Video: Creating Horizontal Geometry and Profile From Survey Feature

Kevin McDonald — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 21:18:49 GMT

Current Revision posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Kevin McDonald on 4/2/2015 9:18:49 PM

Product(s):	InRoads, MX, GEOPAK
Version(s):	08.11.09+
Area:	Survey

This video demonstrates how to create a horizontal geometry element and profile from a survey feature. The steps demonstrated are as follows:

Create a new 2D DGN ("MainCL.DGN") in which the horizontal geometry and profile will be created. Make sure that this DGN already has the Default-3D model created.
Isolate any survey features in the survey DGN that you want export, then run the Export To>DGN Graphics... command and create a new, temporary DGN that contains just the desired survey features.
Reference the exported DGN into the Default-3D model of the MainCL.DGN file
Use the MicroStation copy command to copy the elements from the exported DGN into the MainCL.DGN file.
Run the 3D Geometry>Plan by 3D Element command, select each 3D element. This will create a 2D geometry back in the Default model, as well as a profile for each element.

Click the video below to play it. To view in fullscreen mode, first click the YouTube link at the bottom of the video to launch the video on the YouTube site. Then, click the fullscreen button (rightmost button at bottom of video).

Recorded in 1280 X 720 resolution.