How To Create Your Own Survey Feature Definitions Using InRoads V8i SS4

To build your own survey styles in the XIN, go to Tools>Style Manager, and hit the "New" button to create new styles. In the new style, you will be focusing down in the Survey Feature folder. At a minimum, you should set the following 3 things in a new survey style:
1.) on the Setting leaf, set the Feature type to Random or Breakline, and tell it whether you want it to Draw Lines to Previous Same Code (i.e. do you want that code to draw linework)
2.) on the Symbology leaf, tell it how you want the graphics to look
3.) on the Codes leaf, enter all the alpha codes that will use the style.

Kevin,

When I do the three things you mention, several things happen. When I import the data after making those additions to the Style Manager, I get yellow exclamation points everywhere. When I hover one of the exclamation points, I get this message:

Additionally, as you can see, none of the points have lines connecting to them. I think that I need to add he styles to the Feature Definitions as well, but I think that I am missing something somewhere somehow.

Thanks for the help. I eagerly await your reply.

Jonathan Nazari

Bearing Tree Land Surveying

(405) 605-1081

After your XIN is ready, you will need to link the Survey Feature Definitions to the XIN.  Check out Chapter 9 in this document: http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/transitioning-to-bentley-civil-survey-document

Chapter 6 also mentions the CIVIL_SURVEY_STYLEFILE workspace variable that can be set in the workspace to point to the XIN. 

Kevin,

I found out how to attach the correct .XIN file, but the lines are still not connecting. I am going to have to figure out the "link codes", which will involve editing our field survey data.

Consequently, is there a way that I can get InRoads to accept Alpha Codes that have both letters and numbers, such as "ER1" or "CL2"?

I cannot figure out how to do that via the Style Manager > New > New Style box.

Many thanks once again, and I eagerly await your shot.

Regards,

Jonathan Nazari
Bearing Tree Land Surveying
(405) 605-1081

Correct, there are three options in the Survey Settings for connecting the points with linework: By Field Codes will require the linking codes, By Consecutive Field Code just connects them in order until another code is encountered, and Connect All Matching Field Codes connects all matching codes.

Here is link to an example using the different linking codes: http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16136.point-coding-example

For Alpha Codes with a numeric suffix, the program automatically treats these as separate codes, so you will only store the Alpha Code in the XIN.  For example, you will only have an "EP" code in the XIN for an edge of pavement, but you can shoot the left and right edges of pavement as EP1 and EP2.  The program will connect the EP1s separately from the EP2s.

Correct, there are three options in the Survey Settings for connecting the points with linework: By Field Codes will require the linking codes, By Consecutive Field Code just connects them in order until another code is encountered, and Connect All Matching Field Codes connects all matching codes.

Here is link to an example using the different linking codes: http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16136.point-coding-example

For Alpha Codes with a numeric suffix, the program automatically treats these as separate codes, so you will only store the Alpha Code in the XIN.  For example, you will only have an "EP" code in the XIN for an edge of pavement, but you can shoot the left and right edges of pavement as EP1 and EP2.  The program will connect the EP1s separately from the EP2s.