Civil Designer’s Roads module is a comprehensive design program offering interactive

embankment design and area calculations for highways, rural roads, urban streets,
single/dual carriageway roads, railways, airports, harbours and parking areas. It also
includes regression analysis of the alignment of existing roads, sight distance checks,
speed profiling and water film thickness calculations.

In Road Strings, we developed an underlying triangle mesh structure that utilises state
of the art spatial indexing and triangle connectivity strategies. This means faster redraws of roads, junction
modelling and volume calculations, as well as better validation of the translated DTM surface.

Handles more than 400km of Road Road Rehabilitation Functionality

with 2500 Different Roads Per Project Use the Road Rehabilitation functionality to:
Design single or dual carriageway roads of over
400km in length (in a single project), with up to
2500 different roads per project. You can also  Remove co-linear points using horizontal and
design split horizontal and vertical alignments vertical alignment regression analysis.
where roads are built through difficult terrain.  Extract alignments from a terrain strings model.
 Extract road edge data and layerwork limits from
CAD entities.
Alignment Regression Functionality  Create crowned dual carriageways.
 Specify median connection options, connect at a
Use Regression Analysis to extract HPIs and curve grade or include existing median features from
radii from CAD lines, polylines or terrain strings. the DTM.
 Model retaining walls using variable size
components.
Road Texturing
Apply installed textures to individual roads or road
components for realistic 3D rendering and design Roundabout Design using the
verification purposes. Stockdale Method
Use the Stockdale method to design the vertical
alignment for complicated roundabouts with more
than four incoming legs. Crown lines on the
roundabout circle and approach roads are
indicated so their convergence, or 'kiss-points',
provide the framework for the vertical alignment.

Display Symbols at Low or High Points

Along the Road Edge String
Automatically display symbols at low or high points
along the road edge string, which is useful for
determining the positions of kerb inlets or
highlighting flat spots and drainage problem areas
at sections of super elevation development.
 radii, traffic islands, edge control, kerbs and
layerworks. and traffic circles with traffic circle radii,
crossfalls or crowns, bell-mouth radii, kerbs and
layerworks. The wizards include a real-time design
preview for further design analysis.

You can save these to libraries for instant re-use in

existing or future projects. This design wizard also
allows for easy design verification and optimisation.

Road Template Editor

Use the Road Control Panel to easily set up the
basic parameters of a road by defining the
template, road widths and cross falls, and road
surfaces in one window. Use Road templates to
easily design the road profile and view the end
result. The powerful new Template Editor has
interactive design for compulsory additions, cut and
fill slopes, kerbs and layerworks. Add pre-defined
features, such as retaining walls, side drains,
Minimum Sight Distance Check with
sidewalks, and parking areas, to the template using
drag and drop. Import road template control points Full 3D Analysis
from a drawing and create a CAD drawing from a Calculate the areas along the road alignment
road template. The test function allows you to where the driver cannot see a specified object over
immediately see how the end product is going to a specified minimum sight distance. Problem areas
function. are marked in a defined pen colour on both the
vertical and horizontal alignments. Calculations
take into account if the driver’s sight is obstructed
Road Components by vertical curves, horizontal bends, cuttings and
Components, which are super building blocks for drains, or a combination thereof, and include
templates, give you the flexibility to create and ground points beyond the road toe point within the
apply a typical cross-section template and then road reserve as well as information outside the
add/remove components from individual cross- road reserve.
sections using the Cross-Section Editor or Edge
Control spreadsheet.
Horizontal, Vertical Alignment &
Use one template and easily modify its’ Superelevation According to TRH17,
components to suit local conditions, such as cut/fill, AASHTO or COD 109
side drains, crash barriers, retaining walls, etc. For
example, you can force the use of a side drain The horizontal alignment stake position displays
through alternating cut/fill conditions, or add a dynamically on the plan view so you know exactly
gutter, parking bay and sidewalk. where the horizontal curves are. The vertical
alignment function allows you to display up to 100
profiles, such as the ground line at centreline plus
Superfast Intersection, Roundabout the left and right road reserves, while the grade
envelope guides you according to the design
and Cul-de-Sac Design Using Road
criteria. During horizontal and vertical alignment
Strings design, you are warned when specified design
Our Road Strings Intersection, Mini-Roundabout criteria are exceeded.
and Cul-de-sac and Hammer head design wizards
allow for quick and easy design perimeter input of
intersections with lead in and out tapers, bell-mouth
 Dynamic Contouring & Slope Arrows Climbing & Auxiliary Lane Analysis
Our Strings based roads design functionality with Speed Profiling
includes dynamic contouring and slope arrows, Our speed profiling calculation automatically
which provides a real time indication and suggests climbing lanes based on the Speed
verification of the design's slope integrity and Profile analysis of the vertical alignment. You have
stormwater behaviour. You can set blacktop flat precise control of the road edge levels so you can
slope tolerances (%) warnings, as required. apply complex super-elevation conditions. The
function also makes provision for changes in lane
widths for climbing lanes or auxiliary lanes.
Extract an Entire Road Design From a Create auxiliary lanes by specifying the lane width,
3D CAD Drawing start and end position, the taper lead-in and lead-
out lengths, and the layer works template to be
Extract the horizontal and vertical alignments, as
applied.
well as the road's super elevation, from a 3D CAD
drawing. You can then use this existing design
information as a starting point for:
• Vertical and horizontal re-alignments.
Road Expert Automates
• Road widenings. Recalculations
• New/upgraded intersections. Our Road Expert allows you to keep track of
• Design speed verification. changes you have made and automates
• Sight distance analysis. recalculations in the event of changes to the
• Speed profiling of climbing lanes. design.
• Water Film Thickness Analysis

