Is it possible to import legal description text documents in to InRoads?

Hai everyone, I have a .dgn file with a surface(major and minor contours) in it. I am trying to convert this surface to .tin or landxml format so that I can use it in civil3D. Can anyone please help me with this? Attached is the screenshot of the surface. Thank you, yogman

March 2012 AutoCAD 2012 was added to the compatible platforms for InRoads Update V08.11.07.566

The updates and patches are located under "Enhancements and Updates" after searching for the Bentley InRoads product.

The InRoads entire product must be uninstalled to uninstall the update. (The update cannot be uninstalled separately.)

This error message is provided when there are more than 32 characters in a template name, point name, component name, etc.

Use the Copy Preference tool. (Tools > Copy Preference) If the command is not located under Tools, the command is an Application Add-in. Open the *.XIN file in InRoads that will hold the “new” styles. Tools > Copy Preference > search for the second *.XIN file > select the styles/preferences that needs to be copied over to the opened *.XIN file > Apply.

The main reason the platform is not found is when the versions of the platform and InRoads is not compatible. For example: InRoads is not compatible with AutoCAD on a 64 bit OS. So, InRoads would not find a CAD platform in this situation. Another example is if MicroStation XM was installed with InRoads V8i SELECTseries 2. These two products are not compatible with each other and the CAD platform would not be found.

InRoads Survey does not offer this option under the Import Surface command. Workaround: display the 3D alignment using Geometry > View Geometry > 3D Alignment and then run the Remove User Data (Tools > Remove User Data) on the alignment. Run the Import Surface command on the graphics. (If Remove User Data is not available, it’s located under the Application Add-ins command.)

Rename surface command will not resolve this situation. The Copy Portion of Surface command must be ran so that the GUID number changes for the surface.

If the surface in question has no breaklines, only random points, one possible solution is that on the Advanced tab of the Surface Properties dialog, the "Use Features Only" option is toggled on. This option alters the display characteristics of surfaces in cross sections so that the surface data line is displayed between points extracted only from breakline features in the surface. Since, there are no breaklines in the surface, no surface...

In order for the "Export Cross Section" tab to be visible, it must be enabled. First go to Tools > Application Add-Ins and make sure that the Variable Manager is enabled. Then go to Tools > Variable Manager and toggle on “LandXML Translator – Enable Cross Section”. InRoads must be restarted for this change to take effect.

Why don't my end conditions intersect my surfaces in cross-sections exactly? They are either slightly too short in places or slightly overlap. As a rule of thumb, templates should be dropped at the same interval used to cut cross-sections. If two different intervals are used, the two surfaces may not intersect exactly on cross-sections that are cut where no template drop exists. Additionally, if cutting cross-sections at Critical Sections, they...

Problem: I have one IRD file with multiple corridors referring to multiple alignments placed in separate files. When I open single alignment to work with IRD file, InRoads pops up with result errors (missing alignments to other corridors. How do I switch off this notification about errors, which aren't errors at all? Reports lock does not work. Solution: When you open your IRD all corridors within that IRD are looking for the alignments that were...

Ensure that transverse features are set to display in plan view. To do so, select the feature and select Edit Style, the corresponding dialog box will appear. In the Edit Style leaf, select Surface Features Settings. To the right of the dialog box, select Line Segments at 3-D/Plan Display and Apply.

Problem: Is there a way to convert an element(s) that have been drawn in MicroStation into an alignment element or can I convert multiple elements (drawn in MicroStation) that are connected into an alignment? There are times when MicroStation is used to do a preliminary design using tangent lines. Solution: Add your graphic to a selection set. Within Import Geometry> From Graphics select; Resolve Gaps, Join Elements and All Selected Elements Added...

Problem: An alignment was created from existing random cogo points, how can these points in the alignment be re-numbered to a new number sequence? Solution: Geometry>Utilities>Assign Names. Select Alignments radio button then click in the field beneath Name (Filter on the right becomes active). Select Filter and the Alignment to be renumber, add the alignment from Available to Select column, and then OK. Select appropriate Method, Assign if...

The creation of an alternate surface begins in the template. Within each template that makes up the corridor, edit the points for which the alternate surface will be comprised. If the bottom of the component consists of points: LEOP_B, CL_B and REOP_P, each point must be edited. At Alternate Surface: key-in a name for the alternate surface and Apply. Once the alternate surface name has been added for the first point, the Alternate Surface name will...

Problem Description: When right-clicking on a horizontal alignment, the "check integrity" command is grayed out and unavailable. Solution: Horizontal and Vertical Elements Add-In must be toggled on in Tools > Application Add-Ins for this command to be available within the product.

The Generate Grade Contour command computes and displays a path that traverses a triangulated Digital Terrain Model (DTM), ascending as steeply as possible without exceeding a specified maximum slope. The input for the command is an initial point, an initial direction, and a maximum allowable slope. The computed path terminates at the boundary of the DTM or at one of its local maxima. The path is further constrained not to exceed a specified maximum...

Go to C:\Program Files\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation\config\appl and edit the WaterCAD.cfg file. The last line of the file says, “MS_LIBRARY_PATH < $(MS_WATERCAD_ROOTDIR)”. Change the < sign to a > sign and the issue will be resolved.

This issue occurs when regenerating the surface with the Create Surface command with “Empty Design Surface” toggled on. This empties the design surface and recreates the components, features, etc of the surface with new GUID numbers. When this occurs the cross section no longer has its intelligence and it cannot be updated. The workflow should be to turn off the “Empty Design Surface” toggle and select “Modify”...

Run the Copy Preferences command (Tools > Application Add-in > Copy Preferences) to get these file types for import into their *.XIN file. First, open the *.XIN file that is desired for importing. Next, go to Tools > Copy Preferences. Then, browse for the Source Preference File located in the following directory: C:\Program Files\Bentley\InRoads Group V8.11\Sample Data\Survey\survey.xin. After that, select “SurveyIMPEXP” under...

I would like to ask a question about InRoads. I have an Alignment in which I have to put a station equation. I managed to put equation and my horizontal Alignment stationing showing correct, but my vertical profile still showing the station gap. Could you please help me in this regard.

When opening a design file in Microstation alone, circumstances may arise where temporary survey graphics that have been previously displayed remain in the file. For more information on how to correct this issue and “clean” the graphics from the design file, please refer to the wiki: Delete Temporary Survey Graphics .