OpenRail Designer

Terrain Modeling

• Create intelligent, data-rich and lightweight terrain models
• No need for secondary terrain analysis to represent the terrain display. Includes context sensitive re-symbolization for triangles, contours, linear features, slope vectors, color code for slopes, elevation banding, and aspect
• Create terrain models from a variety of import sources
  • Reality models
  • 3D graphical data automatically using graphicalfilters
  • ASCII/text data
  • Legacy data formats of InRoads, GEOPAK, and MX
  • Point clouds
  • LandXML
  • LiDAR data: ASCII and LAS
  • USGS digital elevation model data
  • Aerial data
  • Raster files
• Ensure live, federated, and intelligent terrain models when stored as a DGN element
• Maintain terrain models through the preservation of relationships to source data
• Ensure correct entry with undo/redo capabilities
• Standardize displays via element templates
• Use across multiple disciplines via reference files in a comprehensive modeling environment
• Re-symbolization of display across multiple disciplines using a comprehensive modeling environment
• Control maximum length of triangles
• Control boundary conditions
• Create complex and clipped terrain models
• Interrogate the intelligent data rich 3D models
• Support for different features types including but not limited to boundaries, holes, voids, breaklines, inferred breaklines, and random points
• Model intelligent 3D real-world civil features (ditches, curbs, trees, and culverts)
• Context-sensitive intelligent editing of features
• Dynamic editing for
  • Extend, trim, and intersect features
  • Insert, move, and delete vertices
  • Delete, partially delete, break, or join features
• Manage large LiDAR datasets
• Exclude non-DTM features from triangulation
• Control density of points on linear features for optimal surface presentation
• Display cut and fill delineation
• View and edit feature properties
• Contour smoothing
• Major, minor, and depression contours
• Automatic and manual contour labelling

Core Modeling

• Model multiple design scenarios
• Edit designs dynamically
• Automatic model updates driven by design intent
• Design time visualization with automatic material assignments
• Undo/redo capabilities
• Interactively interrogate federated 3D models with dynamic cross sections
• Manage 2D/3D models and display representation
• Rule-based superelevation control of the model
• Use enhanced clipping and point controls
• Integrate and utilize CAD graphical elements in the model
• Create model reports dynamically
• Generate plan ready cross sections
• Utilize WYSIWYG features – control display of cross sections by simply turning on/off reference files
• Adheres to regional design standards

Corridor Modeling

• Edit designs dynamically
• Blend horizontal and vertical geometry with 3D topography and typical sections
• Assign component control points to existing or designed features and geometry, controlling horizontal and/or vertical location
• Assign automatic overrides
• View plan, 3D model, profile, and cross section interactively
• Provides heads-up dynamic, interactive parametric design
• Level of detail user definable output
• Surface priority definable by target aliasing
• Transition among disparate templates
• Apply exceptions for bridges, voids, and special end conditions
• Clip model capability
• Edit stations dynamically
• Apply superelevation text tables, customizable calculations, or AASHTO standards
• Allows dynamic editing of superelevation
• Assists problem resolution through intelligent color coding of transitions, and super runout
• Component meshes provide direct volumetrics from the 3D model based on level of detail
• Reflect edits automatically in quantities and volumes
• Control component display via rules

Subsurface Utilities

• 3D modeling
• Create 3D utility model relative to topography and alignments
• Support interconnected network of pipes, curved pipes, channels, culverts, manholes, pumps, catch basins, and inlets
• Create associative and dynamic model-based designs
• Create storm, sanitary, or combined hydraulic networks
• Build utility models directly from survey data
• Identify graphics as utilities and drape relative to DTM
• Display all network and utility objects in sections and profiles
• Display as realistic 3D models for effective collaboration
• Identify conflicts among utility elements as well as among utilities and other 3D data
• Label all attributions in any view or include in user-defined reports
• Create user-defined attributes for any required data
• Draw 3D models of utility structures as full 3D shapes for easy clash detection
• Hydraulic design and analysis
• Analyze and design using industry-standard theorems such as Mannings, Colebrook-White, Bernouli, and continuity equations
• Analyze and design based upon HEC 22, FHWA, HDS 5, 10, 13, Rational Method, Wallingford Procedure, and regression equations
• Analyze and design using steady state gradually varied flow, and run simulations using unsteady state time-varying flow
• Compute Tc using methods such as TR-55, HEC-22, and Kinematic Wave
• Compute losses using methods such as SCS CN, Green and Ampt, Horton, Initial, and Constant Rate
• Compute runoff using methods such as Rational, Modified Rational, ILSAX, SCS, and Unit Hydrograph
• Use demand and demographic tables
• Supports infiltration, population, peaking factors, and land usage
• Compute or specify flows
• Define custom intensity-duration-frequency tables
• Generate drainage queries and customized reports
• Color code based upon queries or styles
• Calculate pond volumes
• Create input and output hydrographs
• Design inlet and outlet control structures
• Use PondMaker for inflow/ storage/outflow optimization

Plan, Profiles and Cross Sections

• Create/generate plan, cross sections and profiles along alignments, graphics, or between points
• Create directly from 3D model and supports federated multidiscipline models
• Include vertical alignments and existing and proposed surfaces
• Automatic user-defined annotation of points and segments
• Additional annotation tools available for one-offs
• Cut cross sections orthogonally or at skew
• Create custom cross sections
• Dynamic update for cross sections and profiles via referencing

