Profile Tool
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The profile tool is primarily used to review the channel profile but can also be used to review table data for specific features.

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Method 1: Create an Elevation Raster using MapCrafter (Recommended)
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.. note:: To use this method, the TOPO.DAT file must be previously exported.

1. Open FLO-2D MapCrafter Plugin.

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2. Select the export folder and follow the figure below to create the Elevation Raster.

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3. Click OK on the message.

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4. The GROUND_ELEVATION raster is added to the project.

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.. note:: For more information on MapCrafter, check the FLO-2D-MapCrafter Wiki_

          .. _Wiki:  https://github.com/FLO-2DSoftware/FLO-2DMapCrafter/wiki

Method 2: Create an Elevation Raster using SAGA provider
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1. On the Main QGIS Menu, click Processing>Toolbox.

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2. Enter the search term Rasterize in the Processing Toolbox search feature.
   Double click the Saga Rasterize tool.

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.. note:: In some QGIS installations, the SAGA provider may not be active.
          Visit the QGIS Official Plugin Repository to install/activate the provider.

3. Change the dialog box as shown below and click Run.
   Cell size is the grid element size.
   Fit = cells will ensure that the raster pixels are centered on the grid elements.
   Saga-Rasterize is a good raster generator for FLO-2D data because it builds a raster with hidden null data.
   QGIS has many raster generators, and they all work slightly differently.

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The raster that is created is a temporary layer called Rasterize.
This layer should be saved to a permanent layer using the QGIS Save As feature.
This feature is found by right clicking the layer.

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Plot a profile of a polyline on the raster.
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The profile tool works for Levee, Channel and Street polylines that are digitized in the user layers only.
This example will test it on a channel polyline.

1. Click the Raster profile radio button and set the raster.
   This example uses Grid Elevation raster.

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2. Click the FLO-2D Info Tool and click on a channel
   segment.

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3. Select the segment and the elevation profile along the segment line is plotted in the FLO-2D Plot area and the Raster data along the channel line is
   printed to the FLO-2D Table.
   Any data that can be rasterized can be plotted in this manner.
   The table can be copied to an Excel sheet and saved.

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