2 nd Tuesday – CAD Training

2nd Tuesday – CAD Training Call-in Info: (865) 673-0142, PIN: 467687

Topic: InRoads Light – InRoads for Drafters A bit about the Basics Alignments – How to Display, Annotate, and Station Surfaces – Displaying Contours and Features Evaluation – Cross Sections and Profiles (just a brief introduction)

Etiquette: Presentation will begin at 1:32 pm. Please feel free to call-in or exit at anytime. Please do not multi-task. I will mute the phone lines when the presentation begins. I will un-mute the phone lines for questions or discussion. Please raise your hand if you have display issues.

Basic Concept Stuff

InRoads has two basic purposes To perform engineering calculations To provide the tools to view the engineering data

Basic Concept Stuff

InRoads runs on a CAD platform MicroStation is the standard ODOT CAD platform

MicroStation Title Bar

InRoads Title Bar

MicroStation Menu Bar

InRoads Menu Bar

Basic Concept Stuff

InRoads does not automatically save anything If you make a change you want to keep, save it!

InRoads Light – File Types

InRoads data files RWK – overall project files (*.rwk) DTM – surface Digital Terrain Model (*.dtm) ALG – geometry project files or ALiGnments (*.alg) ITL – template library files (*.itl) IRD – roadway design (*.ird)

InRoads Light – Launching InRoads In MicroStaion, you must choose file to open in order to

launch the software. InRoads does not require you to open a file.

To get data into InRoads, you need to load it after the software is launched.

Launch InRoad from the MicroStation Menu ODOT>InRoads XM

Demo

Questions and Discussion