Hi
We are using Power InRoads in a legacy Project.
Should MicroStation V8i be installed along side Power InRoads to have the functionality of creating a terrain model form DTM Files?
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wHTwxMfajo
Please assist. Thanks in advance.
I don't recall if MicroStation V8i has the ability to create terrains; I don't think it can. If that capability exists, it would be SS4 or SS10, nothing older. I believe MicroStation Connect can create terrains, but they are not civil terrains (if that's what you are looking for).
Power InRoads SS4/10 has the ability to create civil terrains from DTMs, and I know you can have that installed in parallel with SS2.
The video you have linked is for OpenRoads Designer, which is another generation of design software. You would be able to create to terrain from a DTM...but I don't recommend trying to use both products on one job. The way SS2 and ORD create and store data is very different, and it doesn't go back and forth well at all.
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
Hi @MaryB, Thanks for the detailed answer. We use Power InRoads SELECTSeries2.
Is there a way In Power InRoads V8i SS2 we can combine multiple DTMs into one without having to re-triangulate them? Should we merge it to the active terrain model? A bit of workflow explanation is really welcome! Thanks.
Any time you modify a DTM, it needs to be retriangulated. Having thorough breaklines, boundary and random points defined in each terrain will make sure your terrains do not change much. There is a merge DTM tool that can use the boundary of one DTM to punch a hole in another during merge so there is no overlap, if that's what you need. It can simply combine them as well.
A couple of tips:
Charles (Chuck) Rheault CADD Manager
MDOT State Highway Administration
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