Corridor taking a long time to update after making a change

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

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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

  • From 1: How do you disable the corridor clipping? Is it just unlocking the little lock icon? What does that actually do?

    From 3: What do you mean only include small station ranges to process? I dont see anywhere to change what is being processed.

    From 4: What is the best way to break up my corridor. I could break it up in before bridge, bridge, and after bridge, but right now it just the whole mainline. I would obviously like to keep all the key stations, parametric constraints, etc. that I have made to my current cooridor.

    Thanks Vern, I actually feel like I am getting somewhere with this stuff.

    Zachary Billings, P.E.

    Senior Roadway Engineer (Licensed in FL and MI)

    CONSOR Engineers, LLC

    System Info:

    Windows 11 | Intel Core i7-13700k | Nvidia RTX 4090 FE | 32 GB of RAM | 2 TB Western Digital Black SN850x NVME

    ORD Version 10.12.02.004 | FDOT Connect Version 10.12.01.00

    YouTube Page for ORD: https://tinyurl.com/BillingsCADD

  • 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.

    Vern

    Answer Verified By: Zachary Billings 

  • Great, thanks Vern, I will give all of those a try. Saw SS4 came out today. Probably going to wait until after the webinar to get that loaded up.

    Zachary Billings, P.E.

    Senior Roadway Engineer (Licensed in FL and MI)

    CONSOR Engineers, LLC

    System Info:

    Windows 11 | Intel Core i7-13700k | Nvidia RTX 4090 FE | 32 GB of RAM | 2 TB Western Digital Black SN850x NVME

    ORD Version 10.12.02.004 | FDOT Connect Version 10.12.01.00

    YouTube Page for ORD: https://tinyurl.com/BillingsCADD

  • I believe some of these slow down issues were due to issues with SS3. I believe SS4 has improved some of these issues.

    Zachary Billings, P.E.

    Senior Roadway Engineer (Licensed in FL and MI)

    CONSOR Engineers, LLC

    System Info:

    Windows 11 | Intel Core i7-13700k | Nvidia RTX 4090 FE | 32 GB of RAM | 2 TB Western Digital Black SN850x NVME

    ORD Version 10.12.02.004 | FDOT Connect Version 10.12.01.00

    YouTube Page for ORD: https://tinyurl.com/BillingsCADD

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