InRoads vs Rail Track - What is the difference?

Offline caddcop over 9 years ago

I have used InRail over 8 years ago for a very specific task - Tunnel Section from Laser Scan Data. All of my other experience with these packages is within InRoads.

I am currently working on a large Light Rail project. Someone else is handling all vertical and horizontal alignments for the track portions. That same group is also developing the cant stations and values. I am the person getting all of the design data into the Roadway Designer.

So, my questions are as follows:

Can I continue to use Power InRoads and get the job done, or do I need to have Rail Track?
If I need Rail Track, what is the Rail Track equivalent to Power InRoads?
What specifically is in Rail Track that is missing from InRoads?

TIA

0 Offline jpln Mon, Nov 3 2014 12:15 PM
I you are using Power Inroads SS3 you should not have any rail modules (turnouts, cant alignment and some others). In regards of Roadway Designer, the main difference is probably the cant control point that is probably not available in Power Inroads (I didn't check). it allows to apply track cant from the cant alignment. But geometry is the same, as well as features. So depending on what you will attempt to do and use you may conitnue with Power Inroads.
The equivalent is Power Rail Track which is not available yet in SS3 version (based on Openroads technology).
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0 Offline caddcop Mon, Nov 3 2014 12:59 PM in reply to jpln
I'm tied to Ss2 due to client constraints. So, if I enter Superelevation (cant) data manually, and since I am not being asked to model turnouts or crossovers, I should be OK?
Charles (Chuck) Rheault
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MDOT State Highway Administration
Maryland DOT - State Highway Administration User Communities Page

MicroStation user since IGDS, InRoads user since TDP.

AutoCAD, Land Desktop and Civil 3D, off and on since 1996
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0 Offline jpln Tue, Nov 4 2014 1:44 AM in reply to caddcop
Yes it should be.
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0 Offline Christiaan Post Tue, Nov 11 2014 8:44 AM
Hi,

I know that Bentley is working on a OpenRAIL version SS3 and hopefully there is an beta at the end of the year.

I have used PowerRailtrack to model the alignment ant cant design. For creating the templates I used Openroads SS3 and use the pointcontrol tools to attach the cant design in SS3 and it works fine for me.

Regards, Christiaan
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0 Offline Richard W. Bradshaw Wed, Nov 12 2014 8:11 AM in reply to caddcop
If you are tied to SELECTseries 2 then you could use elevation difference verticals to define a point control for the left rail (and a second elevation difference vertical for the right rail). You will need to adjust for the rotation point, when you create the difference vertical alignment. Also, I would assume that you are using clothoid transition spirals, since this is a light rail project. If you were using non-clothoidal transition spirals then you would need to add additional stations within the spirals to accomplish the correct shape of the cant transition.

The cant point control is not in any version of InRoads (i.e. SELECTseries 2 or SELECTseries 3).

R. W. Bradshaw
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