways to generate, modify, and analyze both surface models and alignment geometry. We realized towards the end of Chapter 7 that from an analysis standpoint, we fall slightly short with some of the functionality available to us, as we have yet to generate profiles that tie the Surfaces and Alignments together.

In this chapter, we’ll take a deep dive into the world of profiles, where we’ll...