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Bentley Civil Products V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 2 Released – V08.11.09.872

Bentley Civil Products V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 2  – V08.11.09.872 – has been released and is available for download from Bentley…

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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…
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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…
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SUDA Tip: Configure Multiple Land Use in Catchments

When a catchment is created in SUDA, a feature definition is assigned to the catchment. This feature definition will assign symbology to the catchment feature,…
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SUDA – Join Adjacent Conduits

Problem: I have two conduits which are supposed to connect but do not, because there was a slight gap between the ends of the geometry I used for creating the…
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SUDA Tip: Units Confusion

There is a problem in the SUDA tools, which is not widely known, that can lead to issues with units.  The problem leads to the units in the SUDA data being…
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SUDA – Which Property Panel Should I Use?

You may have noticed that there are two locations to access the properties for utility features in OpenRoads. This is seen in the context toolbox: Also, if you…
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SUDA Tip: Shallow Nodes

Sometimes, when we model nodes in SUDA whose minimum depth is very shallow, we are surprised to see that the depth is not what we expected. For example, the…
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SUDA Tip: "Scenario Failed to Compute. Review your data and try again."

Written By: Robert Garrett One of the things that SUDA does quite well is to provide good feedback messages about errors in the drainage network configuration…
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SUDA Tip: How to Configure a Single Structure Which Contains Two Independent Grates

Written by Robert Garrett In a roadway with a center barrier, we often use storm drain inlets like this one. This type of structure presents a unique…
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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.…
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SUDA – Setting node orientation relative to centerline

In the OpenRoads Subsurface Utility tools, the rotation of nodes is always stored internally as an absolute angle. As you can see in the next image, even…
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SUDA Tip: Editing Utility Profiles

Written by: Robert Garrett When editing profiles for SUDA conduits, the visual feedback provided in the profiles view can be a little confusing. Consider a…
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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…
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SUDA Tip: Best Practice for Creating Pipes Between Nodes

Written by: Robert Garrett I often get the question: Does it matter which direction I create pipes for my drainage or sanitary networks? The simplest answer…
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SUDA Tip: Create a New Feature Definition

Written by:  Robert Garrett You will note that there are 6 types of feature definitions which can be defined from the Project Explorer. Linear, Point and…
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SUDA Tip: Importing Pipes from Legacy Drainage Files (InRoads and GEOPAK)

Written by:  Robert Garrett In the previous SUDA tip we discussed how you can import from GEOPAK Drainage and InRoads S&S into SUDA and automatically…
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SUDA Tip: Importing Legacy Drainage Files from InRoads and GEOPAK

Written by Robert Garrett Importing legacy drainage projects into Subsurface Utilities Design and Analysis (SUDA) is easy and is accomplished from the menu:…