V8 9bentley Rail Track Tutorial PDF

Bentley Rail Track
XM Edition
Working with Bentley

Rail Track
Table of Contents
1 Introducing Bentley Rail Track................................................................. 1
Overview ................................
........................................................................................................ 1
Bentley Rail Track and the Bentley Civil Product Suite Suite.............................. 2
Bentley Rail Track: What’s New? ................................................................. 2
About Your Documentation ................................
........................................................................... 4
Product Training: Learn It Your Way........................................................... 4
Typeface Conventions Used in Bentley Rail Track Documentation ............ 6
What You Need to Know Before ore Working with Bentley Rail Track ............ 7
2 Getting Started................................
.............................................................................................. 9
Overview ................................
........................................................................................................ 9
CAD Package Requirements ................................................................... 9
Downloading from the CD ..................................................................... 10
Downloading Across the Network ......................................................... 10
Starting Bentley Rail Track .................................................................. 10
Exiting Bentley Rail Track .................................................................... 11
3 Using Bentley Rail Track ................................

.......................................................................... 13
An Overview ................................
................................................................................................ 13
Basic Concepts in Bentley Rail Track ......................................................... 14
Digital Terrain Model ................................
............................................................................ 14
Types of DTM Display ................................
........................................................................... 15
Symbology ................................
.............................................................................................. 17
Features in the DTM ................................
............................................................................. 21
Preferences................................
............................................................................................. 34
Locks ................................
...................................................................................................... 45
Feature Filter Lock ................................
................................................................................ 45
Style Lock................................
............................................................................................... 48
Introducing Bentley Rail Track
Pencil/Pen Mode ..................................................................................... 50

Delete Ink Lock ...................................................................................... 54
Locate Graphics/Features ...................................................................... 55
Point/Element/No Snap Lock................................................................. 57
Station Lock ........................................................................................... 58
Report Lock ............................................................................................ 59
General Bentley Rail Track Review ............................................................ 59
Comprehensive Data Structure ............................................................. 59
Getting Around in Bentley Rail Track ........................................................ 65
Using the Interface ................................................................................ 65
Menus ..................................................................................................... 71
Menus and Application Add-Ins ............................................................ 72
Using the Online Help System .................................................................... 84
InRoads Suite Help Topics..................................................................... 84
4 Looking at Bentley Rail Track Workflows............................................. 87

Overview ...................................................................................................... 87
Horizontal Alignment with Regression Analysis ........................................ 87
Cant Alignment Workflow ........................................................................... 88
Turnouts Workflow ...................................................................................... 90
5 Setting Up Bentley Rail Track ................................................................. 91

Loading Your Files .................................................................................. 91
Setting Units of Measure ........................................................................ 92
Using Write Lock with Pencil/Pen.......................................................... 94
6 Creating a Geometry Project ..................................................................... 99

Creating a New Geometry Project .........................................................100
7 Importing Project Data............................................................................. 103

Importing ASCII Points .........................................................................103
Viewing Cogo Points ..............................................................................104
8 Adding Regression Points to the Horizontal Geometry Project ...... 107

Adding Horizontal Regression Points....................................................107
9 Starting a Horizontal Alignment using SER ........................................ 111

Using Horizontal Single Element Regression Analysis ........................112
Connecting Horizontal Alignment Elements Using Define Spiral .......118
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Working with Bentley Rail Track
10 Completing a Horizontal Alignment using MER ................................121

Using Multiple Horizontal Element Regression Analysis .................... 122
Reviewing the Horizontal Alignment .................................................... 127
Analyzing the Horizontal Alignment .................................................... 129
11 Starting a Vertical Alignment using SERV .........................................131

Generating a Profile Along an Alignment ............................................. 132
Using Single Vertical Element Regression Analysis ............................ 134
12 Building a Vertical Alignment using MEC .........................................139

Loading Your Using Multiple Vertical Element Connection ................ 139
13 Completing a Vertical Alignment using MERV ..................................145

Using Multiple Vertical Element Regression Analysis ........................ 146
Reviewing the Vertical Alignment ........................................................ 151
14 Creating a Cant Alignment .....................................................................153

Creating a Cant Alignment Slot ............................................................ 154
Reviewing Global Superelevation/Cant Settings .................................. 155
Defining the Cant Alignment ................................................................ 156
Using the Cant Editor ........................................................................... 156
15 Creating Turnouts ....................................................................................161

Creating a Parallel Track ...................................................................... 162
Defining Turnout Preferences ............................................................... 163
Reviewing the Turnout Library............................................................. 164
Placing Turnouts ................................................................................... 165
Making a Connection Between Turnouts.............................................. 168
Reviewing Connected Geometry............................................................ 171
Creating Vertical Geometry for Turnouts ............................................. 171
16 Using Typical Sections in Railway Design ..........................................177
17 Running Roadway Modeler in Railway Design ..................................185

Generating a Railway Model ................................................................. 186
Displaying Geometry Annotation in Plan View .................................... 190
4 Introducing Bentley Rail Track

