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Bentley InRoads Suite 2004 Edition Version 8.8

Reference Guide

DAA036750-1/0001

Bentley InRoads Suite 2004 Edition V8.8 Reference Guide July 2006

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Copyright and Trademarks

Copyright 2001, 2002, 2004-2006 Bentley Systems, Incorporated

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Trademarks

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Summary of Contents

File The File commands move various types of data in and out of memory. These data types include digital terrain models, coordinate geometry, template and roadway libraries, and preference information. You can also import and export data in various industry standard formats.

Surface The Surface commands let you work with and manipulate various types of surface data. You can display different aspects of a surface, edit surfaces, and model surfaces.

Geometry The Geometry commands let you view and manipulate geometry files. Geometry files contain geometric information defining points, superelevations, and alignments.

Bridge The Bridge commands let you create horizontal alignments and vertical elevation alignments to define a bridge.

Drainage The Drainage commands are used to display and create drainage structures and networks.

Survey The Survey commands are used to display and manipulate the survey data in the active book and Adjustments commands are used to perform error adjustments on processed field data.

Evaluation The Evaluation commands are used to evaluate different aspects of your design.

Modeler The Modeler commands are used to create roadway models.

Drafting The Drafting commands are used to enhance the production of final drawings.

Quantities The Quantities commands are used to store and manage pay item information, quantity measurement formulas, and convert geometric measurements of a surface feature to a quantity.

Tools The Tools commands specify general product interaction, including toolbars, locks, reports, and other items.

Help The Help commands provide access to online help and other sources of information.

Supplemental This section of the Reference Guide includes the Glossary, Appendices, CogoClassic Commands, and additional information.


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Release Notes

08.08.00.00

The following release notes provide information for this version:

General Enhancements

The comma decimal symbol is now supported for international customers. However, all XIN files need to be retranslated before the software will work properly.

List views have been standardized to provide the following basic capabilities throughout the InRoads products:

Each column can be sorted. Columns can be added and removed.

Columns can be rearranged. Columns can be resized. Each list view supports CTRL-A (all) and CTRL-N (none).

The INI to XIN Translator has been modified to support Feature Table to Preference functionality for survey styles.

XML files are no longer saved before the reports are created. Running a report now takes you directly to the Report Browser. You can save the XML file to a specified directory if needed.

The InRoads Group now honors the ProjectWise Captive Environment setting. When on, you can only access ProjectWise folders and documents and can only save the open file back to ProjectWise. To enforce this, canceling the ProjectWise Open Document or Save Document dialogs in the InRoads products does not open the respective application's Open or Save As dialog box.

File

Import > Surface > Import Surface Advanced. Provides the means to create standards for bulk importation of graphic elements. These standards are persisted in the InRoads settings file as rule sets. A rule set contains user-defined rules that filter graphic elements by properties such as level, type, color, style, and weight. As elements are filtered they are assigned feature properties, also defined in a rule, and saved to a surface.

Text Import Wizard > Import Range. Provides the ability to define a wizard where you would be prompted to define the start and/or end line of import each time a wizard is used to import a file was added. This way, you can define a wizard for files that have different number of excess lines at either the beginning or end of a file. This option is only available when Lines within range is selected.

Text Import Wizard > Edit. The Edit command was added as a way for you to modify an existing Text Import Wizard. There are two methods of editing a wizard, through the initial dialog box, and during the wizard creation process.

Text Import Wizard > Surface Elevation Relative to Alignment. A column heading was added to the Text Import Wizard for Surface files, Relative Elevation, that indicates that the elevation from that column is relative to the elevation of an alignment at a particular station. You are prompted for the relative alignment on the surface options dialog of each import. Only one alignment may be used for one wizard, i.e. a separate alignment for each filter is not supported.

Text Import Wizard > Station. By defining the first column with the new column heading, Station (change indicates new feature), a change in station behaves as a pencode behaves and causes a new feature to be created.


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Text Import Wizard > Multiple File Selection. You can now select multiple files for Import on the Text Import Wizard dialog.

Export > Survey Data. Notes and Attributes have been added to the Text Export Wizard.

Translators > Export Leica DBX 1200. Exports geometry and surface data into the Leica DBX 1200 format.

Translators > Translate Leica DBX 1200. Translates DBX 1200 files into an FWD file for use in InRoads Survey.

Translators > Export to Matisa. Allows control points to be defined as an event point style or from a secondary alignment.

Translators > Import SRV. Translates several formats in an SRV file into breakline and random point data.

Import/Export Survey Data. A Delete button was added to remove TIW/TEW files, including when ProjectWise is enabled.

Surface

Delete Feature Points. This command allows you to delete points from features that are outside of a desired vertical range. It will work on random features only.

Option to the Edit Feature Point. This option causes the active view to be centered on the actively selected point.

Generate Longitudinal Feature. A new feature, Project Slope to Surface, has been added to the Generate Longitudinal Feature command. This option allows you to pick a primary and secondary feature, have a slope projected between the two, and finally have that slope intersected with a specified surface to produce a new feature.

Generate Sloped Surface. New options have been added to the Generate Sloped Surface command. These options allow you to generate a sloped surface with varying slopes and to specify an elevation as an intercept target rather than a surface.

Utilities > Interrogate Surface. This command returns surface component information falling directly below a data button to a dialog. Information returned includes surface name, x,y,z, component name, component style and elevation for each component below the data point.

Utilities > Find Near Surface Points. This command finds and identifies points in a surface that are in close proximity.

Utilities > Compare Surface. This command allows you to compare the elevations between two surfaces at a series of points. The output of this command is displayed in a Results dialog box and can be saved or printed.

Lock Surface Triangulation. A new feature is added to lock the triangulation of a surface. This option is designed to prevent the re-triangulation prompt from constantly being displayed when a surfaces triangles are intentionally not being updated. This check box is on Surface Properties and Triangulate Surface.

