Bentley Rail Special Interest Group Meeting: Validate and Visualize Rail Design - Wednesday, 27 July, 2016

Join Bentley’s J.P. Gauthier and Robert Nice for this complimentary, one-hour virtual meeting of the Bentley Rail  Special Interest Group. Learn first-hand how to validate and visualize your rail design, including how to:

  • Ensure that your design complies with all relevant rail standards.
  • Ensure that you adhere to design rules and clearance requirements.
  • Use visualization to ensure that the proposed track, signaling, and electrification work with the existing infrastructure to deliver a drivable railway.


Don’t miss this great opportunity to network with industry colleagues, connect with Bentley software experts, and share questions and input.

One session on Wednesday, 27 July, 2016 16:00:00 (CET) 10:00:00(EST) - REGISTER

Another one on Wednesday, 27 July, 2016 23:00:00 (CET) 17:00:00(EST) - REGISTER

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  • Hi guys

    I remotely attended one of these sessions -I think it was this one

    pages.info.bentley.com/event-details-ae;eventGUID=d1290897-5399-4d86-bd39-8c2fb0ed335b&BPID=Jeremy.Santana@bentley.com&CEID=&et_cid=2134563&et_rid=56477583&et_cc=US&et_lc=CS&SKID=

    I actually tried to ask a question, but I think my laptop microphone wasn't working
    I am also now aware that @jpln was the person who was presenting - hello and thank you!

    There was a section on this presentation on capturing photography of a rail corridor site using equipment that records photographic metadata. (X,Y,Z, tilt etc.). It was used in conjunction with topographical information and the Drive Roadway Modeller in PowerRail Track to produce a visualtion that looked great. The presentation then went on to talk about signal sighting in London which was interesting.

    However I cant for the life of me remember the name of this product that was used both to record the photos and then to post process them in a Bentley software interface.

    Could you please remind me what product/products were used for this visualisation and if possible help me find the link to the presentation online. We are looking to use it on a project and would be keen to understand its integration and limitations.

    Thanks

    Alastiar
  • Hello!

    If I recall correctly I think it was a combination of Bentley Signal Sighting, MicroStation and 'Track Access Services' videos.

    The description below this video might help -
    www.youtube.com/watch
  • Bernard

    Yes! but also no! :)
    This is the very video we were shown in the presentation, but there were bits either side of it showing data acquisition and processing. What interests me especially is how the information was obtained and processed. It doesn't look like point cloud data, I think it was less dense/detailed and a lot smaller and therefore easier process.

    Lately, due to lack of track access in the day time, we have bee taking full advantage of the limited day time possessions we do get to go out and survey the track using a 360 degree camera. If this cameras output can be used in the same way as this presentation shows, then we could do a similar thing as shown in this video. Which would be very cool!
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  • Bernard

    Yes! but also no! :)
    This is the very video we were shown in the presentation, but there were bits either side of it showing data acquisition and processing. What interests me especially is how the information was obtained and processed. It doesn't look like point cloud data, I think it was less dense/detailed and a lot smaller and therefore easier process.

    Lately, due to lack of track access in the day time, we have bee taking full advantage of the limited day time possessions we do get to go out and survey the track using a 360 degree camera. If this cameras output can be used in the same way as this presentation shows, then we could do a similar thing as shown in this video. Which would be very cool!
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