Import & Export LandXML Road Data

Water Film Thickness Analysis
for Greater Data Portability
Analyse the combination of a carriageway’s cross
Import and Export DTM, Roads, Sewer, Storm and
fall and vertical alignment for surface flow
Water data to and from a LandXML file.
exceeding a user defined depth using RRL method,
which is highlighted in an overlaid colour map with
a user defined depth colour ramp..
Road Quantities with Layerworks
Calculate road quantities from cross-sections using
the end area method, adjusted by a compaction
factor and topsoil stripping. The results include:

• Unadjusted cut and fill volumes

• Adjusted cut available for fill
• Adjusted excess cut
• Adjusted fill shortfall
• Topsoil stripping
• Bank areas
• Topsoil cover
• Roadbed Prep
Create Multiple Design Codes COLTO slope finishing quantities are also supplied.
Create and store multiple design codes/criteria for You can calculate layerwork volumes and yield the
horizontal/vertical alignment and super-elevation. total volume for each layer and the preparation
You can then apply these to different projects area for each layer in cut and fill.
and/or road segments.

Fill Benching
Add fill benching to a cross-section in either slope
direction using the benching width, height and
slope.
 Edge Level Graphical View
The Edge Level graphical view includes the vertical
alignment with an option to display the left and right
road edges, which allows you to see the effects of
the combination of vertical alignment and super-
elevation on the road edge levels.

Road Segments
Split a single road into segments where different
design criteria apply to different sections of the
same road, for example, during rural to urban
environment transitions. You can apply pre-set
View Road Centrelines on Google design criteria to different segments of the same
Earth road to accommodate design speed changes
without needing to change the existing design
View road centrelines on Google Earth for realistic
model.
3D rendering, design verification and presentation
purposes.
Super Elevation Slaved to Horizontal
Linear Road Furniture Alignment
Draw Linear Road Furniture, such as guardrails, Calculate the super elevation and run off lengths
barriers and fences, for realistic 3D rendering and based on the horizontal curves according to the
design verification purposes. TRH17 standards or custom standards, including
reverse, compound and broken-back curves. You
can also specify the super elevation independent
of the horizontal curves.

Crossing Services
Specify additional services, such as
telecommunication ducts, electrical cables etc,
which you can then:
• Display on the plan layout and as crossing
services on long and cross-sections.
• View/edit in spreadsheet form.
Crossing services are included on layout plans, as
Point Control well as long and cross-section production
Assign a Point Control name to each road template drawings.
point. You can add Point Control Rules to any road,
which allows the location of points or components
within a cross-section to target the CAD entity or
Road String, as per the rules specified.

