i got the latitude,longitude and elevation details from google earth and GPS visualiser and converted these in to UTM.
How can i import this data and is there any difference betwen survey data and ground data?
if yes, how to obtain the ground data into MX Roads select series version4 V8I and also how to convert the path details obtained from maps as survey data?
I need to cut cross sections from surface templates. How do I cut cross sections and label correctly?
Hi,
I'm trying to set up our Seed files (2D and 3D) for use with ORD Release 2 Update 7. When I open up one of the default Bentley seed files that were recommended to start with I am able to see in Settings->File->Design File Settings->Working Units a complete list of units. We want our master units to be US Survey Feet and then we have Tenths set up as the sub units. I can configure it there correctly but as soon as I open my seed file or create a file based on our seed file in one of our Workspaces then the Master and Sub Unit no longer have any options shown for the units. The only unit is then Custom. So why would using my Workspace no longer show the correct Master Unit? And do I need to worry that it has disappeared?
Thanks,
Neal
communities.bentley.com/.../KYTC_5F00_Standards_5F00_OC.cfgcommunities.bentley.com/.../KYTC_5F00_Standards_5F00_WSP.cfg
Hi I'm running ORD Release 2 Update 7. I am unable to open the Text Favorite Manager when I open a file with a workspace defined. If I open a file with a workspace open then I get an error in the message center saying that it is an unknown key-in or command. Any idea what variable in my config files would prevent it from opening? I would like to open it with my workspace so that the associated text styles and appropriate levels come in.
Thanks,
Neal
communities.bentley.com/.../3051.KYTC_5F00_Standards_5F00_OC.cfgcommunities.bentley.com/.../6675.KYTC_5F00_Standards_5F00_WSP.cfg
I was told the OpenSite/OpenRoads contains a *full* version of microstation so we do not need to purchase that to run the Open products - is this correct?
Does OpenSite or OpenRoads have the InRoads Survey capabilities? (i.e., it takes field data and automatically maps the linework, and dynamically updates as you manipulate the fieldbook data.)
This is critical - is there something similar to InRoads COGO Classic "map check" function? If not, is there another product that does have it?
Does either program have something similar to InRoads horizontal annotation where I can plot out a number of alignments with bearing/length or curve data and if it doesn't fit, it will automatically create line/curve tables?
We use the Trimble SX10 - is there easy integration between that and the Bentley software?
Does the point cloud capabilities include the capability of auto-recognition of things like building edges and overhead lines?
How easy is it to export design info such as centerline coordinates or property boundary coordinates to a text file (to be uploaded to the survey instrument)?
Will we be able to import the InRoads .alg and .fwd files into OpenSite or OpenRoads?
Will we be able to import InRoads .dtm files?
Thanks
I created and chained my horizontal alignment using horizontal geometry tools, created and chained a profile for that alignment using vertical geometry tools. I then change the name of my horizontal geometry and my profile no longer appears in COGO. I delete the vertical geometry and recreate it, then export to native and there it still does not appear in COGO. Why is this? Is there another step I'm missing or are you never allowed to change your horizontal geometry name after creating it the first time?
Is anyone else having a problem with the Cross Section Preferences in PowerGEOPAK Select Series 10 08.11.09.918? None of the preferences are loading, nor can we save a preference.
Hi, is it possible to import LandXML files in a fieldbook ?
OpenRoads designer CONNECT Edition Version 10.07.01.32
I deleted a corrido, but the barriers remain. I tried everything I can to delete it(including DROP ELEMENT and DELETE both in 2D and 3D models) .Is there anything I can do now to erase it and rescue my model?
Great vid on house building in North America using BIM.
They didn't go into the large amounts of civils...
1. GIS- OpenCities Map
2. Surveying - Topcon Magnet for site up and setting/staking out.
3. Context Capture
4. OpenSite designer for road and terrain optimisation. Lot parcelling built in.
5. OpenRoads SUDA/WaterCAD for drainage, OpenUtilities for utilities modeling,
6. Retaining walls - Geo5? gINT?
...and landscaping work required:
7. Vue PlantFactory trees in LumenRT.... linked to OpenSIte Designer for design and quantification
Designing the housing would need something like...
8. CityCAD to optimise and demonstrate the sustainability credentials to the permiting authorities.
9. Testfit tor generative optioning and property development modeling
10. Higharc for super generative design?
Modeling the houses themselves are also interesting...
11. OpenBuilding Designer for the shell, domestic HVAC, public health and electrical installation.
12. OBD Energy Simulator for suustainability modeling / compliance certification.
13. Progenio3d for the fit-out - with direct to fabrication support.
14. Framing- Vertex BD? Or can Progenio be modified to detail with stud framing?
15. Ground slab: RCDC?
16. OBD's GenerativeComponents to manage the customer optioning process?
17. Trelligence and Codebook for spaceplanning and room data sheets? Or Bentley Facilities Planner?
Managing the fabrication and construction:
18. Synchro Pro for scheduling / programming?
19. Project Management STR Vision CPM
20. Cost'house buyer budget sensitive' modeling - bridge app to CostX?
21. Subcontractor tendering - ProjWise Procureware?
22. Construction Site management - ProjectWise Deliverables Management, Field Data Management or Synchro Workgroup Project / Site / OVR
23. Workface planning: ConstructSim
24. ProjWise Integration / Azure
25. Design++ or Vertex BD for fabrication?
26. ..?
