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"Unable to track file..." Error Message when Launching InRoads.

InRoads Technical Support Team — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:08:45 GMT

InRoads on a Windows 7 64bit Operating System Error Message:
“Unable to track file c:\progra~1\bentley\inroad~1.11\data\civil.xin through Access Manager. The file resides on a Read-Only share or directory and will be opened Read-Only."

To Resolve this Issue:

In Windows Explorer, navigate to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley folder. Right-click on the Bentley folder and select Properties from the pop-up menu. On the Securities tab, select the Users name and 'Edit' the permissions. You need to allow Full control Permissions for Users.

2. On the General tab, uncheck “Read-Only”, select Apply and then OK. When prompted to Confirm Attribute Changes, toggle on "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files" and select OK. If prompted, select Continue on the Access Denied dialog and Ignore All on the Error Applying Attributes dialog.

3. Try to launch the product.

4. If the message still appears, go to the Windows Start menu and right-click on the icon used to launch the product. From the pop-up menu select Properties. On the Compatibility tab, toggle on “Run as Administrator”. Restart the computer and launch InRoads.

If the above workflow does not resolve the issue please download the following files. Once these files are downloaded, run the move_XIN_64.bat file. After running the *.BAT, run the Project Default.reg file. This will create a project default to point to the *.XIN file that was just moved.

Creating a Centerline Alignment Between Two Horizontal Alignments

Jacquelyn Pettus — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:05:59 GMT

Product(s):	InRoads
Version(s):	08.11.07+
Area:	Geometry Design

This workflow will demonstrate how to create a “best fit” centerline alignment between two edge of pavement horizontal alignments.

For this example, there are two existing horizontal alignments. One represents the left edge of pavement (shown in green), and one represents the right edge of pavement (shown in red).

Display these two alignments using the command Geometry > View Geometry > Horizontal Annotation. Make sure to turn on the options to “Display as Complex Linestring” and “Planarize”.
Within MicroStation, use the Move/Copy Parallel command to create offsets of the two alignments to the outside of the originals.
Use the InRoads command Surface > Design Surface > Set Elevation to set the elevation of the two new linestrings to an elevation of 10’.
Now you have the two original alignments at elevation of zero and two offset alignments at elevations of 10’.
Use the command Surface > Design Surface > Generate Longitudinal Feature to create the best fit centerline feature.
On the Generate Longitudinal Feature dialog, click on the Controls tab. Set the Horizontal Method to “Project Two Slopes”.
One the Main tab, set the interval, set the feature style to “breakline” and toggle on the Generate Graphics Only option.
Click Apply. You are prompted to “Identify First Element for Slope 1”. Select the original left edge of pavement and accept.
You are prompted to “Identify Second Element for Slope 1”. Select the offset to the left edge of pavement and accept.
You are prompted to “Identify First Element for Slope 2”. Select the original right edge of pavement and accept.
You are prompted to “Identify Second Element for Slope 2”. Select the offset to the right edge of pavement and accept.
You are prompted to “Identify Reference Element”. Select the original left edge of pavement and accept.
You are prompted to “Identify beginning>Reset for Entire”. Click the reset to accept the entire left edge of pavement.
You are prompted to “Identify beginning>Reset for Entire”. Click the reset to accept the entire left edge of pavement.
This graphic can be imported as the centerline alignment using the command File > Import > Geometry. On the From Graphics tab, set Type to Horizontal Alignment. Key in a name for the alignment.
Click apply to identify and accept the centerline graphic.

Displaying Components in Cross Section Sets

Jacquelyn Pettus — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:00:37 GMT

Product(s):	InRoads
Version(s):	08.11.07+
Area:	Cross Sections
Original Author:	Jacquelyn Pettus, Bentley Technical Support Group

To display components in existing cross sections, you should use the Evaluation>Cross Section>Cross Sections command.

Use the selector button to select the correct cross section set. Expand the Update Cross Sections folder and highlight Components. Set the Mode to Display On and select the correct surface. All available components will be displayed.

Please see the screenshot below. This screenshot shows the components that are available for display in the cross section set. You will also notice in the screenshot there are components in black, red and gray text.

If the component name is in black text, then select the component(s) and hit apply to display them in the cross section set.

If the component is in gray text, the style needs to be edited in the style manager to allow for display in the cross sections. Make sure that Components is toggled on in the Surface Feature>Settings leaf of the Edit Style dialog.

