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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Zane Pratt's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/2819e882_2d00_ad5a_2d00_427e_2d00_8f46_2d00_3547e3f9ba64</link><description>Zane Pratt's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Alternative approach to Corridor/Template Design - 3D Linear Method</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/168424/alternative-approach-to-corridor-template-design---3d-linear-method</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:55b0562b-94c0-440d-bb60-511b65439024</guid><dc:creator>Alex Badaoui</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Fellow Engineers, Modelers, Bentley Operators, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last year in July 2017 at the 9th International&amp;nbsp;Visualization In Transportation Symposium I presented an abstract detailed an alternative approach to working with Corridor/template design.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This approach is called &amp;quot;3D Linear Method&amp;quot;. It is the complete opposite on what Bentley encourages in their teaching workshops, and consequently the opposite what is demonstrated by every major Department of Transport I have encountered. A brief outline on how it works:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Instead of single templates/corridors spanning the whole width of each roadway alignment, the corridors are broken up by element.&amp;nbsp;1 corridor per curb, lane, shoulder, guard rail, end condition, wall, barrier, etc. Each piece is connected to each other, eventually connecting directly or indirectly to control lines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While this creates 100&amp;#39;s of extra corridors, the advantages make this technique far superior to the designer, and end user (client of contractor) than the current approach for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1) Templates are simple, easy to create, and have no complex display rules so they are functional for the novice user&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2) The same template can be re-used 1000&amp;#39;s of times, across any project, making the data consistent 100% of the time, giving reliable consistent symbology when the data is visualized&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3) The consistent nature of common templates used always simpler digital quantities to be extracted, as similar objects can be collected by symbology&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4) Changes are more manageable - change only the parts you need to change, and the connectivity of all the other corridors will automatically be adjusted&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5) More than 1 user can work on the same road in the same section at the same time as everything is broken into smaller pieces&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6) Simpler to train - for those unfamiliar with a 3D environment, this 3D Linear Method is identical to criteria&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7) Processing is&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;substantially&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;reduced - it is quicker to process 100&amp;#39;s of small corridors with no complex rules than 1 or 2 massive corridors with lots of display rules by a factor of 10.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This technique has been implemented across every designer I have worked directly with in Illinois over the past 4 years, and there has been 3 distinct reactions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;a) Those with some 3D knowledge embraced it fully, recognizing that this is the ONLY way to utilize the software, no exceptions&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;b) Those with minimal or zero 3D knowledge dismissed it entirely, citing &amp;quot;This is not the way Bentley teaches it&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;c) Those with medium experience recognize its power, and use a toned down version of 3D Linear method - they build templates that span all lanes, 1 for shoulders, then 1 for end conditions, for example.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Overall it has been received positively from those who understand the software&amp;#39;s limitations, and widely used across Illinois Tollway I-294 project currently underway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This modeling technique has caused quite a controversy here from the State Government in Illinois (IDOT) due to the radically different approach. So I wanted to hear from the greater community regarding this technique.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you would like to contact me directly about this, feel free to do so:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alexander Badaoui, PE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;P 312.467.0123&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;|&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:abadaoui@terraengineering.com"&gt;abadaoui@terraengineering.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The presentation I made showing this in more detail is found here:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se8oQvVNw_w&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se8oQvVNw_w&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The attached PDF is a summary of the abstract presented.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7jwku3ns2cu7aql/Abstract%20-%20Developing%20Visualization%20Transportation%20Models%20-%203D%20Linear%20method.pdf?dl=0"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/s/7jwku3ns2cu7aql/Abstract%20-%20Developing%20Visualization%20Transportation%20Models%20-%203D%20Linear%20method.pdf?dl=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This was geared towards a non-technical audience. The following power point below is more technically driven, detailing how the naming convention operates in Illinois:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxq9nrm5z5vc63i/2018-03_AB%20to%20IBUG_May%202018%20-%20Part%201.pptx?dl=0"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxq9nrm5z5vc63i/2018-03_AB%20to%20IBUG_May%202018%20-%20Part%201.pptx?dl=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your feedback on this technique.