Design Surface > Resurface. This command takes a left edge, right edge, and centerline feature in the original roadway and computes a new surface containing these three features with a minimum lift. The three new features will have the same name as the original feature. The lift for both lanes is calculated as follows:

A cross section of the surface is extracted at each vertex of the centerline from the left edge feature to the right edge feature.

A left and right maximum clearance is calculated from the maximum orthogonal distance of the cross section to the cross-slope of the centerline feature to left edge feature and the centerline feature to right edge feature. All the surface data between these features is considered.


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In the Both Lanes case, the lift of both the left and right lanes will be the maximum of the left and right maximum clearances plus the Minimum Lift. This method will maintain the cross slope on both sides.

In the Highest Lane case, the lift of the left and right lanes is calculated by the maximum clearance of their respective cross-slopes plus the Minimum Lift. The lower of these lanes will be filled from the higher centerline to its new calculated edge. Only the cross-slope of the highest lane will be maintained.

Once you have run this command, you can use the three new features as control features in Roadway Designer to create the new roadway.

Geometry

View Horizontal Annotation > Main Tab. The Overwrite check box allows you to reassign or not reassign the horizontal alignments style and the cogo points style (as defined in the Horizontal Alignments and Cogo Points group boxes) to the Active Style.

View Horizontal Annotation > Tabling Tab. The Table Contents radio button has the following options:

None - Annotation that does not fit will not be displayed and it will not be added to the XML table file.

Basic Element Information - Annotation that does not fit will be added to the XML table file.

All Element Information - No annotation will appear in graphics. All data will be written to the XML table file.

The Display in Cell or Display in Block checkbox allows you to place the element name into a cell or block.

View Horizontal Annotation > Style Tab. This option includes the following enhancements:

The Point group box.

The Element group box includes the following.

The Radial's line style combo box

The Chord's line style combo box

A Tangent's line style combo box

A Subtangent's line style combo box

These styles are used to control the symbology of the respective elements, rather than being controlled from the Main tab's assigned or active styles.

The Alignment's Style Overrides Point's Style checkbox alters the display of point symbols/cells.

Cul-de-sac. The Advanced tab allows you to define the name, description and style for the newly created cul-de-sac.

Edit Cogo Point. This command has been modified to allow you to edit a cogo point and to update all horizontal alignments that contain that point name. In order for the horizontal alignment to update the following must be maintained:

Any alignment that contains that point must have read-write access.

The resultant edit cannot compromise the integrity of any alignment that contains that point (that is, the point can not be any point on a circular curve or a transition spiral).


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If any of these conditions are not true, you will not be able to change the northing/easting coordinates of the point.

Edit Cogo Points. This command allows you to re-assign the cogo points name, elevation, style and description. The Edit Cogo Points command works on multiple points rather than Edit Cogo Point command which only works on a single point.

Stationing. The user interface now includes functionality to import station equations from a text file.

Utilities > Parallel Horizontal Alignment and Parallel Vertical Alignment

The user interface now includes functionality to copy event points from the From alignment to the To alignment.

The newly created alignment will become the active alignment when the Mode is Specify. When the Mode is Interactive the newly created alignment will not become the active alignment.

The same check box is included for Parallel Vertical Alignment.

View Stationing and Vertical Stations. This new enhancement allows you to annotate the PVC and PVT station in plan.

Vertical Change in Plan. The PVC-PVT length check box, prefix, suffix and precision was added to allow you to include the length of curve (PVC to PVT) into the annotation.

Define Horizontal Curve Set. Additional computation parameters have been included for curve sets of type SCSCS. In addition to defining the additional parameters as TS, ST or a POC coordinate, the interface now includes an angle. The angle is either the Angle up to the OCC (PC to PCC) or Angle after PCC (PCC to PT).

View Regression Points. The Symbology from Point Style check box allows you to use the regression points style rather than the defined symbology. If checked on then the text symbology and point/cell symbology will be defined from the points style in the preference file. This permits the use of styles to feature code the data, rather than limiting the display to the fixed, normal and ignored singular symbology.

Horizontal and Vertical Slew Diagrams. A Report button was added to allow creation of a slew report.

Horizontal Alignment Tracking

This command has been enhanced to allow you to track along a non-active horizontal alignment. While the command is in dynamics (station and offset information is updated as the cursor moves) you can press the CTRL key. The software will find the closest alignment to the cursor and track along it.

The closest alignment will not become the active alignment.

This functionality is limited to the Horizontal Alignment Tracking command. It is not implemented for Vertical Alignment Tracking.

Horizontal Elements > Add Free Horizontal Curve. The Alternate Solution check box was added to allow you to compute an alternate solution. In some situations a free horizontal curve can present two solutions. These situations are typically where one or both of the fixed elements are circular arcs, where two valid solutions exist. Checking this option on allows you to get that alternate solution.

Horizontal Elements - Edit Horizontal Element. The Define From now includes a Both option. In this case the user defines the following:

A Linear is defined by the start and stop coordinates.

A Circular Arc is defined by the start and stop coordinates, and the radius.


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A Spiral is defined by the transition type, start and stop coordinates the start radius and the stop radius.

Vertical Elements - Edit Vertical Element. The Define From now includes a Both option. In this case you define the following:

A Linear is defined by the start and stop coordinates (i.e. station and elevation).

A Circular Arc is defined by the start and stop coordinates, and the radius.

A Parabolic Arc is defined by the start and stop coordinates, and the rate of change

A Vertical Clothoid is unsupported

Points to Profile. The point and text symbology for the points projected to a profile are no longer determined by a symbology box. Instead, the symbology list view has been replaced with the option to apply either the assigned style of each point or the active style.

Partial Delete Alignment. The Partial Delete Alignment is a graphics state drive (i.e. no dialog box interface) that allows you to partially delete a portion of a horizontal alignment.