If this component name is in red text, the feature style is not defined in the style manager. One option is to simply change the style name under Surface > Feature > Feature Properties.

Another option is to create the style in the Style Manager so the component(s) can be displayed in the cross section. The new style may be created by going to Tools > Style Manager. Once in the Style Manager, the exact style name must be created that was used for the feature.

Once all the styles/symbologies have been verified and are displayed in black text, return to the Update Cross Section command to display them.

Displaying Rights of Way in a Cross Section Set

InRoads Technical Support Team — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:25:37 GMT

First, import the ROW into a surface as a surface feature. This can be done with File > Import > Surface command. It is recommended to toggle on “Exclude from Triangulation” so the ROW doesn’t get triangulated in the surface. It is also recommended to "Drape" the ROW onto the existing surface the ROWs can be seen in the cross section set. Once the ROW is part of the surface, go to the Update Cross Section command and turn on the ROW as a Crossing Feature.

New Wiki Post: Creating a Centerline Alignment Between Two Horizontal Alignments

InRoads Technical Support Team — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:58:10 GMT

A new wiki has been posted - This wiki demonstrates how to create a “best fit” centerline alignment between two edge of pavement horizontal alignments. You can find the wiki at the link below:

http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/creating-a-centerline-alignment-between-two-horizontal-alignments.aspx

Created a surface from contours but not getting the same contours as imported. How can the contours appear smoother?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:49:15 GMT

When importing contours, it should be remembered that InRoads is not a triangle or contour based product. It is a feature based product. The contours are imported as contour features. They will then become triangulated and new contours will be formed. If there are sharp edges in the contours, try running the command Surface > Utilities > Generate Inferred Breaklines.

Can Drainage Areas be imported from graphics?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:47:48 GMT

Not directly. InRoads can import from a text file. Try exporting the vertices of the graphic shapes from MicroStation’s Tools > Dimensions > XYZ Text > Export Coordinates. This command will export the XYZ data for graphic elements selected. Then this file can be edited to add the area ids for the point data and then it can be imported into InRoads *.SDB file with File > Import > Drainage. Search Help for “File Characteristics” for drainage formats.

Can Pay Items be imported from a text file?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:45:45 GMT

Pay Items can be imported with an Excel file. The Excel file can be created from a text file through an import process. Please see the wiki article

How to Delete a Curve Set from a Superelevation Section

InRoads Technical Support Team — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:29:14 GMT

The simplest way to convert a curve set back to normal crown is to manually edit the superelevation control lines in the superelevation diagram. Simply right click in the superelevation diagram and select “Delete Points”. Drag the cursor to select the points you wish to delete. You should delete all the points that are in superelevation in the curve set you want to return normal crown.

Why is there no longer an ALG *.lck file?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:57:32 GMT

Beginning in InRoads version 08.11.07.566 there are no *.lck files for the geometry project. The functionality of “locking the file” is now held in the ALG file itself. Previously, to manually unlock an ALG file, you would delete the *.lck file from the project folder. In version 08.11.07.566 the solution is to hold down the CTRL key and select the Free button. This change was implemented so that ANY user could unlock a file locked by any other user even if they didn’t have access to that user’s folder with the *.lck file.

Assign Function Key to Open InRoads

InRoads Technical Support Team — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:56:12 GMT

Question:
How do you assign a function key to open InRoads from within Microstation?

Answer:
To assign a Function Key to open InRoads, please follow these steps:

In the microstation menu, go to Workspace>Function Keys
Highlight the key you wish to assign a value to
Key in “mdl l” and then the path to the ma in the Action field
On a 64bit machine, it would be mdl l "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\InRoads Group V8.11\bin\civustat.ma"
On a 32bit machine, it would be mdl l "C:\Program Files\Bentley\InRoads Group V8.11\bin\civustat.ma"

(Please note that these are the default locations of the ma, if you have installed InRoads in a different directory, you will need to use that path to the ma – just search for “civustat.ma”. Also, you need the quotation marks in the command line for it to load.)

When was AutoCAD 2012 added to the list of compatible platforms?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:32:35 GMT

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

Where are the updates/patches located for download?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:31:53 GMT

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

How can the update for InRoads V08.11.07.536 (V08.11.07.566) be uninstalled?

InRoads Technical Support Team — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:30:32 GMT

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