• What is the difference between an Error and a Warning in Civil Message Center?

    When applying DOT design standards, warnings and errors both tell the user that DOT design standards has been violated. I do not understand the need to differentiate them. Can someone please explain the difference between an Error and a Warning in ORD…
  • Design Cross Slope report values is not matching.

    I am trying to generate cross slope report @ 10 m interval by station base or station offset report but i am not getting appropriate values of cross slope in report. It seems correctly in cross-section view. Am missing something ?? Images is ready for…
  • DDB FIle password protected

    I have a ddb file that i would like to add some items to to show existing pipe as a different linestyle but it seems to be password protected. Is there any way to remove this password?
  • Place Profile Cell

    This concerns Geopak Road Tools. When I click on draw profile, then place profile cell, it immediately goes to the placing of the cell before I can edit the station, elevation, horizontal scale, and vertical scale. Editing the text in the cell afterwards…
  • Corridor Modeler Template display - slopes

    When I hover over a ditch, my 4:1 foreslope displays at 25%. So I attempted to adjust by right mouse clicking in the section window of roadway designer, bringing up the "display template" dialog and entered the following, trying to switch it to an alternate…
  • Bentley Support update

    For those who have been following the "Bentley Support" thread (posted 6th August 2008), this is an update... I am still awaiting any response through the Bentley Support ticketing system for all of the below tickets, submitted on the 1st of August;…
  • Re: Compound Curves and Shapes

    Derricke, I am running geopak version 08.08.02.81 and version 8 microstation. I have attached my gpk fro you to view. The chains that have the problems are T_NW and T_SE. Let me know what you can find out. Thanks
  • Recommended system requirements

    We are relatively new to the Geopak version of Corridor Modeler/Roadway Designer (have been users a little over 6 months) having come from Geopak Road and Geopak Site background. I have experienced numerous computer crashes (Bentley exception errors)…
  • Roadway Designer - pavement warping vs. superelevation

    I am new to Geopak Corridor Modeler and am struggling with superelevation. Actually, pavement warping would be a better description. I have stations and cross slopes at exact locations for how we want the pavement to tip and where; at the beginning of…
  • Compound Curves and Shapes

    I created a geopak chain for a ramp I am designing using the store graphics tool. The ramp has a compound curve in the alignment. When I run my shape text file through the compound curve, the shape file draws an odd shape not associated with the alignment…
  • Civil 3D Pipe Network Conversion

    My company is trying to develop a way to utilize the intelligent Civil 3D Pipe Networks, but we are required by most of our clients to display all of our data in a 3D model in Microstation. I am trying to create a workflow to convert Civil 3D 2012 Pipe…
  • Re: XM Geopak slow over VPN

    Thank you for the suggestion Robert! I disabled the opportunistic locking for the remote server by following the instructions on this webpage. http://www.dataaccess.com/whitepapers/opportunlockingreadcaching.html Microsofts instructions…
  • corrupt .rdp?

    I have been working on a 6 mile corridor in Roadway Designer/Corridor Modeler for a year now when I attempted to import Plan Graphics the other day and Microstation crashed. I have 15 alignments I wish to store, and they used to import just fine. Now…
  • Print Organiser issue within PowerCivil.

    Similar to the problem that has been discussed earlier for GEOPAK, the Print Organiser has a similar problem within PowerCivil. Follow these instructions to ensure the probelm does not effect you. ______________________________________________________________________________________…
  • Alternate Surface Triangulation

    I am using Microstation Select Series 2 and Geopak Corridor Modeler. My template is set up to have alternate surfaces for base course and subgrade. I know that Corridor Modeler cannot triangulate vertical surfaces, so I set the alternate surfaces to be…
  • Roadway Designer Cross Sections (Geopak)

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    I am trying to get my ROW line to come in when I cut cross sections. I can get it to show up in Roadway designer by using display references. Does anybody know of a way to get these to show up when I cut cross sections? Ross
  • Convert .alg to .gpk in GeoPAK

    We are using MS V8i (SS3) and GeoPAK. We have a client who works with the latest InRoads. Is there a way to directly convert the InRoads .alg files to either a GeoPAK .gpk or .inp file without having the client convert their files to .xml? Any help would…