InRoads Technical Support Team

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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:

1. In the microstation menu, go to Workspace>Function Keys
2. Highlight the key you wish…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…