OpenRail ConceptStation

Design Track Geometry

• Place tracks
  • Follows rail standards; class, design speed, default curve radius, transition lengths
  • Automatic cant application (cant equation)
  • Best fit existing ground vertically or create a straight vertical alignment
  • Template (typical cross-section) based approach
  • Named tracks
• Place multitracks
  • Select different templates
  • Input offset between track
  • Tracks work together, any edit done to main geometry updates the tracks
  • Track geometries can also be individually modified
• Editing of horizontal alignment
  • Insert PI, delete PI, move PI
  • Edit curve radius graphically or precisely using heads-up text editing
• Editing of vertical alignment
  • Insert PVI, Delete PVI, Move PVI
  • Edit vertical curve length and slope graphically or precisely using heads-up text editing
• Template drop editing
  • Easy editing of template drops and stationing

Design Yard/Station Areas

• Yard placement tool to create level ground elevations
  • Select different templates with different widths
• Create offset geometries
  • User defined offset values, follow vertical geometry
• Precise turnout definitions
  • Extensive turnout library
  • Crossing angles and defined turnout geometries
  • Does not allow creation of arbitrary geometries
  • Modify turnout locations
• Automatic snapping, horizontally and vertically
  • Snapping to turnout geometries
  • Snapping to end of track geometries
• Fit turnouts
  • Fit turnouts to geometry intersections
  • Creates precise turnouts, does not allow creation of arbitrary geometries
• Create crossovers
  • Automatic placement of turnouts
  • Separate start and end turnout definitions

Design Overhead Line Systems

• Place masts
  • Mast placement based on design standards
  • User-selected offset values
  • Span lengths are based on horizontal curvature and design tables
• Place portals
  • Portal placement based on design standards
  • Tracks that will be electrified can be selected
  • Automatic placement of cantilevers based on track geometries
• Create cantilevers
  • Single and double cantilevers
  • Automatic selection of push-pull configuration based on geometry and offset
• Create Wires
  • Automatic wire creation
  • Catenary, contact, and dropper wires
  • Library-based encumbrance and stagger values
• Overlaps
  • Maximum wire length input, automatic creation of wire overlaps
  • Different overlap definitions for straight and curved sections
  • Library based overlap definitions
  • Manual overlap placement and removal
• Edit overhead line items
  • Change offset and station of the masts and portals
  • Change the selected mast and cantilever definition, push-pull configuration
  • Automatic update of structures upon geometry modifications

Place Rail Signals

• Place railway signals using provided library

Design Bridges

• Place bridges
  • Simple two clicks bridge placement
  • Number of supports automatically determined from the bridge length
  • Can set girder type, support type, abutment type, wing walls
  • Can set bridge deck template
• Edit bridges
  • Simple editing of Horizontal and Vertical
  • Change girder type, support type, abutment type, wing walls
  • Change number of spans/supports, number of girder
  • Rotate supports, move/skew abutment

Design Tunnels

• Place tunnels
  • Simple two-clicks tunnel placement, using 3D or profile view
  • Tunnel template automatically determined from the track template
  • Creates entrance and exit portals
• Edit tunnels
  • Simple editing of horizontal and vertical
  • Buffer lengths
  • Portal grading and offset

Railway Template

• Create new template
  • Easy component-based creation
  • Ballast and rail components
  • Component material determines quantities and cost
• Manage template
  • Duplicate, delete, copy/paste, rename
• Modify template
  • Save change as copy
  • Modify the entire design

Estimate Cost and Quantities

• Project cost overview
  • High level overall design cost
  • Includes allowance by default
• Detailed quantities/cost, listing cost items, and associated quantities for rail track and overhead line equipment
  • Cut, fill, and ballast quantities
  • Tunnel length, volume, and bridge
  • Masts, portals based on types
  • Single and double cantilevers
  • Wire quantities

Interoperability with Detailed Civil Design

• Export to OpenRail
  • Export ALG, IRD, ITL, TIN
  • Supports geometry, template, template drop transition
• Export CAD model
  • 3D DGN model

Place City Furniture

• Place and edit guardrails
  • Ability to choose what symbol to use
  • Ability to set offset from alignment
  • Ability to set angle from alignment
• Place and edit streetlights and other city furniture
  • Ability to choose what symbol to use
  • Ability to set offset from alignment
  • Ability to set angle from alignment

Aerial Imageries

• Bing Map as images provider

Visualization

• Real-time rendering
• Automatic train animation
• Adding cars, people, trees
• Changing atmospheric conditions, time (day, night), seasons
• Output high-end images, videos, and LiveCube (LumenRT)