Import From Graphics – Contour Point Type

1. Select the contours using a MicroStation selection set.
2. From the InRoads pull down menu 
File > Import > Surface. The Import Surface dialog will appear.
3. From the From Graphics tab.
   1. Surface:
   2. Load From: Single Element
   3. Elevations: Use Element Elevations
   4. Seed Name: Contour1
   5. Feature Style: Contour (if available or similar feature style name)
   6. Point Type: Contour
4. Select the Apply button Select OK to use elements contained in selection set.
5. Select the Close button.
6. From the InRoads pull down menu Surface > Triangulate. The Triangulate Surface dialog will appear
7. Select the Apply button the surface will be triangulated.
8. From the InRoads pull down menu select 
Surface > Utilities > Generate Inferred Breaklines. The Generate Inferred Breaklines dialog will appear.




   

   Note: Generating Inferred Breaklines is only available when there are Contour point types loaded into the surface.


9. Select the Apply then Close buttons. The inferred breaklines will be added to the surface.
10. From the InRoads pull down menu Surface > Triangulate. The Triangulate Surface dialog will appear
11. Select the Apply button the surface will be triangulated now with the inferred breaklines.
12. Display the contours and verify how close they match.

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Create a New Link Set

1. From the MicroStation pull down menu File > Project Explorer. The Project Explorer dialog will appear.
2. Click the Browse button (magnifying glass). The Link Sets dialog will appear.
3. From the drop down list select Active File.
4. Click the New button in the Link Set dialog.

   

5. Type the new Link Set Name. Click the OK button to create the link set. Close the Link Sets dialog.

   

Define Project Explorer

6. If desired create new Folders in the Project Explorer dialog to organize the Details, Drawings, and Photos.
7. Drag and Drop desired files from Windows Explorer to the MicroStation Project Explorer.

   

Add Link to Element

8. From the Project Explorer dialog Right Click the file and select Add Link to Element. Then Select and Accept the existing culvert from the topo file.

   

9. Now the JPEG has been linked to the element. Right Click on the culvert element in the design file and select Follow Link > culvert.jpg. The JPEG will open in MicroStation as read only for viewing.

   

   

10. Additionally the PDF details could be linked to the proposed culvert.

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1. From the Task menu expand Data Acquisition and select the icon. The Data Acquisition dialog will appear.
   
2. Right click on Surfaces branch from the fly out menu select 
Create Surfaces > Import External Surface > Import Lidar LAS. The Open dialog will appear.
   
3. From the Open dialog select the LAS file to be imported and select the Open button. The Lidar LAS dialog will appear.
4. From the Lidar LAS dialog select the features and appropriate filter then select Accept.
   
5. Right click on the new Lidar surface in the data tree from the fly out menu select 
Export to > InRoads DTM. The Save As dialog will appear.
   
6. Save the DTM to the project folder and select the Save button.
7. Launch InRoads and Open the Surface DTM file. View the surface Perimeter and Gridded Model.

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Prior to using Annotation Scale with References the design file that will be referenced must already utilize Annotation Scale for at least one of the following element types Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Linestyles, or Cells otherwise nothing will change.

Turn on Active Annotation Scale

1. Open the Reference dialog.
2. From the Reference dialog right click the column header and select Use Active Annotation Scale.
3. Check ON Use Active Annotation Scale next to the reference file.
   

Open Drawing Scale dialog

4. From the MicroStation pull down menu Settings > Drawing Scale
5. In the Drawing Scale dialog change the drop down scale.

Plot Sheet drawing scale at 1:1

Plot Sheet drawing scale at 1”=20’

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Connect to a Web Map Server

1. Open the Raster Reference dialog.
2. From the Raster Reference dialog select the drop down arrow for new connection and select WMS. The WMS Map Editor dialog will appear.
   
3. From the WMS Map Editor dialog the Servers button. The Servers Manager dialog will appear.
   
4. Select the Terraservice.net connection. <D> the OK button the Servers Manager dialog will close and will populate the WMS Map Editor dialog.
5. Select the USGS Digital Ortho-Quadrangles layer and <D> the Add to map button. The Layer will be added to the Map Layers section of the dialog.
6. Then <D> the Save and Attach button. The New WMS file dialog will appear.
   
7. Save the new XWMS file and Attach the file. Now the DOQ will overlay your design.
   

Note: If the DOQ is not placed at the correct location right click the WMS file name and change the coordinate system so the DGN file and WMS file coordinates match.

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