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Custom 3d line styles not displaying correctly as 3d corridor features</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/196461/custom-3d-line-styles-not-displaying-correctly-as-3d-corridor-features</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:47:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c4f39e9f-1813-4126-8558-96e77616bb2f</guid><dc:creator>Ian Brown</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi there,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve created various 3d linestyles (as mesh objects)* and are trying to link them to my feature definitions so that they can show up in 3d once I apply my template drops. I&amp;#39;ve went through the whole process from:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3d Line style creation;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ensure MS_SYMBRSRC config variable targets custom resource files;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Element template definition;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Feature symbology creation;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Feature definition creation;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adding the feature definitions to the relevant template points;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Applying the template;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ensure linestyles view attribute is switched on;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but somehow these linestyles doesn&amp;#39;t pull through in my 3d view.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*The reason for using mesh objects when creating 3d linestyles is when we drop the linestyles, the mesh objects can easily be consumed by other software, i.e. AutoCad, Navisworks, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s some snapshot which could give some extra reference:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Snapshot (in ORD 2019 release 1) of two gaurdrails catering for both directions - The one selected is BARR-EZYG WBeam RHS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1064x823/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/Snap0.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Snapshot illustrating my element template, feature symb and 3d line (in the 3d view) of &lt;span&gt;BARR-EZYG WBeam RHS. Note that it just appears as a solid black line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1872x850/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1588231736555v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1588231540146v3.png"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Snapshot illustrating my feature definition in the explorer and&amp;nbsp;the feature def in the template&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1882x584/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/Snap3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Help would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ian Brown&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cape Town, RSA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Edit .rsc file</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/178304/edit-rsc-file</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:32:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a8147c18-012e-46e8-9ac3-c9ef04c1e08a</guid><dc:creator>Ryan Platner</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I am running Openroads Designer Connect Edition 2019- Release 1. I need to edit a .rsc file, then import the line styles into a .dgnlib to be used in a Connect workspace. I open the .rsc file and am able to create the new base stroke pattern that I need. When I go to try and assign that base stroke pattern to my point , I get the dialog below. The dialog will not allow me to browse the stroking options that I have created. Thoughts on why this is?&amp;nbsp; Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1280x960/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/2541.Capture.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>OpenRoads Designer:  Top, Bottom Mesh and Alternate Surfaces in Surface Templates</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/174959/openroads-designer-top-bottom-mesh-and-alternate-surfaces-in-surface-templates</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:36:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cce754f1-540f-4c76-a067-4f31cbe3ef95</guid><dc:creator>Zane Pratt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Are there plans to add Top and Bottom Meshes to Surface Templates?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Are there plans to add Alternate Surfaces to Surface Templates?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As users are setting up ORD for production.&amp;nbsp; It would be beneficial&amp;nbsp;to know if Bentley was planning on supporting the creation of Top/Bottom Meshes and Alternate Surfaces from Surface Templates.&amp;nbsp; Currently, the only problem with Surface Templates is creating the base and subgrade surfaces.&amp;nbsp; Only one method seems to work, selecting the linear features from a graphical filter.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I, like many users, model using a combination of corridors, linear templates, terrains and surface templates.&amp;nbsp; But if Top/Bottom Meshes and Alternate Surfaces only work for corridors and linear templates, why use them?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It is tough to model most roadway projects with just corridors alone.&amp;nbsp; Surface Templates seem to fill in a lot of gaps where corridor modeling becomes difficult.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I see a lot of confusion out there on how to create sub surfaces.&amp;nbsp; It would be nice to know if using linear features with graphical filters is the way forward or are Top/Bottom Meshes and Alternate surfaces a future enhancement with surface templates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thanks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Vertical Offset/Slope/Variable Slope from Element profile tool to create Complex Profile Alignments with Profile Curves between elements ORD 10.08</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/199131/vertical-offset-slope-variable-slope-from-element-profile-tool-to-create-complex-profile-alignments-with-profile-curves-between-elements-ord-10-08</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:44:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cf817c84-9c47-4ebd-a991-712bfd1fab6c</guid><dc:creator>Chris Andrew</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Previous to 10.08 we were able to extend a crossfall from one Geometry string to another plan element and include Profile Curves between elements to smooth out the transitions between multiple elements.