Profiles show the change in elevation of a surface along a line. They can help you assess the difficulty of a trail or evaluate the feasibility of placing a rail line along a given route.The Profile Graph tools on the 3D Analyst interactive toolbar are used to derive a graphic representation of one or many profiles. Profiles can be generated from any 3D line feature(s) drawn over a surface. You can create profiles on either a raster, triangulated irregular network (TIN), or terrain dataset surface. Profile graphs can also be derived by drawing a 3D line over a set of points or multi points.
