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It is still common that you are given a file with just contours, no spot elevations and no breaklines. Your job is to create a DTM that will match contours in the drawing. This workflow will show you the best way to create a DTM from just contours.

Import From Graphics – Contour Point [...]

Tired of having to re-annotate stationing and geometry labels every time you make an edit to a horizontal or vertical alignment? Thanks to the InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1) release associated annotation is now available.
Geometry Options


Select Geometry Options from the InRoads Geometry task bar.
Or from the classic InRoads pull-down menu select Geometry > View Geometry> Options. [...]

In the InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1) release there is additional information that can be pushed from the Survey Fieldbook to the Geometry Project. When Saving Survey Data to Geometry there is a new section in the dialog for building descriptions based on Codes, Attributes, Values, and Notes.
Create Extended Descriptions
1. From the [...]

In the InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1) release there is a new tool called Data Acquisition. This tool can be used for acquiring many different data files from raw survey data to LandXML files. In this tip we will show how to import Lidar Data into Data Acquisition and then export and display the [...]

Since Bentley has moved to the XIN file format creating a simple Feature Table Report seemed lost. There is a new way of creating a Feature Table Report or survey code list in the newer versions of InRoads.

From the InRoads pull down menu select Tools > View XML Reports. The Bentley Civil Report [...]

InRoads SELECTSeries 1 was released about a week ago and there are a few tools worth mentioning right away to get you excited about this release. The following month’s tips will look at these enhancements in more detail.

Bentley Map was added for FREE to the Bentley InRoads Suite and Bentley Rail Track Suite products. [...]

Last month we showed how to apply feature name overrides by editing individual template point names.
Template point name overrides – renaming multiple points

In the Create Template dialog, select Tools>Apply Feature Name Overrides
Using [CTL] or [Shift] select a group of points to apply Name Overrides
Key-in the override name and select Apply

Templates points assigned overrides are [...]

Here is a method to ensure features created in a design surface are both uniformly named and continuous.
Template properties

Point names must be unique when developing templates.
In the below example, note the points that reflect the flow-line of the ditch are all uniquely named.

Modeling with this template can create three separate features in the design DTM [...]

While editing templates, access to additional information about the template is available by selecting the Active Template Tab. Some uses are:

In the example below, all points comprising an ‘Alternate Surface’ are highlighted
Component and Point tabs can be expanded to list individual template items
Select on any Component or Point listed to highlight & review
Edit, Delete, & [...]

To add additional documentation to your Template Library there is the option to link external documents or websites that can add a quick link to supporting information.

Open the Create Template dialog.
Right Click in the active template view.
Select Template Documentation Link the Template Documentation Link dialog will appear.

From the Template Documentation Link dialog select the [...]