Intelligent Profile Selection for

Multiple Cut/Fill Conditions
Edge conditions, drainage and batter slopes are
automatically adjusted on the road profile
according to your specified cut and fill conditions.
This means you can automatically have different
road widths, side drains, retaining walls and cut/fill
slopes, according to the depth/height of cut or fill.
 Pavement Designer with TRH4 existing services in the services database can be
displayed when designing the vertical alignment,
Pavement Classes
as well as in the Cross-Section Editor.
Create various pavement libraries containing
several manually defined pavement designs (TRH4
Pavements are built in by default), and then use Handles Multiple Backdrop Displays
these files throughout an organisation. The of Huge Sizes
pavement symbol can be generated automatically
on cross-section plots. Display a bitmap showing the natural features,
cadastral layout drawing or site contours, while
defining the horizontal alignment graphically by
Multiple Cross-Sections Per Road indicating the position of the HPIs. Once the HPIs
have been defined, drag them to modify the
Cross-sections are stored in up to 128 road layers. alignment. Route planning has never been easier!
Keep track of construction progress by recording
each month’s results in a separate layer and
calculate cut and fill volumes between any two Plotting, Sheetfiles (Drawing
layers with topsoil stripping and bulking or
compaction factors. Extract up to 20 long-sections
Templates)
from any of the 128 layers to define ground lines, Use our design templates (sheetfiles) to define
and intermediate or hard material lines at user what the final production drawings will look like,
defined offsets on long section drawings. thereby avoiding post-production CAD editing. You
can generate production drawings with detailed
title blocks, north signs, grids, company logos,
Compound Curve Sets for Horizontal annotations, data lists, scale bars and more, so your
Alignments plotting requires little, if any CAD editing. Flexible
sheetfiles allow for precise placement of all the
Design using simple and / or complex horizontal design elements in your title block with
alignment curve sets which include radii, in / out customisable settings, so you don’t need to cut and
transitions, off-sets and the ability to extract from paste any design information into a title block.
CAD.

BIM IFC File Export

Kerb Editor with SABS 927 Kerbs
Our Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) support
Use the Kerb Editor to create kerb group files allows geometric and attribute information to be
containing one or more kerb types. Each kerb customised according to the requirements of the
contains cross-section geometry as well as quantity recipient, thereby improving efficiency in any BIM
data and can be specified in the road edge level workflow. Prior to export, you can set up custom IFC
specifications, which allows for long and short kerb files, assign the appropriate northern or southern
quantification as well as inclusion in all cross- coordinate system and specify the extents of the
section plotting. shared data. Data can be allocated to one or more
IFC files and can incorporate all or selected
portions of the proposed infrastructure services
Graphical or Spreadsheet Design associated with a project.
Tools
Use tabs to easily switch between alignment views Crossing Services Displayed on Plan,
or data sheet information and access all the
relevant design tools and functions for the vertical Long and Cross-Sections
alignment and super elevation. Use the graphical Import pipe and services databases (sewer pipes,
display, which shows all relevant information, to storm water culverts, water networks, electrical
insert, add or modify control points. layouts and telecommunication cables, etc) into
Civil Designer in order to indicate crossing
Additional information on vertical curves and positions of the pipes/cables on road, sewer, storm
grades displays dynamically in an information box and water services.
as you move. Crossing services from the sewer
module, storm module, water module and other
 Dynamic Updating of Production window. You can then adjust the invert levels and
slopes of the affected culverts.
Drawings
Production drawings are dynamically updated as
you change your design. If you want to create Full Compatibility with DWG & Other
archive copies, simply use the Publish function. Formats
As a founding member of the Open Design
Proximity & Collision Clash Analysis Alliance, our inside knowledge of the DWG drawing
structure ensures high compatibility when loading
Between any Design or Existing and saving DWG IFC BIM (4x3 export only) and DXF
Elements drawing formats. We also support the loading of
Check for clashes between any two services, such Caddie CEX, Arcview SHP, Microstation DGN and
as sewer, storm, water, road layers or other existing Ultimate CAD UCX files, which gives you
services defined in the crossing services. Problem unprecedented flexibility to move between
areas display on the layout drawing, and you can drawings without worrying about incompatibilities
display a long section of the chosen branch, as well and data exchange problems.
as the crossing services, in the longitudinal section

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