OpenRoads Tip: Best Practice Closed Geometry When creating features which are closed, it is important to consider how the geometry will eventually be used in the 3D model. In general, it is not a good…
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: 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 Survey Tip – Create Terrain Model Exterior Boundary Written by Bob Mecham In this tip, we will show you how to create an exterior boundary for a terrain model when it is generated from an OpenRoads Survey field…
OpenRoads Tip – Create Terrain Element from Corridor and Add Exterior Boundary Written by: Bob Mecham In this tip we will show you how to create a terrain element from your corridor. Then we will show you how to constrain the…
OpenRoads Tip – Add a Spot Elevation to a Terrain In this video tutorial we will show you the workflow for adding a 3D point to an OpenRoads Terrain Element.
OpenRoads Tip: Reference Terrain and Display Override Written by Bob Mecham It is common to reference your design file that has the Terrain Element to your geometry or sheet models. However, you may not see what…
AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Mask or Boundary? What's the Difference? Written by Bryan Sullivan. AutoCAD Civil 3D has many useful tools to alter and refine the output of surface models. We may want to alter the contour…
Fixed Slope Across a Surface Written by Ronald Brys. Display a graphic at a defined cross slope relative to a surface. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. …
InRoads Tracking Command Written by Ronald Brys. Dynamic reporting and annotation of surface and alignment data. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Import LandXML into MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) Annotate the Terrain Model Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will import a LandXML file into MicroStation and view its feature properties. Then we will review the annotation…
Quick Profiles in Civil 3D 2012 Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a Quick Profile using and object and points in the drawing area to view surface…
Create Profiles from Multipoint and Graphics in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate creating profiles using the Multipoint and Graphics options. Adding a name to the Multipoint or…
Terrain Models in MicroStation SELECTseries 3 MicroStation SS3 Terrain Models With the release of MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 3 we now have the ability to import a LandXML surface file into a DGN file. A…
Civil 3D Surface Display Settings Civil 3D 2012 Increased performance for AutoCAD Civil 3D can be achieved by controlling how surface graphics display. This can be useful when working in a…
Importing Graphics to a Surface In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to import MicroStation graphics into an InRoads Surface DTM. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.…
Import LandXML to Create a Surface in InRoads V8i In this tutorial we will show you how to create an InRoads Surface DTM by importing a LandXML file. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Delete Triangle By Filter In this tutorial we will show you how to use the new tool Delete Triangle by Filter in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries). This tool allows you to have better control…
Pad Design – InRoads Site Modeler In this tutorial we will show a begining workflow for using InRoads Site Modeler. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Import Text File to create a Surface and Create Exterior Boundary In this tutorial we will show a workflow for importing a text file to create a surface then constrain the triangles by creating an exterior boundary.
Drape an Image on a Surface In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to drape an image onto a triangle or mesh surface.
Dynamic Surface Display In this tutorial we will take a look at the new dynamic display feature in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries). This feature will allow you to edit a surface and have…
Thin Surface command In this tutorial we will show you how to thin a surface that has been created from a number of random points such as bathymetric or lidar data. See all… Read…
Import Contours from Graphics 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…
Import Lidar Data 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…
Compute Pond Volumes As a follow up to last months tip we thought we should share the InRoads hydrology tools that can be used for computing pond volumes. Hydrology Add-on From the…
Viewing Corridor Surface Slopes Viewing the corridor surface slopes allows you to evaluate the finish design surface of the corridor surface for minimum and maximum slopes. Perform a slope…
Generate Sloped Surface Command New options have been added to the Generate Sloped Surface command that will make generating slopes easier than before. In the example below generate sloped…
Maximum Triangle Length When working with a surface the triangle leg length can be constrained. By defining a maximum length of a triangle leg the surface will remove any triangles…
Exporting Civil 3D data to LandXML If you need to share engineering data between software packages the best option would be to export your data to LandXML. Then the other application can import…
