Thanks for the quick response.
1. Original file is from Civil Engineers AUTOCAD file. After importing and attempting to work with that file, I have chosen to draft 2D polys over the top of the countours and created 3D polys in a new file for the DTM (tip from VW podcast!). The file is smaller and faster with less crash.
2. I'm really not sure what features are not working. I'm simply trying to get a profile to present with no luck. I've tried default setting, and manipulated each setting, no luck. Scale factor is 1000, vertical magnifier 1, horizontal margin 1 vertical margin 1. My profile does not look like the book. It looks flat with arching numbers bunched together.
3. Yes, since I haven't tried DTM in some years, I'm trying simple stuff 1st. A fence and a pad. Keep in mind I have not been able to create a decent section from the existing model, either from Engineers DWG file or my redraft of the contours per manual.
4. I would like to get the boundary to work. I'm unfamiliar with "Enter Group". Is this the same as "Edit Group"?