I am a new-ish SS4 user. I have completed one project in SS4 and am starting my second. It is a 20 mile widening project. I ended up with multiple terrains in my design file and am unable to remove/detach them. My corridor is running slow, which I expected, so I planned to split it into more than one corridor, but I want to clean it up before doing that. Can you direct me to the correct tools to detach terrains?
Do you have a recommended strategy to manage files with this length of project? My end conditions are simple. I am hoping to use just 2 corridors, each 10 miles long. Would reducing the limits of my terrain help?
BTW, I am unable to ask a question when using windows explorer.
Thank you. I have decided to use 10,000' per corridor, each in different files. And yes, I have my terrains in separate files. Thanks for the input.
Michigan. I have a separate file per corridor to reduce problems down the road. As stated by Martin, I also reference my terrain into my corridor file. I also use a separate file for civil cells and reference that into the corridor.
Which state is that? I am working with ND. Do you use a different file for each corridor, or put several in one file?
You can only delete terrains from the Project explorer, so find your terrain in the project explorer, right click and delete from there.You may need to turn the rules on if it doesn't immediately delete. I would also recommend that you put the terrain models in another dgn and then reference them in to your main design dgn. They still work perfectly well when referenced in and aren't dumb references the way Autocad behaves.
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FWIW our DOT came to the conclusion to model 2 miles max per corridor, anything longer than that could be problematic.