I'm using Power GEOPAK SS2 (08.11.07.615). I have 4 adjacent stripping components in my corridor: topsoil, pavement left, pavement right, topsoil. The dynamic cross sections within roadway designer look fine, but in the traditional GEOPAK cross sections drawn from the dtm, these components do not trace existing ground - they simply connect in a straight line between the end points. If I use a single stripping component - such as topsoil stripping across the entire section, then the cross section linework tracing along under existing ground as expected. Adding a second adjacent stripping component is what seems to cause the trouble.
The stripping components don't have to be directly adjacent to each other. If I remove the center pavement components, the remaining - not touching - topsoil components do not both draw correctly.
Katie,
does your chain have any station equations?
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Yes, the chain has a station equation, though my corridor ends right at the station equation - my final corridor station does not cross into the next region
ok. I will send you a link to a priority build. cm in 615 has problems with station equations
please try and uninstall geopak .615 download and install this one and see if the problem persists we may need to file a defect. make sure you are admin and turn your UAC (user account controls in control panel to low before installing)
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I was "detoured" onto another project and am just following up on this issue. Today I was going to step through my process using the .615 build and then try your fix. And today, everything is working just fine. I tested a template using a single stripping component, one using two components - sharing a CL point, and using the same depth, and a template showing topsoil-pavement-pavement-topsoil, with the topsoil and the pavement using different styles and depths. All configurations gave me a good surface which shows up both in the Roadway Designer viewing window, and draws correctly to GEOPAK cross sections.
I have no idea what I might have been doing differently the first time around, but at the time I first posted, I had tried these same different template configurations and I got bad surfaces unless I had a single component. At the time, I was able to generate a usable bottom of topsoil surface and target that surface and do the rest of what I needed with non-stripping components.
Answer Verified By: Nico Roman
ok. if your chain has station equations make sure you install the .619 build