• How To Fix Bowties in OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition

    Hi, Does anyone know a quick solution to fix the Bowtie Error that happens around tight corners of a corridor? (image below) - I know you can delete all the vertices, but it just goes back and re-draws if any edits are done to the corridor. -I know…
  • Item Type Expression for returning the Parent Folder of a Feature Definition

    Is there an expression that will return the parent folder of the feature definition being used? Or the full path which may also be useful in some situations? An example where this would be useful is having different categories of signs. You could have…
  • How a 3d parametric cell (traffic signage/ road furniture) should be configurated to have a 2d symbology representation? (ArcGIS, Naviswork, IFC missing items)

    Dear OpenRoads community, We are developing some 3D cells to have some road furniture in our model. They are placed in the model as parametric cells. We have two issues: 1) If we place the cell in a 2D view is not represented in 3D. 2) If we place…
  • ORD 2020 R1 - template point - Cannot set the horizontal feature constraint

    OpenRoads Desiigner CONNECT Edition - 2020 R1 Update 8 (v10.08.00.88) - I was trying to use the horizontal feature constraint to control my corridor and could not get it to work. When I edited my template to check the feature name I noticed that all my…
  • Displaying alignment information in cross sections in PowerGEOPAK SS4 WITHOUT Ancillary Features

    With Bentley's continued push to remove all legacy tools, there are still missing elements that require detailed explanation on what their SS4 equivalent function is. One in particular - Ancillary Features. Ancillary features is a great (while soon…
  • Annotate Utilities in cross sections for PowerGEOPAK

    I am having trouble developing the correct element templates that will be used for utilities. I need the utilities to be detected as a feature when using Corridor Modeling Annotate Cross Sections. However the feature definition for conduits does not…
  • Displaying features in Cross Section Issues (Dynamic vs. Static)

    Hello, I am using InRoads SS4 version 08.11.09.878 and came across a potential bug. The project is utilizing native styles to handle the display of features. I am cutting sections through multiple corridors, and the crossing features (crosses, points…
  • How do I create cut and fill features from an InRoads SS3/SS4 corridor?

    I need to be able to show cut and fill lines on my production drawings and have them be delineated from one another by their feature definitions. What is the workflow to display these features from my InRoads SS4 corridors?
  • My Sessions at the Bentley Learn Conference

    Hello everyone. Just thought I’d drop a line here regarding my upcoming presentations at the Bentley Learn Conference. I have three presentations that I'm currently working on ... The first is entitled Best Practices: Sharing the Civil Model …
  • Creating GeoPak *.smd from *.XML

    I am attempting to create a new smd file for a specific project. The owner of a similar smd file was nice enough to share their smd file in XML format for use as the starting point for our new smd. Using the Geopak "merge" function, I get the following…
  • Re: Vertical Gore Tool

    Michael, Please contact our technical support group through the following mechanism and provide them with a copy of your dataset. http://appsnet.bentley.com/srmanager/addcall.aspx Thanks, Jason Smithey
  • 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…
  • InRoads Drainage - Crossing Features

    Just curious, thanks in advance... Using MicroStation V8i SS3, V08.11.09.397. InRoads V8i SS2, V08.11.07.615. Multiple sections, files, and users experiencing the same issue. After creating a storm system SDB for a proposed drainage network, I'm…
  • Generate Longitudinal Feature

    I am trying to generate a longitudinal feature, in this case an existing centerline, by offsetting an existing edge of pavement 12' and also a vertical offset of 0.24' (12' @ 2.0%). The existing feature selected has xyz values and when I generate the…
  • Surface file corruption

    I am having a problem with surface files continually getting corrupted. I am creating a new surface by importing breaklines into the surface (file -->import --> surface). I am importing these features as single elements. When I go to display them on a…
  • Define Underground Utility Lines for Cross Sections

    I need the existing utility lines to display on my cross section set. My problem is that the underground utilities were not defined in the survey; however, they are located and shown as smartlines on the plan. Can I convert these lines to a feature using…
  • GEOPAK SS3 Model - Feature Definition drawing on Default level

    When Corridor Modeling and showing cross-sections I was having the issue of a certain surface feature always drawing on the active level rather than the level that it was supposed to as defined by an Element Template. This is supposedly happening because…
  • How to bring in features into your DTM

    Hello Guys i was recently going through the bentley system online ondemand training, and i was wondering how they did brought in the features into the dtm. pls guys this is exactly my problem, let say within the terrain there is a utility underground…
  • InroadsXM Reporting - Cross Slopes

    Is there a report I can get that will give me the slope between features at a set interval? I'm doing an evaluation on the cross slope between the inside edge of pavement, and the outside edge (existing surveyed features in a DTM). So far, the closest…
  • Corridor Feature names

    Using InRoads V8i (SELECT series 2) V08.11.07.428 Recently upgraded to series 2. When creating surfaces in the Roadway Designer in SELECT series 1 the created features would have the corridor name prefixed to the name such as "Highway-EP_L". Now that…
  • Re: InRoads - Generate Sloped Surface

    Curt, InRoads Suite V8i (SELECTseries 1) V08.11.07.227 is certified on MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 1) V08.11.07.171. Thanks, Jason Smithey
  • InRoads SS1 Running in MS SS2 - Display Features in Cross Section

    Ok, I updated MicroStation SS1 to SS2 and running InRoads SS1. When I try to update my cross sections with displaying crossing surface features (as a cell), the features appear at the incorrect scale. It appears that the cells are not being scaled to…
  • Re: InRoads. X-sections anotation problem

    Corey, The problems that I noted should only be in V8i. If you are having problems then you may want to contact support with your dataset. Also, it may not fix your collision free text problem but you should upgrade to version 08.09.03…
  • Convert 2D file to 3D data

    (Posted on behalf of Be Communities User) InRoads V08.11.09.493 User has a 2D DGN file that has contours, brealines, points. Is there a way to convert the 2D file data to a 3D terrain model?
  • IR - Transverse Features in Alternate Surfaces

    InRoads XM 08.09.03.06 I often need to toggle on the add transverse features in the models so that the slope components match the surface triangulation. But, no transverse features are added to alternate surfaces, so I end up with different triangulation…