• Any similar tool in OpenRoads Designer that is comparable to DTM Tools from Power GEOPAK?

    I recently started working on projects in OpenRoads Designer CE 2022 as part of the first step in switching over from Power GEOPAK SS4 and one of the tool I missed the most is DTM Tools that allows you to check slopes and flow arrows on terrain relatively…
  • Help with the geopak visibility tool

    Struggling with the DTM Visibility Tool trying to verify intersection sight distance. I'm using Geopak SS4 and after loading the tin file and setting the height of eye and height of object, I am getting different results between this tool and just cutting…
  • Export .tin to LandXML

    I am having trouble with creating a .xml from a .tin in Geopak. I go to Road>DTM utilities>Export LandXML go through the step and Geopak acts as though it is processing the data. It creates the file, but the file ends up being empty, file size 0 bytes…
  • Help needed DTM advice

    Hi peeps, This is my first thred and im in need of some help. Im doing my dissertation at university around DTM and have now got my self involved in Bentley microsation software. Ive installed GEOPAK so i have acess to DTM tool section. …
  • V8i SS2- Imoprt Station, Offset, Elevation data to create a feature.

    I have recieved Station, Offset, Elevation data (text file) and have the need to import this info into .dtm as features to be annotated on Cross Section and Profiles. Can anyone give me some input as to the most efficient workflow to accomplish thi…
  • surface design

    i have an existing surface (dtm) and i am putting in a proposed concrete pad at a certain elevation. i want the pad to tie into the existing ground at 2 to 1 how do i generate a new proposed surface showing the 2 to 1 slope .
  • How to show Low/High Points of a Surface (dtm)

    Hello there! I have this issue, when i was done creating a surface (dtm) using Inroads, i wanted to view the low/high points of that surface, so is there any way to view them using InRoads??? Thanks & Regards, Imad Balich
  • Geopak V8i - DTM Tools Quick Profile - Changes?

    I am creating a quick profile using the Profile tool from the DTM Tools. I used to be able to set a vaule that was higher or lower than the minimum or maximum elevations in the profile preferences. With V8i it seems that if I set the min and max to different…
  • 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...
  • Re: Site Modeler: Breaklines vs. contours

    Hi Neil, The contour feature is to allow a better modeling on ridges, avoiding steps. When choosing contour feature, the modeler does not allow triangles to have all there vertices on the same contour (same elevation). So it forces triangle to…
  • Issue with LIDAR XYZ Tools

    I'm trying to utilize Lidar data and create a tin file using the DTM tools available in Geopak 8.08.02.73. I have a xyz file created from a GIS database that contains 500,000 points. When I try to filter the data Geopak states that there are "NO Points…
  • Geopak - Project requires datum shift

    Hello, I need to shift an older project to match the current NAD83 adjustment. I understand how to move the points and the TIN with the "Translation and Rotation" and the "English <-> Metric TIN Converter", respectively. Is there a simple way to…
  • Convert Lidar (LAS) to Binary XYZ with GEOPAK Lidar Tools - Too large LAS?

    MicroStation V8i SS2 08.11.07.443 and GEOPAK V8i SS1 refresh 08.11.07.246 versions... Without using Data Acquisition, I have a user trying to convert a .las file to binary XYZ with the Lidar tools and it is locking up on him. He is using a DELL…
  • SS2 and SS3 DTM Visibility Tools - Drape on TIN - Offset Height

    I am using a tool called "Visibility Tools" Found under DTM==>Analysis==>Visibility I have found that the "Offset Height" under "Drape on TIN" does not work in SS2 or SS3. The tool does work in V8 Philip Mashuda
  • Intersection of two surfaces as a line with real "Z" value

    Is it posible to obtain a line as a result of intersection two surfaces? But the line should have a real "Z" from one of the intersected surfaces (de facto should lie on one of the cutted surfaces).
  • Re: Power Civil: Contour Labeling

    I have a couple of requests: Can an option be included in Site or the DTM tools to place the labels on top of, instead of breaking, the contour lines? This is helpful when trying to measure perimeter and areas of closed contours for detention…
  • Inserting name of surface in plan, profile and cross-section

    I have been looking for this for a long time, and now it's time to ask the question to the people who might know the answer. I work with several seabed DTMs and often create profiles to view vertical shifts. Mostly I have one design survey with lots…
  • Using Dtm's created from other corridors in my main line cross sections.

    Has anyone experienced or know the limitations (if any) there are in using the "cross sections from surfaces" tool with other dtm's that are not indigenous to your main alignment cross sections. For instance, I made a corridor (alignment and profile)…
  • Line strings to shapes

    I want to mesh all components in a design file but I've noticed that only shapes can be meshed. In other word, outlines of the design that are made of line strings can not be meshed. I thought I could just convert all line strings in a DGN file to…
  • Create Templates from DTM in InRoads

    I apologize ahead of time for my poor description of what I am about to ask... Is there a way in InRoads to take an exsisting DTM surface and create a template from it? We have a ditch running paralell to our road and are needing survey layout at 50…
  • Re: 3D polyline from DTM

    Try the Surface> Design Surface> Drape Surface with Tools> Locks> Locate set to Graphics. At the top of the Drape Surface dialog, the Current Locate Mode should display Graphics if the lock is set correctly. Click the Help button on the dialog for more…
  • Re: Flipping Triangles

    Chuck, The Surface> Edit Surface> Change Triangle Edge command is available in the currently released Bentley PowerCivil for North America product. That must have been the readme that you read. It is also in InRoads Group SELECTseries 1 that is…
  • Geopak SS3 will no longer drape elements, using a 2d file and tin, to a 3d file.

    I just submitted a service ticket 7000057128. (Also ticket 700057218) SS3 will no longer drape elements, using a 2d file and tin, to a 3d file. It does work in SS2. Defect number is D-127545 Phil
  • 3d Modeling for Mainline AND Side Roads

    I'm working on a 3d model for a mainline roadway with numerous side roads to produce a rendering using the 3d modeling tools in geopak V8i. The 3d model tools seem quite limited for this task, does anyone have a decent workflow to able to mesh/merge the…