Geometry Filter and List Views

The Filter button allows you to use the Geometry Selection Filter to select the alignments or points that will be included in the list view. Clicking the OK on the Geometry Selection Filter will do the following:

Rebuild the list view. All previous entries will be removed.

Empty the alignment text input field. (The wildcard string does not match what is in the list view; the string is emptied)

Clicking Cancel on the Geometry Filter will not modify the calling dialog box.

The data point button allows you to select the alignment in graphics and to include it in the list view. Clicking the data point and accepting the graphically selected alignment will do the following:

Rebuild the list view. All previous entries will be removed.

Empty the alignment text input field. (The wildcard string does not match what is in the list view; the string is emptied).

Clicking a CTRL at the same time as clicking the data point will add the graphically selected alignment to the list view.

The list view will respond to a geometry synchronization (adding new geometry, deleting geometry, renaming geometry, etc.). After receiving the geometry synchronization message, the software validates the contents of the list view. If the alignment still exists, it will remain in the list. If the alignment does not exist, it will be removed from the list. The alignment text input field is emptied.

Exiting out of the command and reentering into the command will be the same as responding to a geometry synchronization message. If the alignment is valid it will remain in the list view.

This validation is based upon pointers not the alignment name. An alignment that has been renamed will still exist in the list view; however, the name will be the new name.

Lot Layout > Split Parcel. This new command allows you to split a closed alignment.


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Utilities > Traverse Edit. This command was modified to allow you to edit angles.

Rail

Cant Design Checks. This enhancement allows you to define minimum and maximum values for applied cant, cant deficiency, applied cant rate of changes, cant deficiency rate of change and applied cant gradient.

View Rails. This command provides a means to view rails in 2D or 3D without utilizing the Light Rail Manufacturing functionality. The software only creates graphics; it will not create rails in the geometry project.

Convert Rails to Centerline. Provides functionality to convert rails to centerline. In this context, rails are two horizontal alignments that constitute the existing three dimensional location of a single track.

Display Turnouts

An Overlapping Turnout Line was added to identify problems.

Rail display for each turnout was added.

Name and Description were added.

Create Shunt Limits. A command to create shunt limits was added with capability to adjust limits for curvature.

Update Elevations for Turnouts. This command updates the elevation of .1, .2, .3 and theoretical .1 based on the following:

Mainline alignments active vertical alignment

Mainline alignments active cant alignment, which is optional

Copy Points to Cogo. The software copies and assigns names for each turnout and in the following order:

Theoretical .1 then.1 then .2 then .3 then .0.

First heel followed by the optional second heel.

In order to provide some ties to the original turnout data, each points style is defined as the turnouts style and each points description is the turnouts description.

Turnout Reports. The Available Turnouts list view displays all turnouts within the active project. You can select turnouts to act on by clicking in the list view. The Apply button creates a temporary .xml file that is passed to the Report Browser. This functionality was previously available from Tools > XML Reports and the Main tab.

Validate Regression Data - This command provides a means to validate a series of points based upon a limited set of criteria. The validation allows the user to verify data completeness (i.e. enough data has been collected in the field) and data correctness (i.e. blunder checking). This functionality is an optional first step in the horizontal and vertical regression process.

Turnouts > Create Switch & Crossing. Uses a switch and crossings (turnouts) definition created by the Switch & Crossing Library command to place a switch and crossing in alignment or in space.

Turnouts > Switch & Crossing Library. Used for the base definition of actual switch & crossings and to create or edit any switch & crossing in the Switch & Crossing Library. The Create Switch & Crossing uses a definition from the library to place a switch and crossing in alignment or in space.


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Drainage

Explorer. Time of Concentration is now a column in the Explorer. Structures.dat File. Styles are now defined in the structures file. If a structure's class/size

is changed, the feature styles automatically changes accordingly.

Survey

Convert Numeric Codes to Corresponding Alpha Codes on Import. A toggle was added to the Survey Options dialog (and corresponding preferences) to allow you to convert numeric codes to the first alpha code from the same feature. This will only occur on import; modifying this toggle will not affect the current fieldbook.

FWD precision options added to Survey Options. The Save FWD Data Precision option allows you to separate the display precision from the precision used when saving the fieldbook. Height is used for Instrument Height and Target Height. Angle is used for Horizontal Angle, Vertical Angle and Backsight Direction. Distance is used for Slope Distance. Coordinate is used for Northing, Easting, and Elevation data.

Standard Deviation Editing. The Standard Deviation field on the Network Observations Details dialog can now be edited. Once you modify the field, you must select Apply before closing the dialog or changing to another observation or the change will be lost.

Survey Data to Surface:

The Empty Surface toggle has been added to allow you to empty the selected surface rather than append new features to the existing surface.

The Duplicate Names functionality has been added to specify if duplicate features should be renamed, appended or replaced. If a feature has been created by survey and another feature needs to be created by survey in the same process with the same name, this new feature will also honor the Duplicate Names toggle. Therefore, when concerned that all of the survey data is maintained in the surface, the safest option is to choose Rename. Rename will behave as the original Survey Data to Surface behaved, by renaming the new feature based on the figure seed.

Survey Data to Geometry:

The Empty Project toggle has been added to allow you to empty the selected project rather than append new geometry to the existing project.

The Duplicate Names functionality has been added to specify if duplicate alignments or cogo points should be renamed or replaced. If an alignment or cogo point has been created by survey and another alignment or cogo point needs to be created by survey in the same process with the same name, this new geometry will also honor the Duplicate Names toggle. Therefore, when concerned that all of the survey data is maintained in the project, the safest option is to choose Rename. Rename will behave as the original Survey Data to Geometry behaved by renaming the new alignment or cogo point based on the survey options seed.

Digital Leveling support. Digital Leveling support was added to support digital levels from Leica in Survey Adjustments. This option is available on the Import Adjustment from ASCII dialog.

Backsight Circle added to TIW. Backsight circle is now available for station data in the TIW. This value will become the horizontal observation for the backsight of the given station.

