GEOPAK-INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Hello,I am new to Power Geopak V8i SS2.I want to add an "internal boundary" like a hole or void area in a tin surface without adding vertices to the tin data. It looks like the proper way to...
View ArticleGEOPAK PROFILE ANALYSIS
Hello,I am new to Power Geopak V8i SS2.I am trying to use the Analysis tools by selecting Profile in the DTM Tools under the civil workflows task. I have set the Tin File option and added it to the...
View ArticleNo Cross Section Cell to Process
When trying to generate existing ground cross sections in GEOPAK, I get the following message:"There are no Cross Section Cell to process with regards to current settings."I am using Power GEOPAK V8i...
View ArticleGEOPAK-NAVIGATE CAMERA DIALOG
Hello,I am using Power Geopak V8i SS2.I have typed Camera Navigate in the key-in but do not get the navigate camera dialog per the help menu. When I use the Surface Camera dialog from the DTM Tools...
View ArticleGEOPAK-FLIGHT PATH BY ELEMENT
Hello,I am using Power Geopak V8i SS2.I have set a flight path using Define By Element method. When I select the smart line representing the element, I do not get prompted or see any results....
View ArticleGEOPAK-GRADING TOOLS
Hello,I am using Power Geopak V8i SS2.I am just starting out learning the software and have covered DTM Tools for the most part. I do not see grading related tools in the task menu such as Generate...
View Article[OR] Survey - Cells Too Big and Not Scaling with Annotation Scale
In my Open Roads testing, I have create a Civil XIN dgnlib and a Survey XIN dgnlib. It was necessary to set all of the survey settings in both of these to the appropriate settings, even though my...
View ArticleCivil Survey Point Annotations - Temporary Graphics Equivalent or What?
Where does an InRoads based Civil Survey get the display settings for the Point Number, Feature Name and Elevation text labels?I would like to be able to make them look like the InRoads Survey Point...
View ArticleGeopak- Template End Condition
Does anyone know how to create a template end condition for the following: FILL SLOPE DITCH that comes down a fill slope past existing ground to a 4' FBD then up a backslope to natural ground. the...
View Article[InRoads/OR] Settings from XIN for Element Templates and More.
One of the tasks that falls on my shoulders is making it easier for our users to work with multiple client standards. This frequently involves XIN files as we are an InRoads shop. Recently, as clients...
View ArticleProject Explorer & Project Explorer Settings
What controls the project explorer setting. Every time I close the MicroStation application and restart, my Project Explorer setting are reset to show only Links & File but I need to see and use...
View ArticleGeopak Drainage Tool Analysis Line string overload
I have a project with two miles of interstate both north and southbound. The state is worried about hydroplaning so we used a mobile lidar system to obtain the surface information. I created a...
View ArticleNo Cross Section Cell to process
When trying to cut cross sections in GEOPAK, I get the following message:"There are no Cross Section Cell to process with regards to current settings." There are cross sections cells that get...
View ArticleCivil Shared file question
What is SMItoFWD.exe? I am finding issues with a user station on Windows 7 running GEOPAK SS2 and I checked into eventa manager on the user's station and posted below. Here is what his event manager is...
View ArticlePower Civil (Geopak): Cannot set sewer invert
I have an existing sewer manhole that has a drop between the inflow and outflow. I cannot figure out how to assign the measured elevations to the inflow invert. None of the various elevation options...
View ArticleDitch End Condition
Hi,I have a ditch end condition that has a 1:6 FS with a 4' flat bottom and a 1:6 BS. The ditch is controlled at 4' depth from edge of shoulder. Sometimes the ex ground is steeper than the 1:6 and the...
View ArticleOpenRoads alignment stationed forwards and back
Windows 7 & OpenRoads 674I built two pieces of an alignment and connected them using the Reverse Curve by Angle command. When I do this I get the stationing along the alignment going in both...
View ArticleOpenRoads modeling
I want to generate the corridor model as I draft my horizontal alignment. My terrain model is active, native style and features definition toggle bar settings are set. I generate the corridor model as...
View Articlegeometry - utilities - trim alignment
Using V8i SS2I need to trim a side road geometry, horizontal and vertical, at an Edge of Pavement geometry of mainline. It seems only the horizontal is getting trimmed while it's vertical stationing...
View ArticleSet Element Elevation
We work in both Microstation V8 and PowerCivil. Within Microstation there is a command that will set an element to an elevation, and then increment up or down to a new elevation. This command is very...
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