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!!
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.
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.
For triangulation, you have the functional equivalent of transverse features in the top mesh component. Just add the top mesh to the terrain model as a break line element. For me, on most projects, the top mesh is the best source for making a proposed terrain model, albeit a little extra work than using a filter to extract linear features.
Robert Garrett Senior Consultant
www.envisioncad.com
Dear Paul,
The link you shared, following the video I have tried more than 100 times , but unfortunately I am still not able to generate Earth Work Slope Lines in my files. I click as shown in the video but no annotation shows in the file. I have raised Service request in this regard, I have shared the files with Bentley representitive, But problem not yet resolved..... still waiting. I am using MX Road since last 20 years, I have never faced problem in creating slope annotaion in MX. I think Bentley does not have a proper workflow or Tool for Slope Annotation in ORD.
Regards
Babulal Sahu
I have not, but I think some individuals from my organization have been speaking to Bentley directly about this issue.