Clear Network. Clear network will remove the data from the active network. Previously, you could not remove this data if the network was not a saved network.


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Unknown Code Filter Option. You can now select Unknown Code as a filter option. This option will either include or exclude all features with either no point code or one or more invalid point code(s) (i.e. those that cannot be found in the feature table).

XML Reports. This command generates temporary XML data files that are formatted into reports for viewing with the InRoads Report Browser.

Fieldbook Data > Insert Parallel Point. This command allows you to insert a missed observation into a chain.

Inverse Survey Data. Vertical Distance and Slope Distance were added to the dialog box and the status bar.

Control Codes. EXTARC was added to allow you to complete an arc with another arc versus a straight line.

Evaluation

Cross Section, Bottom Axis Title. A new option was added to the Create Cross Section command which allows you to have the Bottom Axis Title positioned at the zero off set rather than being centered.

End Area Volumes Station Limits. This functionality was added to the General Page to control which sections the volumes are calculated.

End Area Volumes Unsuitable Materials by Feature. This was previously the Material Features page. The name was changed to clarify the functionality. The behavior was changed slightly. Previously, the material was always applied to the surface from which the feature was located. Now, the unsuitable material is always applied to the existing surface for any given section.

End Area Volumes Unsuitable Materials by Station. This page provides an alternative method to calculate unsuitable materials. With this method, unsuitable materials of a specified style are removed from the existing surface for the entire construction limits over the specified station range. You can specify separate cut and fill depths. Unsuitable Materials defined in this page will supersede any defined by the Unsuitable Materials by Feature page.

End Area Volumes Classification - Undercut. You can now specify a given design component as Undercut for Moisture Density Control purposes. This will remove the component from the normal cut totals and allow you to report the part of the component that is in cut separately.

End Area Volumes Annotations Unsuitable Material Shapes. Unsuitable material shapes are now separated by the parts that are in cut and the parts that are in fill when they are displayed.

Roadway Visibility. The Roadway Visibility command is a tool designers can use to analyze sight distances along a roadway designed using InRoads. It allows you to choose a proposed surface(s) and a control alignment. You must also specify an eye position and an object position relative to an alignment. The eye position and object position specifications will consist of an offset and height. Optionally the eye and object positions can be taken from a control feature in a surface.

Modeler

Active Template Controls for Create Template Dialog. The purpose of these controls is to make it much easier for you to review/edit a template. Once a template has been made active in the template library tree view, the tabs along the bottom will be made visible to the user. These tab buttons allow you to select between the standard library tree view, and the Active Template tree view and properties list view.

Import RWL - Select Corridor Alignments. A Skip button was added to the dialog to allow you to skip one or more corridors in the import process.


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Panning. Panning with middle mouse button was added to all windows in the Roadway Designer and Create Template. Click and hold the middle (wheel) button to pan a view.

Style Constraint/Control. A style constraint was added to the template point properties and a style control to roadway designer point controls. The style constraint on a point overrides the point constraints if a feature or alignment with a matching style can be found within the horizontal range specified. The style control in the roadway designer is an additional point control type.

Project to Surface Direction Option. This addition allows you to limit the projection of a point to the surface.

Any Direction no restrictions

Down Only allows the point to project down from its original location

Left Only allows the point to project to the left from its original location

Right - Only allows the point to project to the right from its original location

Up - Only allows the point to project to up from its original location

The Up and Down options will be ignored it the other constraint is a vertical constraint. Similarly, the Left and Right options will be ignored if the other constraint is a horizontal constraint.

Point Properties Dialog -Alternate Surface Combo box. The name of the alternate surface can be specified for a particular point. The combo box will list all currently used alternate surface names for the active template.

Full Planar transition option to Fix Superelevation Overlap. An option was added to the Fix Superelevation Overlap dialog box to allow for a completely planar transition from the ending full super point on one curve to the starting full super point on the next curve. This is accomplished by deleting all the intermediate points.

Exclude from Triangulation Flag for Components. This flag causes components to be ignored when the top of the surface is determined. Also, any points that are exclusively on Excluded components will automatically be excluded from triangulation as well.

Template Drops Dialog. The corridor name field was changed to a combo box so that you can change the active corridor without switching to another dialog.

Import Template from Graphics. This command allows you to import a template from a selection set of graphics. It only works on a selection set and will not start if a selection set is not active.

Secondary Alignments. The Secondary Alignments dialog has been changed to accept a start and a stop offset instead of a single offset.

Cross Section View Properties. An additional option has been added to this dialog to allow for keeping the view centered on a particular location.

Create Template Dialog. A tab bar was added to toggle the left side tree control from the template library to an active template tree showing the components, points, display rules, and their corresponding properties.

Dynamic Settings dialog. A checkbox has been added to the Dynamic Settings dialog box that allows you to turn off/on the affixes while placing points.

Point Name List added to Template Library. A point name list has been added to the template library. This Name list can be accessed from the tree view on the Create Template dialog. To edit the Point Name List, right click or double click on the Point Name List item in the tree view.

Display Rule Testing in Test End Conditions Dialog. This functionality allows you to directly modify the Display Rule values and review the results.


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Display Reference Modifications. The Display References dialog was modified to allow the display of all features from a feature filter.

Template Properties is renamed to Template Documentation Link.

Roadway Designer Options. Station Result Reporting Options have been added to the Roadway Designer Options dialog.

Manage Corridors Dialog. A copy button was added to allow you to copy a corridor to a new corridor.

Create Surface Dialog. A Remove Loops checkbox was added. If this check box is turned on, the program will attempt to remove loops created in linear features, and also will attempt to trim transverse feature so they do not cross one another. This can occur in areas of close radii.

Parametric Constraints Dialog. Value was replaced with Start and Stop Values. Values returned from the parametric constraint are now linearly interpolated based on the station of the cross section.

