can you please explain which tool in powercivil you are using? is it site modeler?
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Civil > Modeler > Tools > Roadway Tool
you could just create a roadway object with the chain and profile from cogo. then, add elements to the object with the section tab of the add elements tool
i could but my understanding is that the roadway tool was established to do all that in less steps.
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.
I agree and have been working through some basics of Site Modeler. I'd like to think we have enough basic understanding of some of the Site Modeler tools, enough to develop a model, add objects and modify the tin. The Bentley Institute courses are expensive and lack information specific to our version of powercivil. Also, I find the menus and user interface in powercivil convoluted. We're beginning to look into migrating to another version or toward inRoads.
Hi Matt,
The "Roadway" tools within Site Modeler basically pulls together all of the fundamental design tools within the application and applies those tools specifically to the design of multiple connected urban (subdivisional type) roadways.
The purpose is to provide a mechanism to design these roads as quickly as possible and use the relationships between them to automatically design the intersections.
But.. as Nico has mentioned, these are advanced tools that really do require some understanding of the fundamental tools and an amount of configuration to successfully implement them.
As you are new to the software and, at this time, are working your way through your first roadway, I'd suggest you take a look at the Composite Section tool first and gain an understanding of how the SEC files (Composite Section configuration files) are created and function before moving on to the Roadway network tools. The Roadway tools require that you already have a SEC file to apply to the proposed roadways... so the effort is not wasted.
There was once a PowerCivil tutorial CD that provided training materials and sample configuration files for the PowerCivil product.
Maybe your account manager can locate one of these tutorial CDs to help get you going.
HTHs