Create Vertical Alignment View dialog box

Opens via: ALIGNMENTVIEW command

Note: The Create Vertical Alignment View dialog box opens immediately if a horizontal alignment is already selected in the drawing. Otherwise, it opens after you select a horizontal alignment from the Select Alignment dialog box.

The Create Vertical Alignment View dialog box allows you to set the display style and frame dimensions, and select the vertical alignments to be included in the vertical alignment view.

Vertical Alignment View information

Specifies the vertical alignment view details.

Name
Sets the name of the new vertical alignment view.
Layer
Sets the layer on which the vertical alignment view is created. Click the field to open the drop-down list with available layers.
Style
Sets the style for the vertical alignment view.

Click the Select or edit style... button () to open the Select Style dialog box. To edit the current style, click the Edit style... button to open the Vertical Alignment View Style dialog box. To create a new style, copy an existing style.

Horizontal alignment
Displays the horizontal alignment name associated with the vertical alignment view.
Frame settings button
Opens the Frame Settings dialog box to define the view frame dimensions.

Vertical alignments

Lists which vertical alignment objects are displayed in the vertical alignment view.

Manage vertical alignments button
Click the () button to open the Manage vertical alignments dialog box, where you can edit the vertical alignments.
Object
Lists available vertical alignment objects grouped by source type (for example, Surface or Layout).

Only checked objects are displayed in the vertical alignment view.

Update mode
Displays how the vertical alignment updates when its source changes.
Data source
Displays the source used to create the vertical alignment.
Clip gridlines to

Toggles the option to choose the vertical alignment used for clipping gridlines from the drop-down list.