Roadway Designer Report. Changes to the reporting allows you to manipulate the stations that are reported on by including only certain types of stations or by specifying an interval.

Vertical Gore Tool. This tool is designed to be used as an aid for creating the vertical alignments of ramps that are merging with a mainline corridor. The output from this tool is a surface with 4 linear features. These features are designed to be plotted on the profile of the ramp alignment. These features show an envelope for the allowable maximum and minimum elevations of the ramp vertical alignment as well as the ideal locations to make the gore cross slope match the mainline and ramp cross slopes.

Roadway Designer. Enhanced the ability of the Superelevation Table Wizard such that it allows you to use multiple tables to set the rates and design speed of curves in the corridor alignment.

Drafting

Display Superelevation in Plan - This tool is designed to annotate superelevation station information on the drawing plan view. The output from this tool is text and cell labels in the plan view. These labels are oriented perpendicular to the active horizontal alignment.

Plan and Profile Generator > Sheet Layout tab. (AutoCAD)Added a Single Sheet Each option to Sheet Layout to allow you to place each sheet in a separate layout tab.

Tools

Copy Preferences. This command is an add-in available from the Tools. This tool is designed to copy a selected set of Feature Styles and/or Preferences from one XIN file into the active XIN file. It will also copy all Named Symbologies that are subsets of the selected Feature Styles and Preferences.

Sight Distance Enhancements. Sight distance is now included in many XML reports. The parameters were moved to Tools > Options > Sight Distance tab to allow this.

Bentley InRoads Report Browser. Style Sheet Help was added to the right click menu for the style sheets. Right click; then, select Style Sheet Help to view important information on creating reports.

View XML Reports. Added Face, Vertical Observation, and Angular modes to the Report Browser's Format Options dialog. Corresponding functions have been added/modified in format.xsl.

Tools > Tracking > Cross Sections. Tracks cross section sets as you move your cursor and dynamically reports the cursor location through the display of the offset and elevation.


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See Also:

How to use this Help


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System Requirements

08.08.00.00

Installation Requirements

The minimum system configuration:

Intel Pentium-based or AMD AthlonTM-based PC or workstation Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP4 or higher) or Microsoft Windows XP

Professional (SP2 or higher)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or better Internet Explorer 6.0 is required to view XML Reports.

Cipher Strength: 128-bit* MicroStation - 2004 Edition, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005, or AutoCAD 2006

CD drive or access to the Internet required for product installation

Memory: 512MB (more memory typically results in better performance)

Hard Disk: 310MB minimum free disk space

Input device: Mouse or digitizing tablet (digitizing tablet requires vendor-supplied WINTAB driver or Bentleys Digitizer Tablet Interface -- the latter is included with the MicroStation installation).

Output device: Most industry-standard devices are supported. Works with output devices supported by Windows.

Video: Multi-monitor configurations supported with Windows XP and Windows 2000.

* - required for Digital Rights

Other important information not included in the Bentley InRoads Group online help documentation can be found in the InRoads 2004 Edition ReadMe located in the Bentley > InRoads Group > product directory.

See Also:

How to use this Help


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Table of Contents

Copyright and Trademarks........................................................................................................... ii

Summary of Contents .................................................................................................................. iii

Release Notes ............................................................................................................................... iv

System Requirements................................................................................................................. xv

Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... xvi

Bentley InRoads Group................................................................................................................. 1

Bentley InRoads Group ............................................................................................................ 2

How to use this Help........................................................................................................... 3

Menus ............................................................................................................................................. 5

File ............................................................................................................................................ 6

New..................................................................................................................................... 7

Surface Tab (New) ............................................................................................................. 8

Types of Surface Data...................................................................................................... 10

Types of Surface Files...................................................................................................... 13

Geometry Tab (New) ........................................................................................................ 14

Drainage Tab (New) ......................................................................................................... 16

Survey Data Tab (New) .................................................................................................... 18

Open/Browse.................................................................................................................... 19

Related DTM Surface Information.................................................................................... 22

Related Geometry Project Information ............................................................................. 23

Save.................................................................................................................................. 24

Save Project ..................................................................................................................... 25

Project Options Dialog Box............................................................................................... 26

Surfaces Tab (Project Options) ........................................................................................ 27

Geometry Project Tab (Project Options) .......................................................................... 29

XIN Preferences Tab (Project Options)............................................................................ 30

Drainage Tab (Project Options)........................................................................................ 31

Survey Tab (Project Options) ........................................................................................... 32

Template Library Tab (Project Options) ........................................................................... 33

Roadway Design Tab (Project Options) ........................................................................... 34

Save Surface .................................................................................................................... 35

Surface Options................................................................................................................ 36

Save Geometry Project .................................................................................................... 37

Geometry Options ............................................................................................................ 38

Save Drainage Data ......................................................................................................... 39


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Drainage Options Dialog Box ........................................................................................... 40

Save Survey Data............................................................................................................. 41

Save Template Library ..................................................................................................... 42

Template Library Options ................................................................................................. 43

Save Roadway Design ..................................................................................................... 44

Roadway Design Options ................................................................................................. 45

Browse/Save As/Import/Append....................................................................................... 46

Additional Export Options (Survey) .................................................................................. 49

Close Commands ............................................................................................................. 51

Close Surfaces ................................................................................................................. 52

Close Geometry Projects.................................................................................................. 53

Close Drainage Data ........................................................................................................ 54

Close Survey Data............................................................................................................ 55

Close Template Library .................................................................................................... 56

Close Roadway Design .................................................................................................... 57

Close All............................................................................................................................ 58

Project Defaults ................................................................................................................ 59

Export (Set Project Defaults) ............................................................................................ 63

Import (Set Project Defaults) ............................................................................................ 64

New Configuration (Set Project Defaults)......................................................................... 65

Copy/Rename Configuration (Set Project Defaults)......................................................... 66

