Just upgraded to InRoads 8.02

And I have a question....

To start, Im fairly new in the field and only have a couple months
experience with an older (v7.??) version of InRoads. Im trying to feature
some elements into cross sections, which I thought would be easy and
straight foward. In the old InRoads I was using I could just pick the
element and it would feature it into the sections, when I open the feature
to cross section in this new version I can't make left or right of whats
needed. It seems like I need to take my element and turn it into a
"feature"? Is this correct and how would I do it? The short and narrow is I
have two elements that represent my highway boundries, so I went ahead and
drapped them on my surface, and seem to have hit a wall now. Things like
this are normally just a box I need to check somewhere and I end up feeling
like a dope in the end, but hey, its all part of the learning experience.
Any help you guys can give would be appreciated, thank you in advance.

Also, Ive been looking around online for a good website to use for
reference, but can't seem to find one, you guys got any of those up your
sleeves as well?

 

All features of the old versions, which were generally tagged graphics
are now designed to be maintained in the DTM. To get graphics to
become DTM features, you import them using Import Surface from
Graphics. Every feature needs a unique name - InRoads will assist you
by numbering them. You also need a feature style - which is stored in
the civil.ini file. And all feature styles need a named symbology -
also stored in the civil.ini.

In the Edit Feature Style dialog. (Tools > Feature Style Manager - New
or Edit button) you setup a name, description, names symbology and
control how and if a feature gets displayed in plan profile or cross
section, as well as if it can be annotated.

Also, a feature in the DTM does not have to be used to create the
surface - so it can be used to represent above or below ground
utilities, and the like.

Draping the lines onto the surface is a good idea for something like
property or ROW lines, so you can see and annotate them in a section.
This will ensure that their crossing points are near or at the DTM
surface.