How do you drape a feature onto a terrain to assign draped elevations?

Kevin McDonald — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:41:33 GMT

Current Revision posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Kevin McDonald on 3/4/2022 5:41:33 PM

Product(s):	OpenRoads Designer
Version(s):	10.09+
Area:	Terrain Model
Original Author:	Chris Key, Bentley Technical Support Group

Question:

How do you drape an element onto a surface/Terrain in order for the elevations of that feature to match the elevations of the Terrain? This was accomplished in native InRoads through the Drape Surface command. Is there an equivalent command/tool in OpenRoads?

Answer:

The tool used for assigning elevations to an element from a terrain is the 'Quick Profile From Surface' tool.

In order to assign the elevations from a terrain, open a Profile Model for the element. If you have an active Terrain displayed in the profile, you can click on that Terrain profile and 'Set as Active Profile'. Otherwise, use the Geometry > Vertical > Profile Creation > "Quick Profile from Surface" command to add a terrain profile line to the Profile Model of the element and set it as the active profile.

Once a profile is created from the terrain for a 2D element and set as the active profile, the element will display in the 3D Model draped on the surface.

How do you drape a feature onto a terrain to assign draped elevations?

Chris Key — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:19:56 GMT

Revision 2 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Chris Key on 1/27/2016 10:19:56 PM

Product(s):	InRoads, MX, GEOPAK
Version(s):	08.11.09+
Area:	Terrain Model
Original Author:	Chris Key, Bentley Technical Support Group

Question:

Answer:

The tool used for assigning elevations to an element from a terrain is the 'Quick Profile From Surface' tool.

In order to assign the elevations from a terrain, open a Profile Model for the element. If you have an active Terrain displayed in the profile, you can click on that Terrain profile and 'Set as Active Profile'. Otherwise, use the Vertical Geometry > Quick Profile from Surface command to add a terrain profile line to the Profile Model of the element and set it as the active profile. Please view this video for a demonstration on the Quick Profile From Surface tool.

Video: Quick Profile from Surface

How do you drape a feature onto a terrain to assign draped elevations?

Chris Key — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:10:41 GMT

Revision 1 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Chris Key on 1/27/2016 10:10:41 PM

Product(s):	InRoads, MX, GEOPAK
Version(s):	08.11.09+
Area:	Terrain Model
Original Author:	Chris Key, Bentley Technical Support Group

Question:

Answer:

The tool used for assigning elevations to an element from a terrain is the 'Quick Profile From Surface' tool.

In order to assign the elevations from a terrain, open a Profile Model for the element. If you have an active Terrain displayed in the profile, you can click on that Terrain profile and 'Set as Active Profile'. Otherwise, use the Vertical Geometry > Quick Profile from Surface command to add a terrain profile line to the Profile Model of the element and set it as the active profile. Please view this video for a demonstration on the Quick Profile From Surface tool.

http://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/17259.video-quick-profile-from-surface