Hi guys, I am doing some training for some of my overseas colleagues, they are used to work in Civil3D, and I am telling them all how fantastic Powercivil is. Everything is going well until one of the students asks "how can I see the contours of my…

This has been discussed before but without any efficient answer I am asking it again in a slightly different manner. We survey large irregular property for a local municipality that requires MicroStation. These sites always require additional topo work…

Hello, I wanted to know if any of you know how to download or gain the drawing patterns in Microstation Power Inroads. For some reason I don't have the library that contains all the patterns. I would appreciate any help you could give me. Thanks,…

Hi Im trying to import a LANDXML file as a terrain model. I go file import --> terrain model LandXML and it imports perfectly with triangles and contours that i can edit. I can also draw a profile over the terrain and all works as normal. However…

Anyone know if there is a way to use a shape with a hole in it to compute the triangle volume between surfaces? If we need to differentiate cut/fill by areas like this, the only way I can see to do it is use two shapes and then a secondary calculation…

I have 2 corridors that intersect which I'm trying to model but when creating the surface, the Clipping Options dialogue is blank. It seems to be trying to blend the 2 corridors together where they overlap instead of clipping. Am I missing something or…

When annotating surfaces in the new openroads cross sections, there does not appear to be a way to control which points get labeled - it is all or nothing. The only control appears to be not annotating points within a certain distance of each other, but…

I am editing the surface manually instead of using a ton of end condition overrides in Roadway Designer. Once I have done the edits to the surface, will I be able to use the Model at all? Will the model override all my changes that I did manually to the…

Something that I had never thought about before and have not been able to figure out how to do so. Is there a way to set the surface symbology when importing surface from graphics? I know there is a trick to having the surface symbology set out of roadway…

I’m having some issues with my combined surface on a project. I have a 4 lane mainline with 4 ramps. I have target aliasing on the ramps so that the infield side end condition of the ramp finds the mainline model’s fill slope. This is fine until I flatten…

Hello All, We have an InRoads SS2 surface and want to generate stake out points from the surface. Along the breaklines, we want critical points (end points, high/low points, change of direction), plus at an interval (let's say every 10m). Then,…

I am working on cutting cross sections for a new 4 lane roadway. The standard cross section borders go from 150' left of baseline to 150' right. Being that this is a new roadway, the proposed surface sometimes goes beyond these limits, so we'll need a…

I noticed an issue with end conditions not tying into the existing ground line drawn in cross section cells. The problem occurred at several cross section and the error varied between 0.01' to upwards of 2'. After troubleshooting, it was noticed that…

I have a question on what is showing up in the roadway designer versus what I'm getting when my surface actually generates. The first picture is from the roadway designer. It is 2 lanes of a 4-way highway on the left and the on-ramp on the right. Both…

Hello, A user has brought to my attention that when attempting to Delete a group of features from a fairly large .DTM the command seems to require a large chunk of time, he has waited in excess of 10 minutes apparently with no results. The .DTM in…

I have some points in a template that aren't becoming features in the surface even though their components are being constructed. I didn't think it was possible for a constructed point to not become a feature in the new surface. Is this a glitch or is…

Hello, I using InRoads V8i SS2 and I'm trying to construct a template that works with two target surfaces. For example, in a project with two DTM surfaces loaded (existing ground and rock surface, ~ 3 meters above existing ground),I have to configure…

Hi, I don't fully understand the option 'Draw Depressions Couterclockwise' under the Advanced tab in the View Contours box. Why and when should this be used? Jean Castro

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…

Greetings, Please see the sketch below, I need to model this surface, and I have no clue where to start. Anybody please kindly point me a direction. Your help will be greatly apprecaited. The main question I have is how to get the 2% slope? and…

I am trying to open two fairly large (123MB and 143MB) dtms. Originally there was supposed to be one huge dtm but because of the file size it was split into two. I can open one but when I go to open the other I get the screen saying "Duplicate surface…

I'm working on a 3d model for a mainline roadway with numerous side roads to produce a rendering using the 3d modeling tools in geopak V8i. The 3d model tools seem quite limited for this task, does anyone have a decent workflow to able to mesh/merge the…

Hi. Is there a way. or macro or somthing to pattern area (Geopak PowerCivil v8i SS2) so that the cells stay in tact and like chess board. Elar

Hi all, I created a surface model by Corridor and Modeler on a highway interchange project. Now I am facing a rounding issues during creating sheets (Pavement Elevation Detail Sheets and Cross Sections Sheets) from this model. Apparentely, all the numbers…