PowerGEOPAK - I was given an ALG file...

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I was given an ALG file by our surveyor. Supposedly, it contains all our alignments. I need those alignments. I have PowerGEOPAK (currently SS2, downloading SS3 & SS4) How can I get those alignments from the ALG file into my GPK? I am not able to ask the Surveyor for an XML (he is now on vacation). 
 I know that there did not used to be any way to work with this, but I'm hoping that, as technology has moved forward, interoperability has as well. 
 No, I have no training on OpenRoads, so if that is the solution, I will need very simple, thorough instructions. 
 I can't believe I used to know what I was doing. Been out of the loop far too long! MaryB

Derek Schmidt · Accepted Answer

Unknown said: it seems like ALG files can only be handled by OpenRoads. 
 You mean InRoads ? That's what your link says. 
 To the original poster, I've never interacted with ALG files so I can't guarantee any part of this, but I'm using Power Geopak SS3 myself and it looks like I should be able to import an ALG. Try taking these first few steps: 
 
 keyin: GEOMETRY FILE IMPORT 
 change the "Files of type" to ALG. 
 find your file. 
 
 Beyond that, I really have no idea what you'll see. 
 Since you're new to OpenRoads, I'll add this: at some point in the near future, you'll probably need Project Explorer up in case you haven't been using it. File > Project Explorer. Access the settings through Settings > Project Explorer. 
 Consider viewing the videos and documentation here: http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/7037.general-geometry-openroads 
 Because of my own experience with workspace manipulation--which is why I gave you the key-in rather than tell you which button to push--I'm aware that you may not have the tools available that I'm seeing on my own workspace. I hope you're able to figure out a way to access all the civil tools that you'll need. 
 I hope that helps.

Derek Schmidt · Answer

Unknown said: That works for getting the Alignments into OpenRoads! Unfortunately, when I try to export that geometry to Native, Geopak crashes. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? One Step Closer!! 
 After importing, I assume that visually the horizontal alignments looked good. After that, did you review your alignments in the Project Explorer under Civil Model? You can keep expanding things until you get to the profile. Look at the profile list under each alignment. My own workflow involves removing all profiles not relevant to each given alignment. Not knowing better, it could be a problem with the horizontal alignments. If this is what's causing the crash, it may be that they weren't imported very well even if they do look fine visually. It may help to review the alignment report. Enable AccuSnap's Identify Elements Automatically (if it isn't already set), then click on each alignment and click the pop-up button labeled Horizontal Geometry Report. Print that out or review it on screen. See if that looks good for each of your alignments. If it isn't that, perhaps it's a problem with the profiles. If so, for each alignment, click on it and in the pop-up, click Open Profile Model. Then click in a new window that you're not working in. The profile view will open and you should be able to see all the profiles in there. You can do a profile report on those as well. If there's any overlaps in a given profile, or if you have a situation where the profile backs up on itself, that'll be a problem. Though I must say I'm not sure any of these things would cause a Geopak crash. I wish I knew more to help.