• Using inroads to calculate volume

    I'm pretty sure I've done this before and I simply cannot remember the sequence of doing so. I have a base topo and am overlaying a final fill plan. Wanting to calculate the remaining fill, normally I'll calculate the area of each 5' contour in sq.ft…
  • Re: draw contours in fence

    Ray, Do you have Delete Ink turned on? If so, toggle it off and leave Pen toggled on. Thanks, Jason Smithey
  • Re: text frame around contour elevations

    Keri, What civil product are you using? In the InRoads Group, see the attached video (in Nathan Davenport's reply) as an example of how to accomplish this. Thanks, Jason Smithey
  • Re: text frame around contour elevations

    Keri, I apologize for the quality of the video. I have been trying to attach a better quality video off and on for over 2 hours but I keep getting errors. Let me see if a colleague can post the AVI. Yes, create a text style with…
  • Contours label masking

    Has anyone succeeded in viewing contours and their labels using a masking text style? I would like to label the contours without clipping (breaking) the lines. Thanks. InRoads XM, Microstation 08.05.02.55
  • existing surface grade filtering slopes? Any ideas?

    I am trying to find existing slope conditions along a 280 mile corridor. I need locations where a 5% and 3% slope exist within 100ft of the track CL (rail). Is there anyway that I can set up some type of filter that will highlight the area where these…
  • Out of memory error

    Hi, I am having a problem with a large dtm derived from LiDAR data. It is about 350MB in size, and when I try to generate contours in either InRoads XM or v8i, I get an out of memory (swap device may be full) error. I was actually able…
  • Contours Smoothing Method

    Hello there, I just have a simple question, is there any way that we can choose another method of smoothing of Contours in Inroads , for example in Geopak we have more than one one method of smoothing as shown below: Thanks...