Version Issues - Project Defaults - InRoads 8.5 to V8i Ss2 Across XP, Windows...
How many versions of our set of Project Default reg files do I need to setup any version of InRoads on any operating system?I have been struggling with this with just XP as my OS when migrating from...
View Article[OpenRoads] Superelevation and Complex element by element method
Hi,I have tested different SRL tables and I'm unable to calculate superelevation for my ramp alignment. My alignment was designed by element method (don't have such problem with complex elements...
View ArticleProfile From Existing Chain
I have drawn a profile from a chain that i made from a horizontal road alignment. The chain was made from the Microstation tool create complex chain from a bunch of lines and curves that I had drawn...
View ArticlePowercivil Road Design Basics
Apologies in advance for such a daft beginners question - I am new to Powercivil and struggling.So far I've got my survey data in, built the TIN, created my model, and imported the TIN as a ground...
View ArticleMX SS3 DISPLAY
Can anyone help with why my display differs for different projects?Display 1 in the attached document shows the strings with fine lines and legible text at various zooms.Display 2 shows bold/thick...
View ArticleVertical Annotation
Tangents Grade format. I am trying to change my tangent grade format to 50% on vertical annotation tool and when I save my preference, it goes back to what it was origionally. which one is the right...
View ArticleXIN
IR V8i SS2What’s your best practice for XINs? Do you load the XIN in the RWK file or point to it in Project Defaults? Our corporate XIN is 6 mg, and I got it into my head that it’s better to point to...
View ArticleSearch Path for Survey TIW in XIN file
When creating TIW files, InRoads used to place them in the product folder. This does not work well when the XIN is a shared networked XIN since the TIW would be on one user's PC. It also used to put a...
View ArticleImporting alignments from MX to openroads
Hi All,When I import alignments from MX to openroads, the vertical alignment starts at a different chainage. if the horizontal start chainage is 1000 the vertical start chainage is 2000. Any ideas why...
View ArticleGeopak site collaboration
I would like advice on collaboration strategies when working in Power Civil or Geopak Site projects. A scenario would be where an engineer needs to evaluate design scenarios in site grading while a...
View ArticleTransitions in corridor modeling
I am using microstation, powergeopak v8i SS3. I have set up the corridor and completed the template drop. The project requires a ditch for a certain stretch that the template drop did not catch with...
View ArticleShowing Culvert Crossings on a Profile
In the Draw Ancillary Feature in GEOPAK I want to draw in storm culverts on my profile that i have located in the field. I have connected the inverts to outverts of the storm pipe and made them into...
View ArticleLandXML and IHSDMLandSML.xsl
There seems to be an error in the IHSDMLandSML.xsl style sheet that is in the InRoads XML Report tool. The InRoads Template on http://www.landxml.org/schema/LandXML-1.0" does not appear to existing...
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Power Inroads - Unhandled Exception Error Message
A user has noticed that he is getting some type of error message when trying to carry out various microstation commands in Power Inroads. It appears it happens when manipulating references,...
View ArticleLoading files is much slower than in MicroStation (PowerCivil Ss3)
Dgn files, (Many times made with MicroStation) which have a lot of models, loads very slow in PowerCivil. It doesn't matter if I open the file or attach it as reference. In MicroStation the same files...
View ArticleMicrostation Storm and Sanitary Report Writing Add-in??
We are looking to improve the functionality of Mircoration’s Storm and Sanitary’s report writing capabilities (using Hydraflow Storm Sewers or StormCAD as base map). Right now, Storm and Sanitary...
View ArticleRoadway Designer for Beginners
I too am a newbie to the Roadway Designer tool. I have created a Horizontal Alignment and Profile and now am curious on how to use this tool to model the roadway. Does anyone have any Videos for what...
View ArticleGeopak Site Modeler- Vertical Component tools
Following a view of a tutorial video link at: http://library.modot.mo.gov/CADD/CADD_Videos/Geopak_Site/Creating_Modeler_Components/Create_South_Intersection.wmvI am progressing nicely in my quest for...
View ArticleNodes With No Width
Generating stormwater conveyance system profiles. We set up a custom drainage library, created and analyzed a network. When generating a profile of the network the nodes are shown as single lines. I...
View ArticleGPK SS3 - Cross sections by surfaces??
AFAIK, Geopak SS3 (08.11.09.493) cannot cut Cross sections by surfaces. Has this been fixed? What alternate procedures can be used to generate cross sections by surface? I need this capability. Maybe...
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