• Error importing .ird into OpenRoads Designer

    After creating and finishing a project using ConceptStation, I exported the project's elements to be used into ORD. The first time I tried to import the .ird I got the message that I had not imported the horizontal and vertical geometry beforehand. Therefore…
  • Power Civil - Trail Version or One Month Subscription

    Is there any option for Trail version of Power Civil software or one month subscription with full functionality for self learning ?
  • Named boundaries - difference between two interfaces

    Hi everyone, I know that there are a dozen differences between Power Civil V8i SS4 and Open Roads Designer Connect Edition. What I'm looking for is function called Named boundaries. It is shown on OR Designer Connect Edition. I Wonder if I can find…
  • 如何将道路中线的三维坐标导入地形模型

    地形模型已建立完毕,现道路的中线三维坐标已知,如何将这些坐标导入地形模型中,形成最终的线路模型
  • Display Station in Powercivil-MX

    Hi, I am using MX SS3. I have created a centre line using power civil tools. I have also specified the starting station. I could not find how to display the stations. The feature for the centre line is defined as Road centre line. Any help is highly…
  • Power civil Super elevation SS4

    Hi Is there a way to edit super elevations graphically by way of rules i.e. slopes or rate of change of super? I have the graphical display up and the table below but cant seem to find the feature i used so often in SS2. Regards, David
  • Tunnel surface in power civil

    I saw in help that power civil can creates cross section in tunnels, but I can´t get the tool tunnel surface. I already check all application add-ins. Thanks in advance
  • Geopak site collaboration

    I would like advice on collaboration strategies when working in Power Civil or Geopak Site projects. A scenario would be where an engineer needs to evaluate design scenarios in site grading while a designer might be developing a detailed site model. Based…
  • Power Civil: Locked Elements

    When we apply a section (not comp section) to modeler elements in Power Civil, the elements are locked and can't be used to apply associations to other elements. I had the idea that I could unlock one of the elements, use it to create an association to…
  • Power Civil: Road Intersection Tool

    How do we handle road intersections when a road loops back into the main road and thus connects in 2 places? The road intersection tool does not seem to accomodate this. Would we need to assign different curb symbology to each intersection or is there…
  • Civil Accudraw accusnap problem

    Hi I use PowerCivil SS2 Civil accudraw (CAD) is messing with snap. So: When CAD is autoloaded i cant modifi line to snap perependicular (nomal accudraw - NAD - is not loaded) When NAD is autoloaded and CAD is not loaded, i can do this.…
  • Plan View Labeler problem

    In Power Civil plan view labeler, once I set up a label and place the first one, I can continue to pick data points to create new labels. However after about 4 picks the labeler fixes on the last pick point and will not allow me to pick a new point. Each…
  • Powercivil V8i SS2 (08.11.07.535) can be compatible with MXRoad V8i SS2 (08.11.07.494)?

    Hi, Can anyone check/confirm if this Powercivil V8i SS2 (08.11.07.535) can be compatible with MXRoad V8i SS2 (08.11.07.494)? I mean that I heard this Powercivil (535) version causing MXRoad (494) not stable/crashing. I'm going to install this…
  • Pattern Area

    Hi. Is there a way. or macro or somthing to pattern area (Geopak PowerCivil v8i SS2) so that the cells stay in tact and like chess board. Elar
  • Display survey point descriptions in DGN

    I am trying to figure out to use the Survey module in Power Civil (Geopak version). I have field survey data in a comma delimited NEZD file. I want to display the points in my DGN with the actual point descriptions. The help file is not very clear about…
  • Power Civil: Creating Cross Sections

    I need to create several cross sections along a line in my drawing but I am really lost as far as which of the numerous features I should use to actually draw numerous cross sections at every 20 feet. For some reason I am unable to open Plans & Quantities…
  • Setting up D&C Manager

    I am wanting to configure D&C Manager in Power Civil to conform to our CAD standards. Will I break any of the "out of the box" functionality such as with drainage, water & sewer, etc.? What would be the best way to go about this?
  • Power Civil: Element Dependencies

    I have the task of raising 3 buildings on a site that I modeled some months ago. I can't remember which elements are related to which or which elements have no relationships. Before I can start editing I need to establish which elements to manipulate…
  • Power Civil and Annotation Scale

    I'm wondering whether Power Civil can leverage the annotation scale functionality in Microstation. For example can we generate station labels, plan and profile and cross section view labels, and so on, that will scale to fit the sheets when used as references…
  • PowerCivil Geopak Site Volume by FIFO

    After struggling to understand what the FIFO option does in earthwork volume calculations I think I finally grasp it and might be able to help others who, like me, don't find the help file to helpful in this regard. Consider a building pad with…
  • survey/International feet

    While referencing a dwg in survey feet into a dng it appeared to be off about the amount that the survey & international feet differ - about 6' in a million. Using state plane coordinates with northings in the 700,000 range and eastings in the 1,700,000…
  • Multiple Users Platform & Surface Simplifier

    Hello Everyone Our Company is evaluating to change the civil works platform to bentley (Currently we are using Autodesk Civil 3D) and one important thing we must know is if Bentley PowerCivil works with multiple user platform (one DB and several users…
  • Power Civil: Update Labels

    Plan View Labeler: I have numerous plan view labels that were applied using a saved style. I now want to change the style and update all the labels that use that style. How can I update all the labels?
  • Power Civil: Import HECRAS

    Is there any way to import analysis results from HECRAS into Power Civil? HECRAS can export to SDF format (spatial delimited file) but I can find no tools to import SDF into Power Civil. I want to show the water surface results in my DGN. …
  • Re: GEOPAK Dynamic Slopes

    Hi Steve, not that I'm aware of. How many are you attempting to add?