Text Import Wizard ........................................................................................................... 67

Importing Various Data Types .......................................................................................... 71

Surface Options (Text Import Wizard) .............................................................................. 75

Text Import Wizard (initial dialog box) .............................................................................. 77

Open Wizard (Text Import Wizard)................................................................................... 79

Text Import Wizard Step 1............................................................................................. 80


Text Import Wizard Step 3 (Fixed Width) ...................................................................... 85

Text Import Wizard Step 3 (Delimited) .......................................................................... 87


Geometry Options (Text Import Wizard) .......................................................................... 92

Name Wizard .................................................................................................................... 93

Import................................................................................................................................ 94

Example of a Group List File ............................................................................................ 95

Import Surface .................................................................................................................. 96

From Graphics Tab (Import Surface) ............................................................................... 97


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DEM Tab (Import Surface) ............................................................................................. 101

From Geometry Tab (Import Surface) ............................................................................ 103

Import Surface Advanced ............................................................................................... 106

New Rule Set.................................................................................................................. 108

Copy/Rename Rule Set.................................................................................................. 109

General (New/Edit Import Rule) ..................................................................................... 110

Selection Criteria (New/Edit Import Rule)....................................................................... 112

Process Settings (New/Edit Import Rule) ....................................................................... 114

Copy/Rename Rule ........................................................................................................ 115

Import Subsurface .......................................................................................................... 116

Import Geometry............................................................................................................. 118

From Graphics Tab (Import Geometry) .......................................................................... 119

ICS Tab (Import Geometry) ............................................................................................ 124

Vertical from Surface Tab (Import Geometry) ................................................................ 125

Import Drainage.............................................................................................................. 127

ASCII Tab (Import Drainage).......................................................................................... 128

Import Micro Drainage .................................................................................................... 129

Import Survey Data......................................................................................................... 130

Text Import Wizard - Step 1 of 3..................................................................................... 133

Text Import Wizard - Step 2 of 3 (Delimited) .................................................................. 136

Text Import Wizard - Step 2 of 3 (Fixed Width) .............................................................. 138

Text Import Wizard - Step 3 of 3..................................................................................... 140

Text Import Wizard - Non-Uniform Record Information.................................................. 142

Resolve Code Error ........................................................................................................ 145

Corrections Dialog Box................................................................................................... 147

Text Import Wizard (Survey Data) .................................................................................. 148

Supported Geodetic Datums .......................................................................................... 149

Supported Projections .................................................................................................... 150

Browse/Save As/Import/Append..................................................................................... 153

Import Survey Data......................................................................................................... 156

Import Survey Data Options (ProjectWise) .................................................................... 159

Projection Settings.......................................................................................................... 160

Import LAS Data ............................................................................................................. 162

Export Commands.......................................................................................................... 163

Export Surface................................................................................................................ 164

Export Survey Data ........................................................................................................ 166

Text Export Wizard - Step 1 of 2 .................................................................................... 168


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Text Export Wizard - Step 2 of 2 .................................................................................... 169

Alert ................................................................................................................................ 171

Export Micro Drainage.................................................................................................... 172

Save Format to File Types ............................................................................................. 173

Browse/Save As/Import/Append..................................................................................... 174

Preview Dialog Box ........................................................................................................ 177

Translators Commands .................................................................................................. 178

Graphics Translator ........................................................................................................ 179

LandXML Translator ....................................................................................................... 180

Import Tab (LandXML Translator) .................................................................................. 181

Export Surface Tab (LandXML Translator) .................................................................... 183

Export Alignment Tab (LandXML Translator)................................................................. 184

Export Parcel Tab (LandXML Translator)....................................................................... 185

CEAL Translator ............................................................................................................. 186

Import Surface Tab (CEAL Translator)........................................................................... 187

Import Geometry Tab (CEAL Translator) ....................................................................... 188

Import SRV ..................................................................................................................... 189

SDMS Translator ............................................................................................................ 191

Import Tab (SDMS Translator) ....................................................................................... 192

Export Tab (SDMS Translator) ....................................................................................... 193

Translate Leica DBX 1200.............................................................................................. 194

Export Leica DBX 1200 .................................................................................................. 195

DA Translator.................................................................................................................. 196

Import Tab (DA Translator)............................................................................................. 208

Export Tab (DA Translator) ............................................................................................ 209

GENIO Translator ........................................................................................................... 211

Setup Tab (GENIO Translator)....................................................................................... 212

Import Tab (GENIO Translator) ...................................................................................... 214

Add Group Dialog (GENIO Translator)........................................................................... 216

Upload Trimble ............................................................................................................... 217

Most Recently Used Files............................................................................................... 218

Exit .................................................................................................................................. 219

Surface ................................................................................................................................. 220

View Surface................................................................................................................... 221

View Perimeter ............................................................................................................... 222

View Triangles ................................................................................................................ 224

View Contours ................................................................................................................ 226


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Main Tab (View Contours).............................................................................................. 228

Advanced Tab (View Contours) ..................................................................................... 229

Labels Tab (View Contours) ........................................................................................... 231

Label Contours ............................................................................................................... 233

View Features................................................................................................................. 236

View Surface Components ............................................................................................. 238

Annotate Feature............................................................................................................ 239

Main Tab (Annotate Feature) ......................................................................................... 240

Points Tab (Annotate Feature) ....................................................................................... 242

Line Segments Tab (Annotate Feature) ......................................................................... 245

View Surface Elevations................................................................................................. 247

Main Tab (View Surface Elevations) .............................................................................. 248

Advanced Tab (View Surface Elevations) ...................................................................... 250

Main Tab (View Slope Vectors) ...................................................................................... 251

Advanced Tab (View Slope Vectors).............................................................................. 253


View Slope Vectors ........................................................................................................ 256

View Single Point............................................................................................................ 258


View Slope Vectors ........................................................................................................ 260

Two-Point Slope ............................................................................................................. 262

