User:Jcreer/SMS:Feature Stamping Dialogs

Stamping Coverage Attributes

The Stamping Coverage Attributes dialog will appear when creating a new stamping coverage. It can also be reached by right-clicking on the stamping coverage and selecting the Properties command.

• Underlying Geometry – This section contains options for defining the scatter set used in the stamping process.
  • Use cutoff – Stamped features can be cut off where they intersect with a terrain surface dataset. Turn on this option to see available scatter sets can be selected from the data tree once this option is enabled. The scatter set will act as a surface to determine the cut off for the sloped banks of a stamped feature.
  • Bathymetry Type –
    • "Elevation" – The default option. Defines positive values as going up.
    • "Depth" – Defines positive values as going down.

Stamping Arc Attributes

The Stamping Arc Attributes dialog is reached by double-clicking on an arc created in a stamping coverage. It can also be reached by right-clicking on the selected arc and using the Attributes command.

The following attributes can be set:

• Feature Name – This will be used when SMS creates stamped feature coverages and scatter sets from the stamping coverage.
• Stamping Type – Can be set to either use the channel or the embankment.
  • "Cut Feature" – Will stamp the feature down from the surface, such as when stamping a channel or similar feature.
  • "Fill Feature" – Will stamp the feature up from the surface, such as when stamping an embankment or similar feature.
• End Cap – Clicking the First End Cap or Last End Cap button will bring up the First End Cap or Last End Cap dialog. Both dialogs will typically need to be used in stamping a feature from an arc.
• Centerline (CL) Profile
  • CS – This part of the table contains a row for each node or vertex along the arc.
  • Location on Arc
  • Elevation
  • Constant → Elevation
  • XY Series → Elevation
  • Plot CS Profile
• Cross Section (CS)
  • Side
  • Maximum Distance from CL – This input specifies the maximum horizontal distance away from the centerline that the specified embankment side slope will extend. It is recommended that this value be something large enough so that the toes of the embankments will extend below the terrain surface elevations that are used as a cutoff surface. This will make the embankment and terrain surface intersection continuous without vertical gaps.
  • Specify Top Width and Single Side Slopes
  • Current CS → All CS
  • Plot Current CS

End Cap

• Type of end cap
  • "Guidebank"
  • "Sloped Abutment"
  • "Wing Walls"
• Angle
• Slope
  • Distance
  • Elevation
• Maximum Distance from CS
• Plot Shape