• Horizontal Alignment designed with BRT not matching with Open Rail Designer Alignment with same Curve Parameters

    Hi, A Rail Track alignment was previoulsy designed with BRT , I have Autocad file of the previous alignment designed with BRT. I try to design the same alignment with Open Rail Designer ( with same Tangent lines , Curve Radius=700m, Transition Length…
  • Transitions used in power rail track

    Hi all, I'm trying to find the formulas/definition used for different transition types in power rail track and create new transition types or modify exisitng one . I have searched the reports, standards files but i cant able to find out it . Any…
  • Railtrack - segments annotation

    Hi, can anyone advise me why I can not describe segements from the design surface? Only segments in the current surface can be described. Can you please give me a brief tutorial on how to describe the segments in the design surface? I saw this…
  • XIN: not showing any selection in Geometry commands

    1. In Projectwise: loaded legacy XIN file into DGN file that has geometry created by using legacy methods (sorry, everyone hates that new DGN-based method). When trying to load any preferences or style into View geometry routines (View Horizontal Geometry…
  • Secondary routes - Railtrack

    Hello, do you use someone's secondary routes? I plan the platform and I need the components to draw always perpendicular to the adjacent track. I have set up secondary routes, see the picture. At the outer platform, everything works. Not at the island…
  • How to add constraint in Double track Ballast?

    Hi All, how to add constraint like this double track ballast profile & transition with a single track, can anybody help me please, attached herewith .itl template file for my project. MPD_Project_Temp.itl
  • Report Geometry and Clerance

    Sorry my english I want to build a report in which I get the notable points of geometry plus/with the clerance points in order of stationing. It is possible??? Thanks Paulo Tomás
  • How setup google earth image view in SS4

    Hi, I have one doubt about the civil 3D there one option of using bing map like aerial map command that map assigning coordinates system it similarly in PRT method but in PRT only allows for only capture image type but i need that whatever coordinate…
  • Station Equation and Major Minor stationing issue - Fix that worked for me

    Hi Have you ever experienced that when you have a station equation on you alignment, that viewing station major and minor is not shown. Even if the settings are correct in the xin. I have had this experience so I'm just sharing the solution that I found…
  • Curve Maintenance

    Hi Rail experts, I would like to know if some of you are working on curve maintenance. I mean where you deal with a single curve to adjust curvatures (and cant) in order to get it back to normal/acceptable state. One method is to set marks at regular…
  • Guidance & Question On Alignments To Profile

    Hi all I have two questions regarding the Alignments To Profile Command, which I was hoping someone could shed some light on. Question 1 I have created a profile to display the exiting profile of the left hand rail. I use the command Alignment…
  • ContextCapture in PRT

    Hello every one ContextCapture - option in Power Rail Track any one knows how to use this option in PRT and material/links related to this, please guide me.
  • turnout length precision

    Hi everyone, I have a problem with the turnout's lengths. I defined everything in txt file with the precision 0.1234 and in BRT Turnout Library all lengths are with the precision 0. Does someone have any idea have can I change it? Before everything…
  • Bentley Rail track vs InRoads

    Hi All, May sounds daft, but what is the difference between latest InRoads (SS4) and Bentley Rail Track (SS4)? Versions look to be the same, and file size is very similar, and in Microstation - when loaded through BRT the dropdown is "InRoads suite…
  • RE: import file

    All these files are Rail Track files so they don't have to be imported but just opened through the Rail Track Files open command. The question is what do you want to do with the content ? Then it is when some training can help. In Power Rail Track SS4…
  • Merging the ballast template when producing a earthworks corridor

    Hi All, I am new to Bentley Rail Track and have been attempting to model earthworks for a set of railway lines. Modelling the earthworks is coming along well, however when two sets of rail lines run close to each other, the template for the sleeper…
  • Existing track geometry at regular (5m or 10m intervals)?

    Is it possible for BRT to produce a report that provides the existing track (CL) geometry at regular intervals (preferably 5m or 10m) rather than at the regression points?
  • How do you get the roadway designer to deal with CANT?

    Hi, To summarise; needing to create a 3D string which represents (for example) the edge of a station platform - set co-planar to the running rails. Currently playing around with templates and roadway designer which works well when there is zero Cant…
  • Measuring distances to nearest surface/mesh/element (or Point Cloud) along an alignment corridor - Gauging with Point Cloud Data

    I am trying to undertaking gauging exercise along an alignment against point cloud data. I have the alignment in CAD Bentley Rail Track format. I also have the point cloud data in surface/mesh form if needed. I need to record distances to nearest…
  • Difference in test and how the template actually works

    Hello! This problem occurs very often. Typically when I use "project to surface". If I turn of my control points of cant and alignment, the template goes down, on the level of the wrong working element I assume that the template is placed…
  • Report Template

    Dear All, While generating the reports, i am getting only one option to save the report in .xml. when i open the file in excel it becomes very big with lots of columns and rows. The manual says that i should get options to save the report in various…
  • Lype style for spiral

    How to show the different line style for transition curve (Spiral). I have assigned line style centre for my alignment. It is showing firm line at transition curve. On linear element and circular element it is showing properly but problem is with transition…
  • Missing link to excel from inside the XML viewer

    Hi community After doing a xlm-report I often forward the data to excel for further analysis. This I do by right clicking in the report data area and then chose the link to excel in the popup menu. I have a few colleagues to whom this link is not…
  • Horizontal Curvature Drawing Taking time

    Hi, I am working on a rail project currently where i need to recreate alignment of an existing railway line. I used regression tools for doing the same. I imported the survey data which has centreline of tracks as polylines. Converted poly line to Horizontal…