View Crossing Segments ............................................................................................... 263

View Inferred Breaklines................................................................................................. 265

View Profiled Model........................................................................................................ 266

View Gridded Model ....................................................................................................... 269

Color-Coded Aspects ..................................................................................................... 271

Main Tab (Color-Coded Aspects, Elevation, and Slopes).............................................. 272

Legend Tab (Color-Coded Aspects, Elevations, and Slopes)........................................ 273

Color Table Tab (Color-Coded Aspects, Elevation, and Slopes) ................................... 275

Insert Color ..................................................................................................................... 277

Edit Color ........................................................................................................................ 278

Edit Multiple Colors......................................................................................................... 279

Report Tab (Color-Coded Aspects, Elevation, and Slopes)........................................... 280

Color-Coded Elevations.................................................................................................. 281

Color-Coded Slopes ....................................................................................................... 282

View Visualization........................................................................................................... 283

View Surface Options ..................................................................................................... 285


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Update 3D/Plan Surface Display.................................................................................... 286

Fit Surface ...................................................................................................................... 289

Triangulate Surface ........................................................................................................ 290

Design Surface ............................................................................................................... 294

Place Feature ................................................................................................................. 295

Generate Transverse Feature ........................................................................................ 298

Example: Generating a Transverse Feature .................................................................. 302

Generate Longitudinal Feature....................................................................................... 303

Example: Using a Longitudinal Feature to Model a Parking Lot .................................... 304

Main Tab (Generate Longitudinal Feature) .................................................................... 306

Controls Tab (Generate Longitudinal Feature)............................................................... 310

Set Slope Along Feature ................................................................................................ 313

Drape Surface................................................................................................................. 317

Channel to Surface......................................................................................................... 320

Fillet Features ................................................................................................................. 323

Generate Sloped Surface ............................................................................................... 326

Main Tab (Generate Sloped Surface) ............................................................................ 328

Advanced Tab (Generate Sloped Surface) .................................................................... 332

Apply Template............................................................................................................... 334

Set Elevation................................................................................................................... 338

Project Line to Surface ................................................................................................... 340

Generate Isopach Surface.............................................................................................. 342

Main Tab (Generate Isopach Surface) ........................................................................... 343

Staking Tab (Generate Isopach Surface)....................................................................... 344

Resurface ....................................................................................................................... 346

Design Pad ..................................................................................................................... 348

Place Pad ....................................................................................................................... 349

Move Pad Horizontally.................................................................................................... 352

Move Pad Vertically........................................................................................................ 354

Rotate Pad...................................................................................................................... 356

Edit Surface .................................................................................................................... 358

Copy Single Feature....................................................................................................... 359

Edit Feature Point ........................................................................................................... 361

Delete Feature Points..................................................................................................... 364

Divide Feature ................................................................................................................ 365

Reverse Feature Direction.............................................................................................. 366

Delete Feature ................................................................................................................ 367


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Partial Delete Feature..................................................................................................... 368

Break Feature ................................................................................................................. 369

Join Features .................................................................................................................. 370

Trim Features ................................................................................................................. 371

Extend Features ............................................................................................................. 373

Intersect Features........................................................................................................... 374

Copy Portion of Surface ................................................................................................. 375

Merge Surfaces .............................................................................................................. 377

Transform Surface.......................................................................................................... 380

Least Squares Transformation ....................................................................................... 384

Add Least Squares Points Dialog Box ........................................................................... 386

Edit Least Squares Points Dialog Box............................................................................ 387

Delete Triangle ............................................................................................................... 388

Feature ........................................................................................................................... 390

Feature Properties.......................................................................................................... 392

Feature Selection Filter .................................................................................................. 396

Save Preference/Filter As............................................................................................... 400

Component Properties.................................................................................................... 401

Surface Properties.......................................................................................................... 403

Main Tab (Surface Properties) ....................................................................................... 404

Active Surface................................................................................................................. 408

Copy Surface.................................................................................................................. 409

Delete Surface................................................................................................................ 410

Rename Surface............................................................................................................. 411

Utilities (Surface) ............................................................................................................ 412

Compress Surface.......................................................................................................... 413

Thin Surface ................................................................................................................... 414

Resolve Crossing Segments .......................................................................................... 416

Thin Random Points ....................................................................................................... 419

Form Gridded Model....................................................................................................... 421

Generate Surface ........................................................................................................... 423

Generate Inferred Breaklines ......................................................................................... 425

Change Triangle Color ................................................................................................... 427

Generate Grade Contour................................................................................................ 429

Interrogate Surface......................................................................................................... 430

Find Near Surface Points ............................................................................................... 431

Compare Surfaces.......................................................................................................... 433


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Geometry.............................................................................................................................. 434

View Geometry ............................................................................................................... 436

Active Horizontal............................................................................................................. 437

Active Vertical ................................................................................................................. 438

View Horizontal Annotation ............................................................................................ 439

Main Tab (View Horizontal Annotation).......................................................................... 440

Tabling Tab (View Horizontal Annotation)...................................................................... 443

Styles Tab (View Horizontal Annotation)........................................................................ 445

View Vertical Annotation................................................................................................. 447

Main Tab (View Vertical Annotation) .............................................................................. 448

Points Tab (View Vertical Annotation)............................................................................ 449

Curves Tab (View Vertical Annotation) .......................................................................... 452

Tangents Tab (View Vertical Annotation)....................................................................... 456

Affixes Tab (View Vertical Annotation) ........................................................................... 459

View Closed Areas ......................................................................................................... 463

View Stationing ............................................................................................................... 466

Main Tab (View Stationing) ............................................................................................ 467

Regular Stations Tab (View Stationing) ......................................................................... 468

Cardinal Stations Tab (View Stationing)......................................................................... 471

PIs Tab (View Stationing) ............................................................................................... 473

Station Equations Tab (View Stationing)........................................................................ 475

