Hi everyone,
OpenRoads Designer uses a different workflow to create XS sheets than was previously used in V8i versions. The XS sheets contain views or snapshots into the managed 3D model which are referenced into the XS sheet model. And so hand editing of these cross sections is not possible. Our engineers need to edit certain elements in these cross sections rather than having to manipulate the underlying 3D model and corridor to achieve the desired change in XS. Is this possible?
Regards,
Benzi
Short answer is no. If anyone may refute that answer and provide a workflow, we would all be very appreciative.
Mark
Dear Gentlemen,
Is the workflow shown in the Youtube screen-record a solution to this problem?
If the drawing is a sheet, the same workflow can be used.
https://youtu.be/488ruYrIZsM
This approach will technically work but you lose the association between cross sections and the 3D model. Therefore future annotations will not work correctly or maybe not at all. Also any changes in the 3D model will force you to create fresh cross sections and lose all of your previous edits. This approach undermines the whole point of using ORD. We have engineers that habitually edit cross sections. They told me that there are circumstances in which it is easier for them to manually edit a cross section than struggle with the 3D model to accomplish these changes.
Hi Benzi,
You're right, with this method the association between the 3D model and the cross section will be lost. I totally agree with the engineers, also during my work I often come across things that I have to edit manually. However, this is less work than draw everything by hand.
By the way, an interim solution could be to copy the reference, merge it, and edit this one. For the annotations, the original reference can be used.
Regards Louis
You might want to look into the section tools found on the Analyze tab of the Reality Modeling workflow. In addition to the section view itself, it allows for other views that are dynamically tied to the section view. Edits are made directly to the features so cross sections will change as you make the edits.
The tool is intended for point cloud and reality model editing so it won't be as straightforward as more traditional cross section editing, but it is probably a little more intuitive for those who are used to making edits in cross sections.