I have watched a dozen (or more videos) read several how-to's and I still cannot figure out how to edit the boundary of my terrain model. Would someone please walk me through this.
I am using OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition (Update 2). I have a large topo survey of a 5 mile long, winding road. Because the road winds so much, there are large areas of the terrain model that contain no data and need to be removed.
I have tried:
Adding a boundary using Terrain>Edit>Boundary Options>Add Boundary (This doesn't seem to do anything)
Adding a boundary using Terrain>Edit>Feature Mangement>Add Feature (This adds a the SmartLine I've drawn, processes, but the boundary and triangulations don't change)
Deactivating Survey Processing Rules on the fieldbook and deleting the extra triangles (This just doesn't work at all. Even when the rules are turned off, the terrain model won't allow editing)
I may have done any one of these things incorrectly, I don't know.
I have become very frustrated at what ought to be a simple process, and really need some help here.
Thanks
Michael:
Envision CAD has a video on what I believe to be your situation: https://envisioncad.com/openroads-survey-tip-create-terrain-model-exterior-boundary/ but it seems like you have already taken care of a few of these steps. It has worked for me, but perhaps you have a special situation of some sort.
Mark
Okay.
I was able to change the boundary by following the video. However, I had to do a few things differently than described.
First, a big problem that I haven't seen described anywhere is that I cannot edit the Terrain Model if there are any features that have been added to it. I had to find all the features that were added, remove them, and then I can edit.
Second, for some unknown reason I am unable to add a boundary using the Add Boundary command. It asks me to select the terrain model, then it asks me to data point that I want to add a boundary, but it never asks me to select the line I want to use as a boundary. I was eventually able to change the boundary by adding it as a feature, but this is a departure from what the video describes.
I don't know, I'm sure I'm overlooking something simple.
Michael, thanks for sharing your thoughts here on the changes to the workflow. I work with Bob who recorded the original video, I'll see if he can do an updated version for ORD with what you found here, it's something that could be helpful for others.
Steve
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Excellent, Steven. The first time I came upon this "issue" I about pulled out what was left of my hair. For many years, one could just delete triangles and import a new exterior boundary. There was another issue of a similar sort where I was trying to find the command for deleting a PI from a horizontal element/ alignment before finding out that it was as simple as using the drawing tool "delete vertex". For many legacy InRoads folks, such things can drive us utterly crazy.
One of the things I have on my plate is a creating listing of which of the "standard MicroStation" tools are applicable to the civil geometry elements created in OpenRoads. I will see about getting that started here.
I am having the same issue except I can follow the video up until I deactivate the survey processing rules. After deactivating the rules, when I try to delete triangle by line, I still get the message "Not an edible terrain".
The problem was that I had started from a 2d seed file. When I tried starting fresh with a 3d seed file I had no problems with the workflow.