Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

caddcop — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 14:09:40 GMT

Mark is on the right track. In the Ss3/Ss4 versions you have to execute some commands using the Traditional InRoads tools and others using the Open Roads tools. Profiles are one that needs to use the InRoads tools and needs InRoads data to function.

You seem to have the alg file containing alignment data, but you also need to fill a DTM with terrain data. While Open Roads provides a method to automatically write alg, it does not provide the same for DTM's. In the terrain tasks ant it's popup menu, is an export surface tool to write terrain data to the traditional applications, like InRoads. You could also export to LandXML. The export tools always create a new file. They cannot update an existing file only overwrite one. If you already have a DTM but its empty using LandXML might be the best option as you can import the LandXML into the InRoads DTM.

Also ALG and DTM's in InRoads are saved in memory until written out to a file.

BTW most Power Civil for [country] are based upon InRoads. There are GEOPAK based versions, too. Ss4 is the last version of any InRoads/GEOPAK/MX based version. They all contain some Open Roads components. The next version for any of those users is Open Roads Designer which has no traditional Bentley Civil Products tools.

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

The Zen Dude — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:37:03 GMT

Okay. Someone else will have to chime in to help you with the specifics then because I skipped the SS3 / SS4 transitional versions and am using either SS2 or OpenRoads Designer CE. But if you are creating the Terrain in OpenRoads you'll need to export it to an InRoads DTM to do what you want. ... or just create it in InRoads instead of the OpenRoads Terrain route.

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

Dileep Kumar — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:56:33 GMT

i am using

Bentley PowerCivil for Middle East V8i (SELECTseries 4)

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

The Zen Dude — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:06:42 GMT

It sounds like you are using InRoads SS3 or SS4. Is that correct? It also sounds like you are creating an "InRoads" Surface and and "OpenRoads" Surface (Terrain). They are not the same thing. If you are using InRoads SS3 or SS4, you are working with a transitional version of the software that is part InRoads and part OpenRoads. Creating and OpenRoads Terrain doesn't automatically create an InRoads surface. That may be your basic confusion. Are you just trying to learn this software, or use it on a project in a production environment? SS3 and / or SS4 are not good versions to begin learning on. I would recommend either InRoads SS2 or OpenRoads Designer CONNECT.

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

Dileep Kumar — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:29:04 GMT

Thank you for your help…..

Let me explain how I created the surface

I opened the power civil by double clicking the desktop icon
The dialog box is appearing for file open I select the new file option from the top, left fide of the Bentley icon and given a file name LEARNING-1 and save. I choose the seed file from (C:\ProgramData\Bentley\PowerCivil V8i (SELECT series 4)\WorkSpace\system\seed\seed2d.dgn)
Then I selected the LEARNING-1 file and open.
When the file is opened from the menu power civil tool I click Explorer show/ hide
Select the surface tab, from the surface tree right click chose new, type –existing, name - LEARNING-1, Description- LEARNING-1 , then apply and close. Under default LEARNING-1 is created with a red rectangle.
Right click and set active
Now, from the Task-Terrain Model (in the Q division) I chose create from ASCII file and selected the survey data
Create terrain model from ASCII file dialog ax is displayed. From that create text import settings from the columns feature type select as points, space tick, easting, northing, elevation selected, then click next, next, finish
Save text import wizard is come up and I saved the file as LEARNING-1 then click the import icon.
Surface is created, but when I select the surface LEARNING-1 . contours, triangles and everything in the right side is “0”

Could you please tell me where I did the mistake, and help?

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

The Zen Dude — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 05:32:02 GMT

How are you creating the surface?

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

Dileep Kumar — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 05:28:28 GMT

When I am creating a surface it is always like this. Surface is creating, but expanding the surface tab(+sign) its showing all zero value as shown in the above screen shoot. How can I solve this issue?

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

The Zen Dude — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:20:26 GMT

It's pretty clear that your surface not only contains no triangles, but doesn't even contain any data.

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

Dileep Kumar — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:22:56 GMT

Its lok like the dtm is loaded, could you please give me some more help…

RE: Profile Creation Problem in Power Civil

jpln — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:04:15 GMT

You must check that a surface is loaded in the PowerCivil explorer (in the surface tab). Profile is using legacy commands so a DTM (surface) must be loaded and ALG (geometry) as well. ALG could be created automatically depending on the feature definition assigned to the civil geometry.