Quantity Management

• Extraction of quantity take-offs for estimating
• Element pay item attribution
• Report quantities by entire project or delineate by sheets, stations, area, or phase
• Generate linear, area, and volume quantities
• Modify sample reports or create custom reports through XML style sheets
• ODBC link capable for fully customizable reporting

Visualization

• Walk/drive through interactively or along a defined path or corridor
• Visualize paths through the project relative to design control by offsets and vehicle speeds
• Predefined materials applied to components enabling realistic rendering
• Position sun for geographically defined locations to ensure realistic shadow patterns
• Animate vehicles in traffic lanes without additional software
• Populate 3D objects along linear paths and within designated areas
• Apply traffic paint striping plans to the 3D model
• Use sample vehicle library and plantings
• Image draping on DTM or 3D objects
• MicroStation®-based rendering
• Real-life textures
• Lighting effects
• Elevation and perspectives
• Creation of fly-throughs and animations
• Creation of 3D PDFs
• Support for engineering data, point cloud, reality meshes
• Seamless integration with LumenRT for real-time, immersive presentations
• Solar and shading analysis

Reporting and Project Deliverables

• Live documentation capable
• Automate project delivery process with drafting and drawing preparation tools
• User definable annotation tools for plan, profile, and section labeling
• Extract sections, drawings, and reports directly from completed 3D model
• Automate sheet generation for plans, profiles, and cross sections
• Select from more than 550 included report formats
• Modify included reports easily in any text or XML editor
• Provide standard reports for bridges, superelevation, clearances, data collection, geometry, sections, DTM, legal descriptions, design, visibility, and more
• Compute volumes by surface to surface (triangulated surface comparison)
• Compute volumes by 3D objects

Publishing

• Export directly to machine guidance
• Supports iModel creation (includes 2D and 3D geometry and business data)
• Support industry standards, such as LandXML
• Export alignments, surfaces, and other pertinent design information to other systems via XML
• Generate PDFs and 3D PDFs
• Direct plotting
• Integrate with Google Earth

Integration with Bentley Content Management and Publishing Solutions

• Component-level integration with ProjectWise for collaborative design and engineering project management
• Integration with ProjectWise InterPlot for automated plot set generation and web-based access to plot archives
• Integration with Bentley® Navigator for design review, construction simulation, or automated clash resolution
• Geotechnical integration
• Directly interface with gINT database
• Visualize and annotate borings in 2D
• Visualize and annotate borings with separate strata in 3D
• Create subsurface terrains from boring data

Rail Modeling Specialist Rail Geometry

• Support for rail geometry definitions: Clothoid, Cubic Parabola, Bi-quadratic Parabola, Bloss, Sinusoid, and Cosine
• Support for rail transitions defined transition length or the spiral constant

Turnouts

• Single, Double, Diamond Crossings, Single Slip, Double Slip
• Built in Libraries; Austria, Germany (heavy and light rail), Holland, India, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom,, United States, and Canada
• Custom libraries can be defined
• Turnout application on curves, turnout bending
• Rule based application, automatic healing of geometry and connections
• Easy design of complex connections and geometries with civil geometry

Regression

• Least squares method to calculate best-fit alignments
• Dynamic regression analysis
• Automatic sorting of point readings
• Horizontal and vertical regression
• Curvature diagram to help users identify curves, tangents, and spirals
• Convert rail readings to centreline, calculate existing vertical and cant
• Easy selection tools for regression points both on plan and curvature view
• Automatic placement of spirals

Speed Tables

• Speed tables, speed assignment for different sections of the track
• Speed transitions
• Alternative speed selection; commuter rail, freight rail, express…
• Automatic or manual creation, based on geometry and design standards

Cant

• Cant calculation; equilibrium cant, applied cant, cant deficiency, rate of change of applied cant, rate of change of cant deficiency, and cant gradient
• Cant diagram
• Automatic identification of design problems
• Virtual transitions

Rail/Sleeper Calculation

• Precise rail calculations based on curvature and cant
• Track widening application
• Rail joints
• Sleeper placement, long sleepers on turnout areas

Swept Envelope Analysis

• Custom train definitions, with articulation and bogie definitions
• Swept envelope using curvature and cant values
• 3D representation of envelope for clash detection
• 2D projection of swept envelope

Overhead Line Electrification

• Design rules and geometry based calculations to determine foundation locations
• Span equation and span lookup tables
• 3, 4, 5 span overlap definitions. Insulated, uninsulated overlaps and natural sections
• Simple and stitched wire runs. Precise contact, catenary and dropper wire height and length calculations
• Cant and geometry based stagger calculations
• Return and feeder wire placement
• Parametric 3D cells for structure calculations
• Moment calculations for mast and foundation selection
• Foundations, masts, single or multiple cantilever sets, and portal definitions
• Automated placement of additional OLE equipment; end wire tensioning, mid wire tensioning, jumpers, anchorage…
• Full 3D model with structures and wires
• Schematic 2D representation of OLE system
• Profile drawings and quantity reports
• Cross sections with dimension and quantity annotation for manufacturing

Rail Signals

• Rail signal library with asset tags
• 2D and 3D representation of signals
• Signal sighting analysis