Good day everyone,
Always something new at work to learn. I need assistance in regards to modeling a headwall on the side of a driveway and ditch. I modeled the driveway using a simple civil cell that came with the program (though would like to learn how to do one with a sidewalk in the driveway with a triangular flare like this one). Then I used a retaining wall linear template to build the headwall on the side. As you can see in the images below, when I try to tin model from the meshes and linear breaklines, the ditch and driveway tries to tie to the walls footing. I'm not exactly sure how to properly fix that given that the portion of the wall above the driveway isnt at a 90 degree angle but 89.9 degrees plus its flush to the driveway. The ditch cuts into the wall with overlap (not sure if that's the issue). I would appreciates any assistance or advice on how to properly model such an example.
Just to check - did you create the "above ground" portion of the headwall as separate elements from the "below ground" portion? It looks as if your TIN recognizes the entire headwall as "surface".
Also, SS4 is good, but a little buggy. The technology was in its first generation in that software, and I found a lot of small things that just wouldn't turn out the way I thought they would. It could end up that this is one of those things.
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
Answer Verified By: David Palacios
More than likely that would may actually be the issue. Originally, I made the headwall from a simple template which read the whole thing as a surface. Thinking about it, it might just be easier to create a simple civil cell using the edge of driveway as a reference and ditch as reference for depth to have only the upper portion of the headwall when trying to tin. Thanks for the idea. I've only used ss4 for about a year. Its a great program, but I have notice weird bugs every so often that are honestly strange in my opinion at times.
SS4 was the first successful introduction to the OpenRoads technology. At that point, that technology was still under development so it was incomplete...definitely not a finished product. What was there was partially integrated into the existing software. There are bugs, and some things that don't work as well as they do in the next generation (OpenRoads Designer). It's good for as far as it goes, but there are those little things that don't always function quite as expected.
SS4 will be unsupported at the end of the year, and the Select Licensing Server is due to go offline. The SS10 version of the software is (as far as I can tell) identical to SS4, except that it is compatible with the CONNECT licensing server. If nobody in your office is talking about this, you may need to bring it to their attention.
ORD is pretty interesting software - taking SS4 to where it was always intended to go. It's different - they rewrote the entire interface,and there are no more design data files. There's a lot of setup that's going to have to go into it if you don't have a large client to give you their standards. You can use SS10 to buy yourself more time, but eventually, your office will need to transfer over.
Templates are interesting, and they can require some creative thinking. But they are pretty nice and versatile when you can wrap your head around them.