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1592577876591v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1592577908951v2.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Anyone Experiencing OpenRoads Designer loading dgn files slowly in Projectwise?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/192296/anyone-experiencing-openroads-designer-loading-dgn-files-slowly-in-projectwise</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:00:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8c4c1005-58c7-472b-9176-f946595c833d</guid><dc:creator>Zane Pratt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We are experiencing dgn files loading slowly with ORD in Projectwise.&amp;nbsp; We have gone as far as commenting out all varies except the absolute necessary ones. (dgnlib, cellist, civil content, seed files, etc...) Still is slow loading between opening files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We started using Bentley&amp;#39;s default workspace as a template but it is so full of&amp;nbsp;open variables and directives it is hard to see what is slowing it down.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just wondering if anyone has got ORD to run fast as v8i on Projectwise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Good Idea!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/f3a57940-b176-4972-933d-aeb6f9f5dd1b</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:47:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7b8a60ef-6502-4a67-959c-1a3fffe6c16d</guid><dc:creator /><description>Receive 10 upvotes for an idea</description></item><item><title>Strange Error/Message Box:  &amp;quot;Name required as parameter for this function.&amp;quot; when exiting a file with Project Wise.</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/126621/strange-error-message-box-name-required-as-parameter-for-this-function-when-exiting-a-file-with-project-wise</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:50:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:731d4808-4172-4334-8cac-46e7ab28e470</guid><dc:creator>caddcop</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;When I exit a file in our PW managed workspace, I often get this a message box carrying this message. The dialog title is Bentley InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 4) so I am attributing this error to InRoads and not Project Wise. If that is wrong, feel free to move this post to that forum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bottom Mesh for Linear Templates and corridors</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/187688/bottom-mesh-for-linear-templates-and-corridors</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:34:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:55047c20-c761-49d7-8419-aa4fb12cdf63</guid><dc:creator>Zane Pratt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;When modeling corridors and linear templates, the bottom mesh creates a vertical line at the end of templates.&amp;nbsp; In contrast the top mesh doesn&amp;#39;t do this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there a fix to this?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Bottom Mesh highlighted in Red below)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am trying to include bottom meshes for quick subgrade terrain creation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1572292812112v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1572292920217v2.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>WorkSet configurations</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/135992/workset-configurations</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 17:20:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:88782999-0f2a-44f0-a343-f3546a6ca7fd</guid><dc:creator>Dan Bonenfant</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Couple of hopefully simple questions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beginning configuration of ORD&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_USTN_WORKSETDGNS&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = $(_USTN_WORKSETROOT)Dgn/&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is created in the WorkSet.CFG file. is there a way to modify the default. I would like it to be _USTN_WORKSETDGNS&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = $(_USTN_WORKSETROOT)&amp;nbsp; because we place our design files in different folders depending on their use.l&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is a veriable USTN_WorkSpaceLABEL&amp;nbsp; that allows one to change the workspace label to something like State (USTN_WorkSpaceLABEL = State) is there one for the workset (ie workset label = Job)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>OpenRoads Designer:  Offset Alignment command, Please look into this, a game changer for designers !!!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/i/openroads_conceptstation/openroads-designer-offset-alignment-command-please-look-into-this-a-game-changer-for-designers</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:52:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f7ce828d-5839-463a-8cc3-4acedb75b3b0</guid><dc:creator>Zane Pratt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please look into creating an offset alignment command that will create a complex element along an alignment that can be controlled dynamically with station, offset and cross slope points.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The current horizontal and vertical offset commands in OpenRoads create offset&amp;nbsp;geometry&amp;nbsp;, but these commands are very difficult to use on a long corridors with many transitions.&amp;nbsp; The user has to create an individual element for every horizontal and vertical transition then chain them together in the plan view as well as the profile view.