Hi
The What's New section states that there is an enhancement for drawing production to draw slope indicators/tad poles?
I am digging for that tool in the Ribbon, Toll Boxes and can not find it. How to access this tools? Is it a feature definitione/symbology setting?
Must say that I was waiting for this tool for a while.
thanks in advance
The screenshots were drawn using OpenRoads Designer annotation groups. I've never used InRoads, but in MX tadpoles would automatically be drawn between the earthworks string and the subsidiary string they were derived from. They would also be perpendicular to the master string used to create the alignment. Slope signatures were always a manual exercise.
In OpenRoads Designer, the only way we have to annotate models is through attaching annotation groups to the feature symbology. If we could attach any annotation to any feature on a one off basis, this would solve so many issues. Not just with slope signatures, but annotating model information in general.
I can see your slope lines on left side match these on the right side. So I think these were drawn with Inroads Slope Direction Pattern tools.
In SS2 we could select pair of Styles to draw lines between - these lines were perpendicular to the CL, all slope lines matched each other regardless of the road side, back/fores slope of the ditches, etc.
In ORD this tool seems to ignore CL, slopes are aware of the CL, so there might be a mismatch on slopes indicator on each side, or even on the same side of the road, eg. for ditch/ berm/ bench.
Mark, can such pattern can be achieved: lines on one side of CL mach station of these on the other side. Long lines reaches the outter feature but not crossing it?
How did you achieve this by feature definition? It is in Openroads or Inroads?
The problem with defining the slope signatures by feature definition, is that the software doesn't know what feature to target. There are multiple instances of a verge or earthworks feature within the model. And this is the end result:
I think the programmers really need to go back to the drawing board on this one. I'm surprised at the lack of understanding on how important these are. How else are we supposed to show areas of cut/fill on drawings?
Once upon a time bentley created almost perfect ss2 version of inroads product line (personal opinion). Regarding slope lines: feature style is defined, a couple of changes in draw slope direction pattern window and slope direction lines come with every next created corridor. It was nothing to discuss. Regarding ss4: dtm in native, same window, interactive option. Regarding ord: it looks like bentley team keeps surprising its own users.