All of the templates for the model input as well as model output are managed in the Road project manager.
Once the respective templates have been created, they must be assigned to the axis. This applies both to the model input templates as well as the model output templates.
A distinction is made between the following groups of model templates:
Land·requirement·templates
The template for land requirements determines the calculation limits to the left and right of the axis. Land requirements on both sides of approximately 25 m means that 25 meters to the right and 25 meters to the left of the axis must be taken into account for the roadway calculation. This also means that the terrain model assigned to the axis must also be present for the selected sphere of influence. If this is not the case, the roadway calculation cannot be completed.
Cross·section·templates
The standard profile of the roadway is defined in the cross section templates. A central reserve, main lane and up to six additional lanes can be defined. Vertical offsets can be formed in between the lanes. A template for the road layer design, which must be created first of all in the Road·model·configurations/Road·layer·templates subcategory, should be selected for each lane of the road.
Roadside·templates
The parameters for the road foundations, slope, ditch, retaining wall and intermediate reservations are defined in the roadside templates. In addition to the input parameters for the inclination or width, you can also define the conditional parameters here for the ditch, retaining wall and intermediate reservations. The difference in height between the terrain edge and the end of the road foundations is determined at each calculated cross section. If this difference in height is greater than the conditional parameters, the corresponding roadside element will then be automatically created on this profile. The example below illustrates the ratio of the condition to the difference in height.
ΔH = |H_Road foundations - H_Terrain|;
if (ΔH > H_Condition)
{
Slope element = True;
}
else
{
Slope element = False;
}
Height = 0 can be defined for a retaining wall. This means that, despite the condition being met, no wall element will be created for the time being. You can use the Roadside·overrider function and select the Wall height at cut or Wall height at fill overrider type to subsequently define the wall height in the required position. This allows the retaining wall elements to be modeled in detail.
Sub-base·templates
The sub-base plan for the roadway is defined in the sub-base templates. This includes the minimum layer thickness below the roadways, the inclinations of the excavated soil material and ground level and the axis offset of the lowest point.
Road layer structure templates
The layer material and the layer thicknesses of a roadway structure are defined in the road layer structure templates. They must be assigned to the respective cross section templates in the next step.
A distinction is made between the following groups of output configurations:
Longitudinal section layouts
The tabular and graphical components for the layout output are defined in the output·configurations for creating longitudinal section layouts. A template can be created or a pre-defined configuration or template favorite can be loaded by right-clicking the longitudinal section layouts in the navigation tree.
The scale factors are defined in x/y for each new template in the drawing templates. This is of particular relevance to an exaggerated presentation of the vertical geometry. Tabular components can be added to the template by right-clicking the drawing templates. Graphical elements can be added to the template by right-clicking the longitudinal section graphics part.
Cross·section·drawings
The tabular and graphical components for the layout output are defined in the output·configurations for creating cross·section·drawings. A new template can be created or a pre-defined configuration or template favorite can be loaded by right-clicking the cross·section·drawings in the navigation tree.
The scale factors are defined for each template in the drawing templates. The width for the cross section view is also defined here. Tabular components can be added to the template by right-clicking the drawing templates. Graphical elements can be added to the template by right-clicking the longitudinal section graphics part.
Road·layout style
Individual visual·styles can be created here. The required visual·styles can be combined and their parameters adjusted by right-clicking the drawing templates. If a new visual style has been created, this can be selected in the Road layout style function and used for the required axis.
Auxiliary elements
The templates for presenting auxiliary elements can be adjusted here. In order to use the template, they must be selected in the Auxiliary elements function to visualize the additional points.
Layout·plan·drawings
The graphical components for the layout output are defined in the output·configurations for creating layout·plan·drawings. A new template can be created or a pre-defined configuration or template favorite can be loaded by right-clicking the layout·plan·drawings in the navigation tree.
Components can be added to the template by right-clicking the drawing templates.
The Show all settings field in the top section of the dialog box can be activated in order to display all of the input parameters of components.
Report templates
Reports allow point, length and volume information to be output. A new template can be created or a pre-defined configuration or template favorite can be loaded by right-clicking the road·report in the navigation tree.
The report type must be defined first of all in the report parameters. A distinction is made here between three different types. If you click the Add data icon, different output parameters can be added to the template depending on the report type.
Type |
Output parameter |
Attributes |
Project name, design standard, axis data, layout, etc. |
Station |
Peg points (XYZ), lane width, lane·inclination, height information, thickness of road layer structure, etc. |
Section |
Spoil and landside fill volume, volume of total roadway, etc. |
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