Additional Resources for OpenRoads V8i (SELECTseries) FILTER BY: Tips All Articles Tips Video Tips OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Persist Snaps Toggle If you are a regular user of OpenRoads you know that snapping to Civil Objects in a dgn when placing new geometry creates a rule to that element. This is… OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Placing a Dynamic Label with Text Favorites If you’ve done any type of plan production with PowerGEOPAK (SELECTseries 4) or any of the previous versions, the new functionality of Text Favorites and the… OpenRoads Technology Tip: SUDA Hydraulic Properties Update Tools built using Bentley’s OpenRoad Technology include the ability to leverage drainage and utility design tools incorporated into civil products. The… ORD – MicroStation Tip: AccuDraw Set Origin While working in OpenRoads Designer (ORD) there are many times you need to preform some standard MicroStation tasks. When doing so you may get frustrated that… OpenRoads Tip: SUDA Catalog Editing Tools built using Bentley’s OpenRoad Technology include the ability to leverage drainage and utility design tools incorporated into the civil products. The… OpenRoads Tip: Mirroring Entire Template During Creation When providing training on the corridor modeling functionality in the OpenRoads tools, I am often asked if it is possible to mirror the work done on a template… OpenRoads Tip: SUDA Cell Location Issue The workings under the hood in the Subsurface Utilities is complex, bringing together Cell libraries, Feature Definitions, Feature Symbologies, and Element… OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Adding multiple Parametric Constraints to a corridor without reprocessing the corridor Have you ever needed to add multiple Parametric Constraints to your corridor, but don’t want to wait for the corridor to reprocess after adding each one?… OpenRoads Tip: Ribbon Tool Search OpenRoads Designer brings a new ribbon interface to Bentley’s civil design software. This is comprised of Workflows, Tabs and Groups collecting common… OpenRoads Tip: Create Geometry by Template Have you ever done a schematic layout of your design and needed a bunch of offset alignments from your center-line to represent lanes, curb, sidewalk etc.? The… OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Windows Update Causing Crash with Corridors Windows 10 Spring Creator Update (1803) There is a known issue with the Windows 10 Spring Creator Update, 1803 with numerous Bentley CONNECT Edition software.… OpenRoads Tip: Clip a Corridor or End a Corridor at a Skew When working with corridors in plans production it is sometimes necessary to clip a corridor area out for a new structure or maybe end a corridor at a skew. … OpenRoads Tip: Analyze Trace Slope As you start working on a new terrain it is useful to get a feel for the drainage patterns. OpenRoads has a number of tools to assist with this; one […] OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Plans Production In the newest release of OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Update 2 the ability to create Plan and Profile sheets has been added to the workflow. You no… OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition Tip: How to use Survey TIW files from SS4 When implementing OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition for processing of survey, you will want to use any TIW files you created in SS4. When you add and… OpenRoads: Problem with Missing Dynamic Cross-sections Occasionally, an OpenRoads file will fail to show the dynamic cross-sections properly. I really don’t know what precisely causes this but it is a royal… OpenRoads: Generate Cut & Fill Slope Limits in Different Symbology You need to generate linear features which mark the limits of cut and fill slopes on each side of the corridor. You also need the symbology of the cut slope… OpenRoads Designer: Display Terrain Model Elevation Bands Applies also to OpenRoads Terrain Models in Select Series 3 and 4. Question: How do I display my terrain models with elevation range bands like I could do… OpenRoads Tip: The "Create Cross Section" Tool In this tip Andrea Hall, Senior Consultant, will create drainage profiles using the Create Cross Section Tool. OpenRoads Tip: Reverse the Direction of Alignment This one is better described as a trick, rather than a tip. Caution: the following should be used with care and check all data after completion. It is always… OpenRoads Tip: Point Report To generate a report listing the locations of multiple points, use the Point Feature Station Offset Elevation report. The points which are reported on can… OpenRoads Tip: Terrain Model – Control Triangles in Concave Areas of Project Pretty much every project has one or more areas like shown below, where terrain model triangles will cut across the concave corner of the project. My first… OpenRoads Tip: Terrain Model – How to Extract Break Lines I recently fielded a question where the designer needed to extract the break lines which existed in the OpenRoads Terrain model. The designer could see them… OpenRoads Tip: Corridor Modeling Manipulators There are two lines generated during modeling in OpenRoads. Dependent on which one you select, different context mini tool bars are presented. Corridor … OpenRoads Tip: Missing Graphic Manipulators Written by Bob Mecham I am writing this tip because this doesn’t happen often so when it does I really have to rack my brain to remember why. Hopefully… OpenRoads Tip: Civil AccuDraw Floating Origin Written by: Bob Mecham Sometimes, we need to establish the end of a line at a location measured form something else rather than the first point. 1. Start the… SUDA Tip – Best Practice for Headwall 3D cells Written by: Robert Garrett When configuring the 3D cells of head walls for use in SUDA, there are some required construction points to be created in the cell.… OpenRoads Tip: Editing and Updating Terrains Created By Graphical Filters In last months tip we discussed Importing Terrain from Graphics. However when using the Edit Terrain Model toolbar it reports “Not an Editable Terrain”.… OpenRoads Tip: Import Terrain from Graphics "Not an Editable Terrain" The problem may occur after you have created an OpenRoads terrain element using the Create Terrain Model by Graphical Filter. Then you may need to delete a… OpenRoads Tip: Name Assignment and Annotation of Geometry Points Written by: Bob Mecham By default, as you place a point the Name will match the Feature Definition name. This can be seen in the Tools Setting dialog. Prior… OpenRoads Tip: Offset Alignments and Matching Profiles Written by: Robert Garrett I often get the question: How do I make alignment B exactly match the stationing of alignment A? Invariably, this question is… OpenRoads Tip: Point Controls Targeting MicroStation Graphics in Corridors Written by: Bob Mecham Point Controls can be used to override the template in areas where lanes are widening or working with ditches. By using point controls… 12>>
