Whenever I update my corridor, whether it be syncing a template drop, or creating a new parametric constraint, etc., it takes a very long time for the corridor to finish updating. The corridor is only on Design Stage 1. This really only seems to happen with my mainline template. My template does have several switches in it that changes the end condition based on the paremetric constraint I choose. So i can have a paved shoulder, a turn lane with paved shoulder, a wall, or some shoulder gutter depending on the paremetric constraint. I have also been working on several sideroads that come in and create intersection with the mainline. So there is some corridor clipping going on as well.
Is there something I could have done to make this so slow? I have had large templates before and they have never really caused any issues. Also, I am using Windows 10 now, so perhaps that has something to do with it. All of my other corridors for my sideroads update quickly, so it seems to be related to that mainline corridor only.
Thanks
To speed things up, you could toggle off the processing lock (Lock - Deactivate Rule) so after every little change the corridor won't process. The downside to this is you won't see your changes immediately. The benefit is you will be able to update a lot of settings without the automated processing slowing you down. You will have to process the corridor after all the changes are done to see the changes by toggling on the processing lock(Lock - Deactivate Rule) in the Corridor Objects dialog or by using the Task Navigation > Civil Tools > Corridor Modeling > Process Corridor tool.
Zachary Billings, P.E.
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Yes, Corridor Clippings do add significant overhead to a corridor processing.
Here are a few things to help speed up processing when designing...
1. In the Corridor Object dialog disable the corridor clipping until you need them for final processing
2. Open Project Explorer, Civil Standards drop out the design file and find the Project Settings, Corridor Design Stages
Right click and select properties. In the Include Critical Section group, turn all to false
3. In the Corridor Object dialog, only include small station ranges (i.e sections of the design) ot the template to process while you are perfecting the design in that area. Later you can process the whole enchilada.
4 Break the corridor into sections, remember it doesn't matter if its all in one, the 3D model doesn't care Once it's been created you can extract the final Cross Section all at one time.
Vern
ref. 1 The little lock icon is what enables/disables the auto corridor processing on edits to any corridor objects.
ref. 1 I made a mistake you can not disable corridor clipping references, only add/remove. So the only option is to add them last or when you need to check the design. They may work faster in SS4 however I have not tested this.
ref.3 I meant changing the station template drop range, this works if you have one drop per corridor.
ref. 4 Yes, by breaking up the corridor by intersections or defined lengths(500, 1000 , or 1500 feet ) this would require re-adding all the corridor objects. With the exception of the PConstraints, they can be saved to a file and re-loaded. There is a Corridor "Results Report" that can be save as a file to re- input on similar corridors.
Answer Verified By: Zachary Billings