Hello Team,
Recently, we were brut forcing the modeling intersections in our project until we learned about Civil Cells. We have found them easy to edit and place, but we found that in some cases, the terrain moves and it causes some weird distortions in our model. In this case, the return on the North End of the following picture, the terrain moved. I added a point control to the Edge of Pavement of the return template so it could follow the proposed return line more closely, after it was done processing, the terrain just decided to move. The terrain did not move when I did the same process for the other return template. Is there a way to "anchor" the terrain so it doesn't move or distort?
Please let me know if there's a way to solve this problem. I can provide more pictures and settings if possible!
Thank you for your time,
-Enrique Salas
It's not moving. It is getting confused about boundary elements. Notice triangles on the outside of upper radius where there should be none and the absence of triangles in the right hand lane. This is a pretty common occurrence. Partly it is nature of the beast, while we pray for future improvements.
Here are some things that typically work for me:
Robert Garrett Senior Consultant
www.envisioncad.com
Hello Robert,
I added a point control for the shoulder of the template and it freaked out even more. I see that is mostly the terrain of the return that is acting strange. Could you tell me where I could edit the triangle properties? I also have no idea what point I should drag like the one you mentioned to correct the issue. For more context, this all started when I increased the radii from 35' to 75'
Thank you again for your tips and tricks! I've already ran around a bit so I'm a little tired.
(This is the Civil Cell, with the point controls, but before I change the radii from 35' to 75')