CTDOT CONNECT DDE GUIDE VOLUME 13 - CONTRACT PLANS PRODUCTION

M.4.2 Civil Plans

Description

This module instructs users how to create plan, profile and Cross-Section sheets from an Alignment.

Objectives

This workflow will cover the use of the following tools.

Place Named Boundary Civil Plan to create plan sheets.
Place Named Boundary Civil Profile to create profile sheets
Place Named Boundary Civil Cross Section to create cross-section sheets.

Quick Steps

View Set Up

Create Civil Plan Sheet

Create Civil Profile Sheet

Create Civil Cross-Section Sheets

View Set Up

Continue using the DGN file created in Volume 13 - M.4.1 General Plan Sheet and open the Design Model. We will use a referenced roadway alignment Base Model to create Plan, Profile and Cross Section Sheets. The (referenced) Alignment Base Model should have a horizontal alignment placed along with an active vertical alignment set. For more on creating alignment base models visit Volume 3 - Module 2 - Creating Alignments

1. The Referenced Existing Terrain should be set to active. In View 1 turn on the Reference with the needed terrain, select the terrain’s boundary and on the pop-up tool select Set As Active Terrain Model.

2. Open the Design Model, Right click in a View and Select 3 Views Plan/Profile/3D.

3. Follow the prompts to View the Profile. Save Settings.

4. In View Group notice a Multi-Model View has been created.

Create Civil Plan Sheet

1. In View Group select the Multi-Model View.

2. Select the CTDOT workflow and on the CTDOT tab locate the Sheet Production section. Select the Place Named Boundary tool and the Place Named Boundary dialog box will appear. In the Place Named Boundary dialog box set the following options:

Method (icon): Place Named Boundary Civil Plan
Drawing Seed: Select the desired scale
Name: Plan 1
Group: (New)
Name: Match alignment name (Clicking on the horizontal alignment will also populate this name field with the name of the horizontal alignment.)
Length: Use Default Value or adjust as needed (length of alignment on one sheet).
Left Offset: Use Default Value or adjust as needed (offset from the alignment).
Right Offset: Use Default Value or adjust as needed (offset from the alignment).
Overlap: 0 (value of sheet overlapping the other)
Boundary Chords: Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Create Drawing: Enabled (so that the sheets are created as soon as the named boundaries are created)
Show Dialog: Enabled (used to override settings defined by the Drawing Seed if needed)

3. In the Plan view select the alignment along which the plan named boundaries will be created. The command line (lower left corner) will read: Place Named Boundary Civil Plan > Identify Path Element. With the cursor, select the alignment.

4. Select the desired Start Location. Follow the prompts. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Plan > Accept/Reject. Identify Path start point to place boundary. Follow the prompts.

Note: Add extra to the left of the start of your Stationing, example: Beginning Station is 100+00, at Start Location type in 99+00, this will move the named boundary to the left of the start of alignment. Bring your cursor back into the dialog box, enter the Start Station, click the Tab button, back in the view left click to Accept.

5. Next select the Stop Location. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Plan > Identify Path end point to place boundary. The named boundaries are displayed interactively as the cursor moves. Accept the endpoint location for the named boundary. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Plan > Accept/Reject. Datapoint point in Plan View to place boundary. Identify Path end point to place boundary.

6. The Create Drawing dialog box will appear. Leave all the top settings as is.

7. Enable the Add to Sheet Index and the Open Model options.

8. Click OK to create the sheets. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left click to define the named boundaries. Multiple left clicks may be required.

9. In the View Group dialog, you can now see the newly created drawing model(s) and sheet model(s).

Create Civil Profile Sheet

1. In View Group select the Multi-Model View.

2. Select the CTDOT workflow and on the CTDOT tab locate the Sheet Production section and select the Place Named Boundary tool and the Place Named Boundary dialog box will appear. In the Place Named Boundary dialog box set the following options:

Method (icon): Place Named Boundary Civil Profile.
Drawing Seed: Select the desired scale.
Name: Profile 1
Method: Choose Station Limits or From Plan Group ( The From Plan Group method matches the profile named boundaries to the plan named boundaries. The Station Limits method is used to defined profile named boundaries that are not matched to plan boundaries.)
Group: (New)
Name: Match alignment name (Clicking on the horizontal alignment will also populate this name field with the name of the horizontal alignment.).
Length: Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Vertical Exaggeration: 10
Available Profile Height: Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Top Clearance: (toggled on) Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Bottom Clearance: (toggled on) Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Elevation Datum: Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Station Datum: Use Default Value or adjust as needed.
Use Terrains: Enabled
Use Active Vertical: Enabled
Create Drawing: Enabled
Show Dialog: Enabled

Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left, Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Profile > Identify Profile View click in the Profile View to define the named boundaries. More than one click is required.

3. The Create Drawing dialog box will appear.

4. For Sheets: select a new sheet or chose to put the profile on a sheet that has already been created.

5. Click OK to create the sheets. Follow the prompts in the lower left corner left click to define the named boundaries. Multiple left clicks may be required.

Please visit modules in OpenRoads Drawing Production for further instruction on the following items:

Review Plan and Profile Sheets

Review Named Boundaries

Adjust Sheet Layout

Deleting Sheets

Label - Horizontal Alignment

Label – Profile (Vertical Alignment)

Create Civil Cross Section Sheets

We will use the Referenced Roadway/Bridge Alignment Base Model to create Profile Sheets. The (referenced) Alignment Base Model should have a horizontal alignment placed along with an active vertical alignment set.

1. In View Group select the Multi-Model View.

2. Select the CTDOT workflow and on the CTDOT tab locate the Sheet Production section and select the Place Named Boundary tool. In the Place Named Boundary dialog box set the following options:

Method (icon): Place Named Boundary Civil Cross Section.
Drawing Seed: Select the desired scale.
Group: (New)
Name: Match the alignment name (Clicking on the horizontal alignment will also populate this name field with the name of the horizontal alignment.).
Create Drawing: Enabled
Show Dialog: Enabled

The drawing seed has been set-up for the ANSI D size paper (34”x22”), and defaults include:

Named Boundary, for left and right offsets, section intervals, vertical exaggeration, and top and bottom clearances between sections (these can be changed if needed).
Include Control Points, these are usually the PC’s, PI’s, PT’s of the horizontal alignment.
Include Event Points Only, this will require the user to establish an Event Point List (drainage crossings as example).

3. In the 2D view (default plan view), select the alignment along which the named boundaries (sheets) will be created. The command line (lower left corner) will read: Place Named Boundary Civil Cross Section > Identify Path Element. With the cursor select the horizontal alignment. Now a light blue line should be visible on the cursor. This allows the user to pick the start and stop locations of the named boundaries for cross sections.

4. Select the desired Start Location. Follow the prompts. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Cross Section > Accept/Reject. Identify Path start point to place boundary.

5. Next select the Stop Location. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Cross Section > Identify Path end point to place boundary. The named boundaries are displayed interactively as the cursor moves. Accept the endpoint location for the named boundary. Command Line: Place Named Boundary Civil Cross Section > Accept/Reject. Datapoint point in Plan View to place boundary. Identify Path end point to place boundary.

6. The Create Drawing dialog box will appear.

7. Click OK to create the sheets. At the bottom of the view windows, a gage will appear showing the progress of Sheets Created and then the progress of Drawing Models Annotated. When all is completed the last cross section sheet will be open.