Radius +A Tab (View Stationing) ................................................................................... 477

Transition Radii Tab (View Stationing) ........................................................................... 479

Event Points Tab (View Stationing) ................................................................................ 481

Vertical Stations Tab (View Stationing) .......................................................................... 483

View 3-D Alignment ........................................................................................................ 485

Station Base/Clearance Annotation ............................................................................... 487

Main Tab (Station Base/Clearance Annotation Dialog Box) .......................................... 490

Advanced Tab (Station Base/Clearance Annotation Dialog Box) .................................. 492

Curve Set Annotation ..................................................................................................... 496

Main Tab (Curve Set Annotation) ................................................................................... 497

Advanced Tab (Curve Set Annotation)........................................................................... 498

Switch Height Plan ......................................................................................................... 504

Main Tab (Switch Height Plan) ....................................................................................... 507

Horizontal Tab (Switch Height Plan) .............................................................................. 511

Turnouts Tab (Switch Height Plan) ................................................................................ 515

Station Diagram Tab (Switch Height Plan)..................................................................... 518


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Profile Diagram Tab (Switch Height Plan)...................................................................... 521

Points Tab (Switch Height Plan)..................................................................................... 524

Fit Alignment................................................................................................................... 527

Horizontal Curve Set ...................................................................................................... 528

Add PI ............................................................................................................................. 529

Insert PI .......................................................................................................................... 530

Move PI........................................................................................................................... 531

Delete PI ......................................................................................................................... 532

Define Horizontal Curve Set ........................................................................................... 533

Table Lookups Tab (Design Calculators) ....................................................................... 537

Cant Calculator Tab (Design Calculators)...................................................................... 539

Curve Calculator ............................................................................................................. 542

Stationing........................................................................................................................ 549

Add/Edit Station Equations............................................................................................. 552

Horizontal Events ........................................................................................................... 553

Edit Horizontal Event ...................................................................................................... 556

Vertical Curve Set........................................................................................................... 558

Add PI ............................................................................................................................. 559

Insert PI .......................................................................................................................... 561

Move PI........................................................................................................................... 564

Delete PI ......................................................................................................................... 567

Define Vertical Curve Set ............................................................................................... 568

Vertical Design Calculator .............................................................................................. 571

Vertical Events................................................................................................................ 575

Edit Vertical Event .......................................................................................................... 577

Horizontal Element ......................................................................................................... 578

Add Fixed Line (Horizontal) ............................................................................................ 579

Add Floating Line (Horizontal) ........................................................................................ 580

Add Free Line (Horizontal) ............................................................................................. 581

Add Fixed Curve (Horizontal) ......................................................................................... 582

Add Floating Curve (Horizontal) ..................................................................................... 584

Add Free Curve (Horizontal)........................................................................................... 586

Define Spiral (Horizontal) ............................................................................................... 588

Connect Elements (Horizontal)....................................................................................... 590

Cut Element (Horizontal) ................................................................................................ 591

Join Elements (Horizontal) ............................................................................................. 592

Move Elements (Horizontal) ........................................................................................... 593


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Copy Elements (Horizontal)............................................................................................ 594

Edit Element (Horizontal)................................................................................................ 595

Delete Element (Horizontal) ........................................................................................... 598

Check Integrity................................................................................................................ 599

Vertical Element ............................................................................................................. 605

Add Fixed Line (Vertical) ................................................................................................ 606

Add Floating Line (Vertical) ............................................................................................ 608

Add Free Line (Vertical).................................................................................................. 610

Add Fixed Curve (Vertical) ............................................................................................. 611

Add Floating Curve (Vertical) ......................................................................................... 613

Add Free Curve (Vertical)............................................................................................... 615

Connect Elements (Vertical)........................................................................................... 616

Cut Element (Vertical) .................................................................................................... 617

Join Elements (Vertical).................................................................................................. 618

Move Elements (Vertical) ............................................................................................... 619

Copy Elements (Vertical)................................................................................................ 620

Edit Element (Vertical) .................................................................................................... 621

Delete Elements (Vertical).............................................................................................. 623

Check Integrity................................................................................................................ 624

Superelevation (Geometry) ............................................................................................ 630

Superelevation Rate Calculator...................................................................................... 631

Superelevation Rate Calculator Editor ........................................................................... 632

Horizontal Regression .................................................................................................... 637

Workflow for Horizontal Regression Analysis................................................................. 638

Add Horizontal Regression Points.................................................................................. 639

Main Tab (Add Horizontal Regression Points) ............................................................... 641

Advanced Tab (Add Horizontal Regression Points) ....................................................... 643

Add Horizontal Regression Near Points......................................................................... 646

Edit/Review Horizontal Regression Points ..................................................................... 647

Insert Horizontal Regression Points ............................................................................... 652

Edit Horizontal Regression Point.................................................................................... 654

View Horizontal Regression Points ................................................................................ 657

Single Horizontal Element Regression........................................................................... 659

Multiple Horizontal Element Regression Analysis .......................................................... 662

Main Tab (Multiple Horizontal Element Regression Analysis) ....................................... 671

Advanced Tab (Multiple Horizontal Element Regression Analysis) ............................... 679

Add/Edit Element (Multiple Element Horizontal Regression Analysis)........................... 683


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Multi Horizontal Element Regression Analysis Save As ................................................ 685

(Horizontal) Curvature Diagram...................................................................................... 686

General (Curvature Diagram)......................................................................................... 688

Additional Points (Horizontal Curvature Diagram).......................................................... 690

Horizontal Slew Diagram ................................................................................................ 691

General (Slew Diagram) ................................................................................................. 693

Vertical Regression ........................................................................................................ 695

Add Vertical Regression Points ...................................................................................... 696

Edit/Review Vertical Regression Points ......................................................................... 698

Insert Vertical Regression Points ................................................................................... 702

Edit Vertical Regression Point ........................................................................................ 704

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