I'm transitioning from InRoads to OpenRoads and I can't seem to find the equivalent command for Generate Transverse Feature (slope lines).
Is this feature available in OpenRoads and if so, can someone please point me in the direction of where it can be found?
Thanks!!
See this video https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/37274/video-side-slope-annotation
I have the same question as Jason and it has nothing to do with annotation. Transverse features control triangulation. Now ORD relies more on components than InRoads did but there are still times when you need a surface. Is there an automatic way to create transverse features while modeling to control triangulation or can it only be done manually?
We need InRoads Transverse Features!!!! I used them ALL the time!!!! ... what are we supposed to do now?
Dumb question - what do you guys use them for in Inroads? I'm not from an Inroads background (MX).
Regards,
Mark
OpenRoads Designer 2022 R3 (10.12) | Microstation 2023.1 | ProjectWise CE 3.4
To produce slope lines. To indicate the direction of the slope on plan views.
I thought there were some other uses for them as alluded to above.
Agree that batter slope lines should be completely integrated into corridors/Linear Templates instead of the troublesome annotation group method we have now.
Have you guys added this to the Civil ideas site: https://bentleyopencivil.ideas.aha.io/ideas?
I have not, but I think some individuals from my organization have been speaking to Bentley directly about this issue.
Yes, the need for this has nothing to do with 'slope indicators'. It's about grading and proper triangulation. I ALWAYS see intersection grading with improper triangulation that is fixed by Transverse Features. And what ORD tool can you use to VERY quickly product these types of breaklines? And how do you 'quickly' create any spacing breaklines between two other breaklines, perpendicular to ANY other breakline? For Site grading this tool was critical.
There was definitely another use, and in my opinion, the annotation use was not the tools intended use.
The Generate Transverse Feature tool was used to control triangulation between two 3D features. If you had two 3D features near each other an just let InRoads triangulate between them normally, you'd end up with irregular triangles and sometimes very large triangles, resulting in very odd slopes and grade breaks. You could use the generate transverse feature tools to quickly insert transverse lines between the two 3D lines at a specified interval, thus forcing the triangulation perpendicular to whatever the reference feature was, which in some cases was some 3rd 3D feature (like the primary alignment for the roadway). This tool was incredibly useful when creating Finished Grade and Subgrade terrains, and would be useful in ORD for the same applications. Specifically I'm needing it right now for intersection warping.