Geopak PowerCivil Roadway Tool

Question

Again, I'm fairly new to the Powercivil world but have been using Microstation for 7 years and used Civil3D sparingly prior to returning the Bentley products. We're running a test roadway tool exercise to determine how to design a single road "corridor" and have PC grade the existing site. We've built the tin, created the chain, cut the profile, edited the design profile using vertical design tools but I can't seem to apply the roadway configuration to the base surface in order to modify the grading. Has anyone else come across this seemingly rudimentary lack of results?

Matt
PowerCivil 08.11.07.614

neilw · Accepted Answer

I think Michael is giving good advice about using the Comp Section tool. The Comp Section tool is the foundation of road object and is utilized by the Roadway tool, but you don't have to use the Roadway tool to model a road. You can use the Comp Section tool independently as well. 
 Basically the way it works is you create an alignment and profile first, then using the Comp Section tool you specify the alignment and profile to be used. From there you define the edges of pavement, curbs, shoulders and daylight slopes, all of which maintain relationships to the centerline alignment and profile. The Comp Section tool uses all these components to create a modeler object which you can add to a site Model to integrate it into your finished ground terrain.

Mburgcrzy · Answer

Neil & Michael, 
 Your responses forced me to start at the beginning of site modeler and assume I knew nothing about setting up a project. After finding a document from 2005 title Designing with Powercivil we were able to run a few successful site modeler scenarios and have now begun to compile custom composite sections into a company library. 
 Matt

Nico Roman · Answer

yes, it is. you need to understand the basics of Site Modeler and would benefit from some training. please check out our courses at the Bentley Institute online.