Good morning / evening / afternoon all,
I was wondering if there was a way to have a template target a surface twice when creating a component.
I have a project where we're filling in part of a ditch between two embankments, but there's a small berm in the middle. Ideally, we'd really like to be able to target the ground with the slope coming off of the embankment, and then run a ditch a couple feet over and then tie back into the existing ground wherever that slope catches. A coworkers sent me the Bentley institutes end conditions course, and on one of the pages it had this image, which is pretty much exactly what we're looking for - which leads me to believe that it cold be possible!
That is on page 38 of the "Defining Template End Conditions" course by the Bentley institute for the 2021 release version of Openrail designer.
If you have any tips or ideas they would be much appreciated!
Yes. What you do is "stack" end conditions. You have one end condition that determines your first target. If that solves, the next elements that get drawn go from there to a second end condition that locates your second target. Once that solves, you draw the elements to your third end condition that completes your template.
It took me a minute to wrap my head around the idea of multiple end conditions, but there are some nifty things you can do with the concept. An end condition doesn't have to be the end of a template. It is a conditional tool that can be used to determine between several possible outcomes.
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
Do you need multiple targets in order to do that (Like targeting one surface for one end conditions, and then another "dummy surface" for the other), or can you target the same surface or model twice? When I tried stacking them before it stopped at the first
I know that, in SS4/10, you can target the same surface multiple times. I don't have any significant experience with Connect.
Unfortunately, I am not in Microstation today, so I can't easily look up how I manage these. Hopefully someone has this knowledge more easily accessible and can better share it.
Yes, you can. You can seek the same target with as many different end conditions as necessary.
This wiki video, although created for InRoads, describes the process very well: communities.bentley.com/.../2080.