Google Earth Mono-Chrome Image won't display.
Hello,I'm trying to import a Google Earth Image into MX. My issue is that I can't get the mono-chrome GE image to display when I change the display style set from Wireframe to Smooth. MX captures the...
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Force End Condition Through First Encounter of Ex Ground
Hello,Is there a way to force an end condition past the first encounter of ex ground? In the image below I would like the end condition to cut through the ex ground and find the ground behind it.
View Article[CR IR Ss2+] Profile Graphics Enhancements
I thought the Leader on the View Vertical Annotation were drawn as Linestrings if created using two segments, but in Ss2, they are drawn as two lines. A checkbox to toggle between these two options...
View ArticleSS4 Linear Template - Point Controls and Template Drops
I am using a linear template to model a ditch area between two corridors. There is a ditch profile that I need to follow in this area. Due to how the linear template template drops are defined (i.e....
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OpenRoads: how to undo edit cross section?
I edited one of my cross sections (using the first option in the menu depicted below) to see if I could come up with a solution given the conditions specifically there. Since then I synchronized the...
View Articleimport lat long text file to GeoPak survey
I currently have a .xml file setup to import survey points and lines from a .txt file. If I convert my survey data to state plane coordinates with CorpsCon first and then right click on field book and...
View ArticleRoadway Designer - Limiting Point Control Range
When using an alignment as a point control, sometimes the alignment can be found at multiple offsets. We are using edge of road alignments and back edge of sidewalk alignments. Because these tend to...
View ArticleGEOPAK-SECTION INCREMENT
Hello,I am working with Power Geopak v8i SS2.I have sampled some sections and have pattern lines at 20 ft increments. However, in the Draw Cross Sections dialog, there is an Increment button to select...
View ArticleGEOPAK-SECTIONS
Hello,I am using Power Geopak v8i SS2.I have 14 cross sections that I need to create at specific stations (at borehole crossings, 14 boreholes). My workflow so far, has been to create pattern lines at...
View ArticleRoadway Designer Quick Tips
This should work on any Version containing Roadway Designer.I have found that using the Target Alias settings to specify the "Active Surface" has sped up my workflow. Even if I am not trying to target...
View Article[v8i] PowerSurvey/PowerCivil slow startup
Users are complaining of long start up time for PowerSurvey/PowerCivil compared to Microstation/Powerdraft. It takes 2x-3x times longer to open a file than on base product on same machine and standard...
View ArticleSS4 - Working in 3d Models Only
Say I am working in a 3d file, for terrain model creation, for example. I attach the Default-3d models of some corridor files to gain access to the top mesh information for the terrain model. For...
View ArticleRoadway Designer - Add Exterior Boundary and Secondary Alignments
When processing a corridor with Point Controls using Secondary Alignments, the Add Exterior Boundary settings recognizes the end point location of each section, but if there is a secondary alignment...
View ArticleOpenRoads - Tie back to existing roadway
For small rural projects, our designers transition from the existing roadway features (Left and right edges of pavement and shoulder and the centerline) to the design template points and back to...
View ArticleGEOPAK [OR] unhandled .NET exception
Working with Microstation 8.11.09.608 and Geopak SS3 with OpenRoads.While working in the Create Template window, I've been double-clicking components to edit them and such. After working in it for some...
View ArticleDialog box change from InRoads XM
We're just moving from XM to V8i (SS2). One of my users came to me today to point out that the dialog box that used to be in XM when editing vertical PI's no longer appears. When moving PVIs, for...
View ArticleLoading IR SS2 changes MS GUI, Why?
If I load InRoads SS2 from the application menu my Microstation GUI changes immediately, open and docked toolbars getting switch off.Why and how can I avoid this?
View ArticleCivil Cell Not Able to Added to the Corridor
I have placed a driveway civil cell but when I proceed to add it as a corridor reference to my main corridor I get the message "Element not valid for tool" no matter what line I try to pick. Any...
View ArticlePlan Note Elevation Error
MicroStation Version 08.11.09.608Bentley InRoads Suite V8i (Select Series 3) V08.11.09.722Hello,I am trying to place a note having; Sta,Off, Vet Elev (Proposed). Shown below is the note text I have...
View Articlecross section of tin in survey field book
I've imported survey points into a field book and created a tin in Survey and I'm looking for a simply way to cut a cross section across the tin?
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