Yes, I know... your typical house builder will not have a nice wide platform / playbook from one vendor... like large infrastructure jobs.
OTOH, there seems to be a big drive at the moment to drive productivity in the housing industry, which has resulted in a shift to offsite manufacturing (Karterra etc) in the market. There will be a lot of established mid-level house builders that will not want to be subsumed by the new VC-funded market entrants.
So, I suspect that there will be a lot of interest amongst these mid-level housebuilders (like SiteOps' current users) for a 'platform' that can drive productivity to compete with the new godizillas coming to the market. And will be willing to put up with the costs of re-training their users and buying new software. There isn't a comprehensive platform or 'tool chain' at the moment (and Bentley has a lot covered on the civils and construction scheduling front) but this probably won't stay that way long. The initial focus should be providing CDE and integration hub services using i.Model.js ?
Bentley could also use existing clients like USACE to prototype those overseas base projects which I imagine have to be put together very quickly. And those large infrastructure projects like Siemen's power stations in South America which involve huge road construction projects will probably entail quite a bit of accomodation and settlement provision. Who knows, Siemens might want to get into the prefab housing market themselves... to go with all the latest IoT gadgets and washing machines? :-)
Is any video available to learn how to write expression in Annotation of XS. For reference i am attaching image. 
When we upgrade a file with terrains from PowerCivil SS4 to ORD we are missing the list of terrains in the Complex Terrain Editor that we used to create the complex terrain. Are we missing something?
Hello, I am working in geopak ss4. My proposed profiles are not writing the .gpk file and I can't figure out why. I have tried the export to native button and have also tried recreating my vertical profiles but no luck. Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks,
Therese
I am using Open Roads Designer V. 10.11.0.38.
I have created various enclosed shapes to determine area quantities. I can find the area of individual shapes using the "Measure Area" command.
However, when I click the "Dynamic Area" check box, to add areas together based on shape selection, the command only provides the area of the last highlighted shape and not the cumulative total of all highlighted shapes. Is there a setting that needs to be adjusted or is this command not intended for this purpose?
If Dynamic Area command inside of Measure Area is not for this purpose, is there a command in ORD that will cumulatively add the areas of selected enclosed shapes?
I have been trying to move from InRoads Suite to OpenRoads Designer. I have a design in ORD which has two intersection realignments and a main drainage way relocation. I have three road corridors and a ditch line corridor created. Now I have to mash all this together and figure out how I'm going to get it in format I can layout in the field. Should be a button to create a terrain from a corridor but I haven't found it. Assume I need to create terrains from all four corridors then merge them into a final surface for the layout calcs. Also having trouble creating the cross sections. I liked the old way of attaching them to the drawing.
I know that's a lot of rambling but that is what my mind has been reduced too. I'm Trying set hubs on the ROW line at my cross section stations and do an offset w/ cut/fill to ditch, EOP, CL etc. How do I get a report with coordinates for the hubs and XS points.
Hi
I am a designer in NSW, Australia. I am currently trying to develop a civil cell for a median island at a signalised intersection, but I am encountering some trouble getting a single radius median nose to work as I intend it due to greyed out snaps during the design process. According to the RMS Traffic Signal Design Guide, the nose of the island has to be offset 0.3m from the crossing line, as can be seen below:
To achieve this, I am trying to draw a radius that is tangential to 3 separate lines - the two outer edges of the median and a line dictating the 0.3m offset from the crossing line. The radius of the nose would be dependent on the width of the median. The scenario can be seen below (The arc below was created using Microstation arc tools, not ORD Geometry):
The problem I encounter is that using ORD Geometry, it seems impossible to achieve the scenario described. I have been currently using the Arc Between Points (Start / End / Pass-through) to try and snap tangentially to the 3 lines, and while it works for the start and end snaps, but when it comes to selecting the "Pass-through" point it will not let me snap to the third line as the tangential snap greys out and becomes unusable. I had also tried using Arc Between Elements, but that has no option of selecting a third point.
My question is:
1. Is the scenario I am describing possible with ORD Geometry tools?
2. If not, then why are some crucial snaps removed from use when using certain ORD Geometry Tools?
Thanks
Jake
Good Morning All,
I am new to OpenRoads having used MX since the late 1990's. I have been given OpenRoads Connect Edition Release 4.
I have gone through a lot of the Bentley training using the training Workspace and Feature Sets but cannot find any feature sets for the UK standard definitions that I had sent by Bentley. Is this something I have to set up individually? I am struggling to get this set up properly.
Thanks.
Simon Hackett
sir,
how to design a road with the google coordinates? can you share me any material regarding this? I've downloaded placemark for making ground data and create contours on the captured image. And i've downloaded and imported coordinates of the part of the captured placemark, but these two are not overlapping on each other and how to design a road with google coordinates?
What is the base price for Open Site Designer. One license for now.
thanks
I have OpenRoads and Power Inroads installed on my computer. How does licensing work for the installation of both programs? If I open a dgn in ORD and a dgn in Power Inroads at the same time and I pulling 1 license or 2?