CR - Roadway Designer/OpenRoads Modeler - Add a Method to Specify Transverse Feature Placement Only Where Needed

It would be really beneficial if there was a way to add Transverse features on an as-needed basis. Sometimes, the resultant model is fine, except for a few areas and those could use some transverse features to force triangulation to honor the sections. But adding them is an all or nothing proposition. Here are my thoughts:

  • Add a few toggles on template drops to allow using transverse on the specific section covered by the template drop, or to place single transverse sections at the template drop start and/or stop stations.
  • Add a transverse sections dialog box similar to key stations, but it has single station and station range with interval (which can be all template drops or specific distances.

Feel free to add your own ideas.

  • Beginning in the OpenRoads Corridor Modeling (SS3+), this is no longer an issue because the component meshes that are built have the transverse feature created as a part of the mesh.
  • Kevin, I'm with Chuck on this one. I have a long history (as do others I know) of using the GTF command to fix localized problems with triangulation not just during corridor design, but within various site design situations like at intersections, parking area, road transitions and others. Maybe I'm missing something or need to adjust my thinking to a new modeling methodology, but I often use the GTF tool in small localized areas of the design. Now, granted, on a roadway corridor in SS2 applying TF's along the whole project along with all of the Features created more data in the DTM to manage and was overkill if the problems were only in a couple small areas. So I generally resisted that. But now do I ALWAYS have to create a mesh to build my terrain? What if I want to use the linear features? That was the first thing that I noticed when I started working with SS3.
     
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