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With the LISP utility ARKANCE SlopeTick you can easily create terrain slope lines (ticks, batter lines) in AutoCAD:

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After loading the application VLX file with APPLOAD, start the SLOPETICK command, specify the tick mark distance and select the upper and lower edge (polyline, curve).

There is a similar function (automatic) in Autodesk Civil 3D, or you can use the dynamic block Terrain slope (by zdrk).

You can download the free SlopeTick utility from DL Download.

Since version 1.4 you can set the size of shorter lines with the LISP variable slopetickshort - e.g.: (setq slopetickshort 0.33)

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See also:
Tip 14499:How to place Revit families exactly on a terrain surface (elevation, orientation)?
Tip 10562:How to select all vertical or all horizontal lines in a DWG?
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