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  • Point Control not working - element not valid for tool

    Hello, When adding a point control to my corridor and trying to select linear geometry to connect to, I get the message 'element not valid for tool'. There are other elements in the corridor which point control does work for, but these are complex elements…
  • Importing Pay Items

    Applies To Product(s): InRoads Version(s): V08.11+ Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Original Author: Bentley Technical…
  • XIN Manager ?

    Re: XIN Manager ? by caddcop I have found that it is possible to create reports on many of the feature settings for the XML XIN reports and with those, develop a plan of attack for edits. The results can be very similar to the CSV export. Sadly, you…
  • Disappearing Template Edit Dialog

    I have been receiving some questions from users about the template editor dialog disappearing and unable to get it back without having to restart MicroStation and InRoads or GEOPAK. We have tracked this down to the following Preference setting... WORKSPACE…
  • Getting Elevations from Surface for Cogo Points

    Hello there! I was trying to Get some Elevations from a Surface for some Cogo Points by creating a clearance report from the specified Surface, The issue is that when i checked the Northing & Easting of the Cogo Points, they were different than the specified…
  • Microstation InRoads V8i SS2 and ProjectWise V8i Intergration on 64bit Win7 machine

    We are upgrading our workstations from 32 bit to 64bit win7. When I open a model from ProjectWise using InRoads Suite V8i, the model is simply opened in Microstation and InRoad is not loaded, I have to use MDL Load to manually load the InRoads, and the…
  • Cogo Point Elevations....

    I am not able to get Inroads V8i SS1 to display the elevations of cogo points even though they have elevations when I review them. And yes, I'm in a 3d design file. :)
  • XIN Manager ?

    Any chance of incorporating an EnvisionCAD.com like "XIN Manager" into InRoads in the near future? Globally editing symbology in a spreadsheet is simple enough since you can export to a CSV file. But Styles are a pain to edit globally using an XML…
  • Showing Features in cross sections (edge of road)

    Hello, I have an existing alignment that I am using as a center line to cut my cross sections, and I have a second alignment (edge of road) that I need to show as a point on the cross section. I need to show the distance and elevation of the second…
  • Adding Sheet Number to Cross Section

    I have been trying to have Inroads xm 8.9 to display sheet number in my cross section. I have tried with a border inserted as a cell and as reference. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
  • Roadway Designer exporting Cut/Fill reports

    Hello, need some help here. I have created a roadway off of a template and the existing surface/proposed horizontal and vertical curve. When I process it all, and click the toggle on for showing cut and fill values, it shows them in the cross section…
  • InRoads Triangle Import

    I am having problems editing triangles. There are spots in my project where a high line rail crosses a road. There is about 30' difference in elevation. In top view, the vertical plane makes it difficult to use the edit surface> delete triangle. I wrote…
  • Storm and Sanitary, modify queried items

    After having made a query to select 41 manholes, I want to change the material. The present material is not in the dat (structure) file, but i can change other manholes which had materials that wasn't in the dat (structure) file. Wats up? Tried shuting…
  • InRoads XM or V8i: How to raise or lower the design surface to find a banlanced cut fill volume by not using Site Modeler?

    Greetings, I have created a simple building pad surface using Design Surface (Generate Longitudinal Feature, Generate Sloped Surface). Now I want to find the best design surface elevation so the cut and fill volume is balanced. How to achieve this…
  • Inroads Drainage Structure Offset Report

    Hi all, I am fairly new to MicroStation/InRoads, I have used AutoCAD Civil 3D for the past 2 1/2 years. I am trying to generate a Drainage Network Report indicating the structure ID, offset distance and station of each drainage structure (Inlets…
  • InRoads V8i End Area Volumes Issue

    Hello, I am having an issue calculating end area volumes from cross sections using InRoads V8i (V08.11.05.47). Specifically, I have broken up the granular sub-base into several components across the roadway in order to more easily deal with various…
  • 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…
  • S&S as Crossing Feature on Profile

    Is there a way to display only the crossing segments of S&S items on an existing profile similar to displaying crossing features on a profile?
  • Inroads Storm and Sanitary FAA Regional Constants

    I am looking at calculating time of concentration in InRoads Storm & Sanitary. Using the FAA method, you are asked to give K1, which is stated as a "regional constant". Where can I find the relevant regional constants? Thanks, Jenna
  • Import Surface from Graphics

    InRoads V8i (SS2) v.08.11.07.428 with MicroStation V8i (SS2) v.08.11.07.443 The Import from Graphics using Elevations mode set to "Use Text" is not working correctly. The spot elavations import as if Elevation mode is set to "Use Element Elevations…
  • existing surface grade filtering slopes? Any ideas?

    I am trying to find existing slope conditions along a 280 mile corridor. I need locations where a 5% and 3% slope exist within 100ft of the track CL (rail). Is there anyway that I can set up some type of filter that will highlight the area where these…
  • Translate LandXml geometry stationering fail

    Hi I have recived a xml-fil of a alignment. I use the LandXML Translate function with these ticked on : Use LandXML Project Name as Geometry Project Name Use LandXML stationing Include Point Names But when I import the file and make…
  • How to show Low/High Points of a Surface (dtm)

    Hello there! I have this issue, when i was done creating a surface (dtm) using Inroads, i wanted to view the low/high points of that surface, so is there any way to view them using InRoads??? Thanks & Regards, Imad Balich
  • View Horizontal Alignment deletes stationing

    Using InRoads V8i (SELECT series 2) V08.11.07.428 When I view the active horizontal geometry all my stationing and horizontal annotation gets deleted. Is there a lock setting I can change to stop this? I want to redisplay the centerline to change…
  • AutoCAD platform

    Does Bentley InRoads Site V8i currently support the AutoCAD 2013 platform? If not, when is this likely to occur and is there a commitment to continue supporting progressive AutoCAD platforms in future?