Ohio Department of Transportation

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John R. Kasich, Governor • Jerry Wray, Director

OpenRoads Implementation

Eric Thomas, CADD ConsultantOffice of CADD and Mapping Services

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What is OpenRoads?

A Technology, NOT a ProductFrom the Bentley Website:

• “Common Technology embedded in InRoads, GEOPAK, and MXROAD”

• “…the continued merging of functionality for Bentley’s civil products”

• “Expands the products to include 3D Modeling integration with CAD, mapping, GIS, and business tools like PDFs, i-models, and hypermodels”

OpenRoads Implementation

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What is OpenRoads?

Not a separate installInstalled with the Bentley Civil products

OpenRoads Horizontal Geometry tools first appeared in SS2

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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What is OpenRoads?

GEOPAK SS3 Released Q1 2013Includes OpenRoads tools & improvements

Software Functions Removed:Corridor Modeler and related functionality

Roadway Designer and related functionality

Site Modeler and related functionality

Cut cross sections from DTM file

SS2 and SS3 can be installed concurrently

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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What is OpenRoads?

SS3 Refresh released March 11, 2014MicroStation SS3 08.11.09.578

GEOPAK SS3 08.11.09.674Enhancements & fixes for early adopters of OpenRoads

Includes Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)A subset of SUDA without the analysis engine

Includes Descartes

SUE and Descartes require a separate license

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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What is OpenRoads?

Currently available tool sets:Survey processing

Terrain Modeling

Horizontal and Vertical geometry

Superelevation

Templates/Corridor Modeling

Cross Sections

Civil Cells

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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What is OpenRoads?

OpenRoads does not currently include plan preparation tools

Revert to GEOPAK Road for plan preparation

OpenRoads Alignments, profiles, and terrain models can be exported for GEOPAK use

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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Future SS3 Updates

Upcoming SS3 RefreshHas been completed, awaiting final approval

Full GEOPAK install (not a patch)

Requires a MicroStation update (full install)

Enhancements & fixes for OpenRoads

Includes an update to Descartes

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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Next Generation Updates

The next major release will (?) remove InRoads, GEOPAK, and MXROAD from the Civil product line

OpenRoads will eventually become the civil product for all Bentley users

Release date has not been set

Resistance is futile…

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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ODOT Implementation

Fall 2013OpenRoads Survey Standards developed

Winter/Spring 2014OpenRoads Survey training for ODOT’s Surveyors

Training guide available in the Standards

Spring/Summer 2014ODOT’s Surveyors begin using OpenRoads

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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ODOT Implementation

ODOT running the following versions:Design personnel:

MicroStation V8i SS2 08.11.07.443

GEOPAK V8i SS2 08.11.07.615

Survey personnel (currently migrating):MicroStation V8i SS3 08.11.09.578

GEOPAK V8i SS3 08.11.09.674

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ODOT Implementation

Fall 2014First release of OpenRoads standards for Design

Winter/Spring 2015OpenRoads training material developed for Design personnel

Tentative plans are to integrate the training into Bentley Learn

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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ODOT CADD Standards

April 18, 2014 ReleaseIncludes OpenRoads standards in a separate folder ODOTstd/V8istd/OpenRoads

Added User and Project configuration files:ODOT_OpenRoads.ucf, ODOT_OpenRoads.pcf

Intended to be used with a SS3 installation to gain access to the OpenRoads Survey Standards

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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ODOT CADD Standards

October 2014 Release:OpenRoads Standards will be absorbed into the new ODOTcadd Standards folders

Will not be segregated in a separate sub-folder

New Standards will be developed and distributed for SS3 only.

No further updates to V8istd and SS2 planned

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Interface Changes:No longer uses a Survey Project

Task Navigation Menu

Project Explorer

Context Menus

On-screen prompts

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

All data stored in the DGNNo longer uses the GPK file

No longer creates multiple report files in the project directory

3D files required for Survey Processing

Full Annotation Scale compatibility

Undo!