&amp;nbsp; If you need to insert a point or transition , you usually have to start over because of all the geometry rules involved with the different elements.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;nbsp;would like to see a new option for creating offset geometry.&amp;nbsp; A&amp;nbsp;command that will allow a user to create offset geometry along the whole alignment in one step.&amp;nbsp; The user should be able to insert and remove vertices easily.&amp;nbsp; The vertices&amp;nbsp;(station, offset, cross slope) would be controlled in plan view similar to how the horizontal offsets are controlled.&amp;nbsp; An option to just insert cross slope vertices would be beneficial&amp;nbsp;to control the cross slope without modifying&amp;nbsp;the horizontal control.&amp;nbsp; If a table was linked to the cross slope data , superelevations and lanes could then be controlled by true geometry. Civil 3d&amp;nbsp;has this feature , speeds up modeling tremendously. In a since, this command would combine the super elevation, horizontal and vertical geometry commands in order to create dynamic control lines for modeling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Civil 3d Videos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/8Nu1_L91JLU"&gt;https://youtu.be/8Nu1_L91JLU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/D_FaWYPRRXA"&gt;https://youtu.be/D_FaWYPRRXA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thanks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>[IR SS2] Vertical alignment or corridor with gaps?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/183336/ir-ss2-vertical-alignment-or-corridor-with-gaps</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fc86ac30-30aa-4f6c-8d23-55a77c98663b</guid><dc:creator>MaryB</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this is possible...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am working on a shared use path, and I&amp;#39;ve been asked to design a single vertical alignment with &amp;quot;gaps&amp;quot; in it (to signify roadway crossings and other elements where we do not need a profile). Whether this is accomplished by an actual gap, or by outlandish elevations (used to do this with Geopak) - I don&amp;#39;t know how best to go about this. I&amp;#39;d prefer something where I do not have to go through and delete unwanted sections of my profile every single time I need to visualize it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And in similar vein, is there any way to make a gap in between template drops? Like: template, template, no template, template, template? That would be a whole lot easier than making (and keeping track of) a dozen separate corridors, and easier even that coming up with a &amp;quot;nothing&amp;quot; template (in case the transitions refuse to behave).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;MaryB&lt;br /&gt;Power InRoads 08.11.07.615&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Let me Help You</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/687f4b6d-e18a-4e55-836c-49926ca2c9d9</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 05:55:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a969395e-afd0-4261-9be0-4f8bc39cb81a</guid><dc:creator /><description>Answer a question that is verified as helpful or correct.</description></item><item><title>ORD Terrain Model TRUE offset</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/180698/ord-terrain-model-true-offset</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 02:21:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c33beaa0-74e3-42ce-a8dc-3d6300bf815b</guid><dc:creator>Tyler Johnson</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It would be very beneficial when designing channels(lining channels with riprap etc.) or in a similar fashion milling/ overlaying a roadway to be able to make a TRUE offset of that surface. I understand there are templates to do milling and overlay but when you get a complicated surface(like a scour hole depression in a channel) it does not like it. Pushing a clean cut template is not the solution for these type of designs when the design/proposed surface is iterative.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I understand there was the transform surface command in SS2 but this lifts the surface in the Z direction only and so quantities are not correct because it is not a true offset. There needs to be functionality to offset a surface where the triangles are allowed to grow or shrink such that cross sections can be cut and the perpendicular measure tool (minimum or maximum) measures a consistent thickness throughout. Is this what surface templates are designed for in ORD?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if this cannot be completed another option is to add a tool in the vertical geometry or profile tools to offset the active profile just like the standard microstation graphics offset tool delivered for years. Then you could create a profile of existing ground or any surface in the profile view. Then the offset tool could be used to offset the profile for the new desired profile. Then, set it active and have it draw it in 3D. While it may be tedious this could be done at small intervals and then a terrain could be created from the new TRUE offset graphics. Mission accomplished I now a true offset surface.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are other reasons this would be powerful. Designers often need to be able to offset a line draped to a surface in the Z direction.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>[OR SS4] Is there a way to get terrain contours and contour labels to DGN text and lines?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/179633/or-ss4-is-there-a-way-to-get-terrain-contours-and-contour-labels-to-dgn-text-and-lines</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 22:35:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e7c7db86-22b8-4ae3-b167-ebf1187e7ab7</guid><dc:creator>Tom Felcone</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve used the fence file to get the contours to a separate file, but they are still part of the terrain.&lt;br /&gt;If I drop the terrain, I get the contours, but all the contour text disappears.&lt;br /&gt;How do I get contour labels into a basic 2d dgn? Export to dtm and label in native?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tom F.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>