OpenRoads Designer v10.
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In ProjectWise – use ProjectWise New>Document get your template from
CAD_Resources\Seed
Working on your C: drive or server share, use File>New from inside ORD
How to Create New CONNECT DGN Files
The Naming tool does not really function as expected when File>New is used to
create new DGNs in a CONNECT Design Platform project with either MSCE or ORD
open. Seed2D.dgn ends up getting created. Subsequent attempts pop open a
Conflict page on the wizard.
Use ProjectWise_Document_Naming_Tool_Search.xlsx
in the Standards\PW_Standards folder in ProjectWise
The ORD descriptions are at the bottom of the naming
tool list
GEOM file has civil data in it
R_K99999_wrk_01.dgn or R_K99999_Misc_01.docx is
where your non-civil design notes go
Keep different types of data in different files – separation
In a file with civil data - work exclusively in the Default model
https://www.oregon.gov/odot/EAST/Pages/QuickStart_ORD.aspx
Do not manually create other models in a file with civil data when using ORD
Feature Definition Toggle Bar (Toolbar) – use it; it is open and docked for a
reason.
Tool Settings Dialog, Heads-Up Dialog and Status Bar Prompts – You must
constantly read and respond to status bar prompts and left-click with your mouse to
accept entries that you make in either dialog.
Move the location of your message center so that the prompts can be completely
read.
Note – typing in is not enough – you must <Tab>, <Enter> or click in another field
to submit your entry!
File is not named correctly or in the correct folder
Trying to place civil data in a file created with V8i
Civil data is not accessible when referencing (ORD has not made the 3D model)
Civil data is not in the Default model
Failing to assign an Alignment Feature Definition or Complex your geometry
Not following the prompts for commands that require multiple inputs from the
mouse
Not using <Enter> or <Tab> after entering info into a field, like Name
It causes OpenRoads to do a few things that you can actually see happen.
OpenRoads must perform these tasks in order to view profiles and cross
sections.
Activating a terrain also exposes the civil data that is in the file or attached as a
reference to the file. The civil data is made visible when your geometry is
referenced into other files, so other people and processes can access your civil
data.
1. ORD automatically creates a 3D model in your 2D file named Default-3D and
makes a self-reference attachment to that model (Live nesting, Depth=1).
2. In the 3D model (Default-3D), ORD automatically makes reference attachments to
the 3D model of every file that was already attached to your 2D model (Default) -
but only when the attached references have a civil 3D MODEL THAT WAS
CREATED BY ORD!
Active, Default-3D
|_TERR, Default
Use [ALT] to lock to the beginning or end of an alignment (when using the Heads-
Up dialog)
If you need to add to an alignment that is already complexed, use
Geometry>Horizontal>Modify>Append Element
You can use Insert Vertex to insert a PI in a straight line
If you want a curve in the location that doesn’t have a PI, you can use
Geometry>Horizontal>Modify>Insert Fillet and put the PI and the curve in at the
same time. The results are complexed whether or not you start with a complexed
alignment.
Be careful in using MicroStation to modify or manipulate civil geometry elements. If
you end up with a standalone interval, you may experience erratic results when
trying to use it as an alignment.
Complex by PI command is not easy to add spirals after-the-fact. Can always use
the MicroStation Drop command to break the element into pieces, make changes
and then recomplex - but may lose rules depending upon how the alignment was
built.
Don’t forget about the Reports!
Container Files are created from Seed2D.dgn. Yet they require the ORD created 3D
model named Default-3D.
In the Terrain Container File - attach a terrain base as reference and activate the
terrain to get ORD to create Default-3D in the CF file; leave terrain attached.
In the Geometry Container File - attach a terrain base as reference and activate the
terrain to get ORD to create Default-3D in the CF file; detach the terrain - it has
served its purpose.
Create new file
Attach terrain reference
Make Terrain active to see the ORD-created Default-3D model and reference
attachments
Sketch a P Line using Complex By PI
Add a spiral-curve-spiral without de-complexing
Explain use of the <Alt> key to alter the “mode” of the command to allow you to
select an element inside a complex element.
