Download - © 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Michael Cavanaugh Product Manager, Road and Site InRoads V8i SELECTseries 1.

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Michael CavanaughProduct Manager, Road and Site

InRoads V8i SELECTseries 1

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• Overview

• MicroStation

• Bentley Map

• Surfaces

• Geometry

• Site Modeler

• Roadway Designer

• Quantity Manager and Volumes

• The Items Browser

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Overview

• Followed closely on the heels of the V8i release

• Goals– Resolve customer reports – 360 resolved so far– Closer integration with MicroStation– Deliver a better user experience– Import of GIS information through Bentley Map– Implement Site Modeler– Extend the Roadway Designer into 3R projects– Easier visualization with Civil products

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MicroStation

• Closer integration within the MicroStation environment– Menus incorporated in the MicroStation Menu bar– Task workflow and Context menus– Menus in \data\dgnlib\InRoads_Task_Menus.dgnlib

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Explorer

• Has a command to Show or Hide in MicroStation

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Menus

• Task Worklows • Individual Workflows

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Context Menu

• Right-click Context Menu

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Addition of Bentley Map

• Added to the Suite Products– InRoads Suite– Rail Track Suite– GEOPAK Suite– MX Suite

• Part of the installation

• Provides for import of SHP files for GIS information

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Surfaces

• Resolve Crossing Segments

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Surfaces

• Delete Triangles by Filter– More options for removal– Creation of Exterior Boundary

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Geometry

• Auto-Annotation of alignments during placement and editing with design criteria applied

• New Simplified Horizontal and Vertical Element placement commands

• Additional Utilities for modification of geometry and traverses including– Metes and Bounds command– Segment alignment– Chain– Curve Fitting

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Geometry

• Many more enhancements to commands for ease of use– Horizontal and Vertical Table Editor operation

• Added K value for vertical curve parameter

– Extended the point descriptions allowing lengthy notations from Survey and URL links

– Added Quick options to Horizontal and Vertical Regression commands

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Auto-Annotation and Design Criteria

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Site Modeler

• Debuted in PowerCivil for North America

• Addition of the GEOPAK Site capabilities

• Nomenclature changed to be consistent with InRoads– Project, Site, Surface, Element

• InRoads surfaces can be added to Site Project

• Results can be exported as InRoads surfaces

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Roadway Designer

• Overlay component– Stripping/milling

• Removes material

– Leveling• Adds material

• Cross Slope Optimization

• Vertical Alignment Smoothing

• Creating components from the Roadway Designer– True representation is much better than previously– Solid meshes make rendering the model easier

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Items Browser

• Implementation for the future– Attachment of data to design elements

• Components, alignments, surface features, drainage