History of changes saved in a log file

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

All data stored in the DGN (cont.)Terrain Models stored in the DGN

Terrain Models are shared by referencing

Graphical edits update mapping and Terrain

Can be exported to GPK and TIN

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Feature Management via dgn librariesODOT_Feaures_Survey.dgnlib

Defines field codes read from ODOT.smd

Defines default survey project settings

ODOT_Features_Terrain.dgnlibDefines features and element templates for terrain model display

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Supports multiple data typesTrimble, Leica, Topcon, LandXML, etc…

Customizable Text Import WizardFacilitates ASCII import in user definable data formats

Drag and drop data processing

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Geographic Coordinate Systems (GCS)Establish position of data on the earth’s surface

Bentley Map

Integration with other Georeferenced dataGoogle Earth, Bing Maps, OSIP imagry, LiDAR data

Standard GCS definitions Included

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Geographic Coordinate Systems (GCS)Allows for custom GCS definitions

Facilitates grid-to-ground conversions

ODOT GCS Recommendations:Map data to the appropriate State Plane Zone

Establish custom GCS definition for grid to ground conversion

Define project specific seed files with custom GCS definition

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Attach media files to Survey PointsImages

Videos

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Data Integrity ConcernsAll data is stored in the dgn file…

Lock elements in the DGN

Disable Survey Processing Rules (or not)

Use Windows to set user permissions/access

GPK and TIN files must be updated manually if changes are made to the survey information

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

ODOT Training guide is available in the CADD Standards:

..\V8istd\OpenRoads\TrainingGuides\ODOT_OpenRoadsSurvey.pdf

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Survey

Enough with the power point, just show us how it all works…

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

Interface EnhancementsTasks & Project Explorer

Context Toolbars provide access to common functions when a Civil element is selected

In-place editing

Heads-up prompts

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

Feature Management via dgnlibs and MicroStation Element Templates

A feature defines an objects apperance in multiple contexts

Plan, Profile, Cross Section, 3D, etc…

Features can define symbology from a DDB item or a MicroStation Element Template

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

Horizontal & Vertical Geometry ToolsNew graphical based tools

All data stored in the DGN (no GPK)Recommend using a separate Geometry Basemap

Import/Export to/from GPK

GPK and DDB still used for centerline stationing

Profile Model Views used to create, edit, and manage vertical geometry

Data is shared via references

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

Civil AccuDraw

New Superelevation ToolsUses existing GEOPAK preference files for computation

New Superelevation Editor

CSV File Import

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

DGN Based 3D ModelingNo longer uses separate Roadway Designer

Integrates corridor and site based workflows to generate a single model

Templates can be applied to individual elements

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

DGN Based 3D Modeling (cont.)Users can work in 2D

Horizontal & vertical geometry, superelevation, and templates are used to generate a 3D model on-the-fly directly in MicroStation

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

New Cross Section ProcessNo longer uses Criteria Files

Cross Sections cut from the 3D model

Anything you draw in the 3D model will show up in the cross sections, although they are not dynamic

New Cross Section Sheet Tool

New Cross Section Annotation Tool

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

Civil CellsReusable civil attributes such as driveways, intersections, traffic islands, etc…

Stored in dgn libraries

Based on design standards

Editable when placed

Can include horizontal & vertical geometry, terrain elements, and linear template definitions

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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GEOPAK/OpenRoads Civil

Demonstration…

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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Should I Start Using OpenRoads?

You need CADD Standards…Survey Standards are currently available

Design Standards to come this fall

Bentley delivers a set of standards with OpenRoads in the Examples workspace

Bentley OpenRoads Overview

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Should I Start Using OpenRoads?

Start Now:Scope Survey sub-consultants to deliver OpenRoads compatible data:

Scope all data on State Plane Coordinates with a combined Grid-to-Ground Scale Factor

Request ODOT Field Codes and Mapping Codes

You can always import a GEOPAK TIN to an OpenRoads Terrain Model

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Should I Start Using OpenRoads?

Start Now:Familiarize yourself with MicroStation 3D

Learn Roadway Designer Templates

Experiment with the OpenRoads Horizontal and Vertical Geometry commands

Learn Civil AccuDraw

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Should I Start Using OpenRoads?

Start Now:Sign up for the ODOT & Consultants BE Community

http://communities.bentley.com/

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Questions?

ODOT:

Eric.Thomas@dot.state.oh.us

Consulting:

eric@ericthomasconsulting.com

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