It is now possible to see the existing objects defined in terrain model in road applications. They are available in alignment design vertical window and road model cross section window.

1. Existing object(s) must be defined in the terrain model.

2. Existing object is available in the alignment design vertical window.

The existing object is presented with a circle of radius 1m. The centerpoint of the circle represents the crossing location on the alignment. Other properties of the existing object (diameter, shape, additional information) are not available in this version.

3. Existing object is available in the road model cross section window with the given properties.

4. Existing objects are available when the longitudinal profile from road model is drawn.

Setting for drawing existing objects must be enabled in the terrain profile settings when the longitudinal profile is drawn:

Existing objects are drawn to the longitudinal profile drawing. Also the station, elevation and nominal diameter is shown:

5. Existing objects are available when the cross sections from road model are drawn.

Setting for drawing existing objects must be enabled in additional drawing objects when the cross sections are drawn:

Existing objects are available when the cross sections are drawn. Also the station, elevation, diameter and the material thickness is shown:

It is now possible to present design objects in road model cross section window. Design object is a dwg-file (curbstone, guardrail) defined by user. The insertion point of the dwg-symbol must be at 0,0,0. Designed objects do not take part in volume calculation.

1. User creates a design object, a dwg-file representing for example a guard rail. Dwg-file is saved to disk with the desired insertion point as 0,0,0. The insertion point is used to attach the object to road model.

2. Designed objects can be defined in the road model by selecting Data→Design Objects

3. Objects are defined in the Design Objects –dialog.

Chainage, first-last The first and last station of the design object is defined. The columns are sorted on re-opening the dialog.

DWG Filename The name of the design object (dwg file) is selected.

Insertion point - Method The method of insertion points is selected. Surface refers to a road surface where the design object is inserted. The end point of the surface is used. An alignment (with or without vertical information) can also be used.

Insertion point - Value The value of the insertion point is selected. A road surface or an alignment.

Offset Hor/Ver An offset value of the insertion point can be given. The value is in meters, positive value outwards from the centerline, negative inwards.

Rotation Rotation can be set to follow the road surface (As RoadSurfce), or None.

4. Road model needs to be re-built in order to see the design objects in the cross section window.

5. Design objects are available when the cross sections from road model are drawn.

Setting for drawing design objects must be enabled in additional drawing objects when the cross sections are drawn:

Design objects are available when the cross sections are drawn. A hatch is drawn by default, but the layer containing the hatch can be turned off by user.

It is now possible to present an external road model in the active road model cross section window. The external model is presented with full information including pavement description. External models do not take part in the active road model volume calculation.

1. External models are attached by selecting File→Properties in the active road model.

2. In the road model properties a new tab “External Models” is introduced. The path to the external model (.GEN) can be browsed by selecting Add. An external model can be removed by selecting the desired model, and pressing Remove.

3. When the active road model is re-built, the external models are available.

4. External models are available when the cross sections from road model are drawn.

Setting for drawing external models must be enabled in additional drawing objects when the cross sections are drawn:

External models are available when the cross sections are drawn:

In 17.20 fp1 and later versions you can get the alignment information that you used to get from the drawing from the DTM. This is because 17.20 fp1 also saves the information in DTM.

If you are using your project both in 17.20 fp1 and in earlier versions you should use the center line from drawing to avoid losing valuable data.

• feature: 3 new vehicle types added in Danish config → MVT1a, MVT2 and MVT3 (“Road Trains”)
• bugfix: The draw template function was crashing AutoCAD

A new method has been added in Road Bed: 2 - slope to original pavement.

When this method is used next point in the road bed will be the intersection point between this slope and the next surface in the road bed.

In Surface 3 the slope is defined as a decimal value = -0.025. The result is then:

If having different values for Left and Right side in the rounding, it created 2 lines in the dialog, this is now fixed.

Previously the min dith depth was calculated from the top surface of the road. This is now corrected to be calculated from the road bed.

Connecting alignments that have a vertical geometry should now work correctly

UI adjusted so that long arcs are always long

Sight lines are now correctly updated in the perspective viewer

The cut/fill situation is now correctly determined even without any ditch (4.x) surface

Cut surfaces can now continue after meeting the terrain to design top ditches

UI adjusted for parabolas in the vertical alignment