1 Introducing Bentley
Rail Track XM Edition
Overview
Welcome to Bentley Rail Track XM Edition®! The
latest in railway design software by Bentley Systems,
Bentley Rail Track is a comprehensive design
productivity tool that automates and simplifies the
tasks associated with track layout. Developed using the
familiar Microsoft® Windows® standards, Bentley Rail
Track runs on the Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows XP Profession
Professional, or Windows Vista Enterprise
operating systems.
Bentley Rail Track lets you work in a graphic
environment to create a 3 3-D
D model of a railway system.
These extensive features, along with additional
application add
add-in tools, make designing a complex raill
system or simply laying out a small section of track an
interactive and easy process.
With Bentley Rail Track , you can continue using the
computer--aided
aided design (CAD) platform with which you
are familiar. When starting the produ
product,
ct, you can select
AutoCAD® D® 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008, or you can
select MicroStation® V8 2004 Edition or MicroStation®
V8 XM Edition , as your CAD engine. This multiple
CAD environment is a hallmark feature of civil
engineering solutions by Bentley Systems.
Bentley Rail Track and the Bentley Civil

Product Suite
Bentley Rail Track is a member of the Bentley InRoads
product suite.
In fact, the Bentley Civil product suite includes six civil
engineering products:
Bentley Rail Track provides advanced production
tools for track layout and railway design.
InRoads provides complete solutions from field to
design to construction for the transportation
professional.
InRoads Site provides site design and digital terrain
modeling, lot layout, and geometry for civil-works,
environmental, and site-development projects.
InRoads Survey helps surveyors transfer electronic
field book data into the graphics environment.
InRoads Bridge helps bridge design professionals
define geometry and model complex, continuous-
span bridges or simple span bridges.
InRoads Storm and Sanitary offers an integrated
package for storm water and sanitary sewer design,
combining the power of CAD with proven analytical
tools and enhanced interactive graphics.
Bentley Rail Track Suite bundles together all of the
features of Bentley Rail Track , InRoads, InRoads
Site, InRoads Storm and Sanitary, InRoads Survey
and InRoads Bridge
InRoads Suite bundles together all of the features of
InRoads, InRoads Site, InRoads Storm and Sanitary,
InRoads Survey and InRoads Bridge

InRoads Site Suite bundles together off of the

features of InRoads Site, InRoads Survey, and
InRoads Storm and Sanitary.
Bentley Rail Track : What’s New?

In this release, InRoads offers several new commands
and enhanced features. To view these new features, go
to the “C:\Program Files\Bentley\InRoads Group V8.9”
directory and view the “new_InRoads_v89.html”
document
About Your Documentation

To assist the beginning through advanced user, Bentley
Rail Track provides four complementary forms of
documentation:
Tutorial. This introductory material provides step-
by-step instructions for learning how to complete a
rail design.
Bentley Rail Track Suite Help. Delivered with the
product in HTML format, this comprehensive online
reference material consists of help topics that detail
each command and dialog box parameter within the
product.
Bentley Rail Track 2004 Edition Reference Guide.
Available, by free download (for SELECTservices
customers), in PDF format. This document contains
all InRoads help topics. It is available to all
customers in printed from by purchase only.
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Product Training: Learn It Your Way

In addition to the documentation provided with your
software, the Bentley Rail Track product suite, in
conjunction with Bentley Institute, offer various levels
and methods of product training.
Classroom Learning
Led by experienced Bentley instructors, classroom
learning is offered through scheduled courses at Bentley
training facilities or as account-specific training in your
office or nearby training facility.
For training facility information or a complete listing of
training courses, visit the Bentley Systems website at
http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Training/. Standard
InRoads product suite courses include:
Bentley Rail Track Fundamentals
InRoads Fundamentals
InRoads Road Basics
InRoads Storm & Sanitary Fundamentals
InRoads Survey Fundamentals
Training Subscriptions
Bentley Institute offers a variety of training programs
that make it easy for any individual or organization to
get professional training. Organizations can increase
return on investment and train more people through the
annual training subscription programs, Bentley LEARN
(http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Training/Learn/) and
Enterprise Training Subscription
(http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Training/ETS/).
.
OnDemand eLearning

OnDemand eLearning delivers professional training to

every desk through recorded interactive courses and
lectures. Hundreds of hours of OnDemand eLearning
courses are available to Bentley LEARN and Enterprise
Training Subscription users.
Distance Learning
Live, instructor-led distance learning is taught by
experienced Bentley instructors via the Internet.
Distance learning is available through scheduled
courses or as account-specific courses tailored to your
workflow.
Typeface Conventions Used in Bentley Rail

Track Documentation
ALL CAPS Keyboard keys
If keys are separated by a comma,
press them in sequence. For example:
ALT,F5. If they are joined by a plus
sign, press them at the same time.
For example: CTRL+z.
Bold An item in the graphical interface,
Unserifed
Type
such as the title of a dialog box or a
tool. Paths through menus use right
angle brackets between items you
click.
For example: Click File > Open to load
a file.
Courier Information you type.
Type
For example: Type breaklines.dat
in the dialog box field.
Italic type A document or section title, the first
occurrence of a new or special term,
directory and file names, or
information about what the software
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is doing.
For example: The civil.xin file
contains preference settings.
What You Need to Know Before Working with

Bentley Rail Track
While Bentley Rail Track is a comprehensive design
package, it is also an intuitive product in which a new
user could become productive in a short time with some
assistance. The documentation and tutorial in Bentley
Rail Track assume that you have:
A basic understanding of the computer operating
system
The ability to move around in the Windows
environment
Working understanding of your CAD system
General knowledge of engineering concepts and

terms

2 Getting Started
Overview
Bentley Rail Track can be installed on Intel
Intel-based
hardware using the Microsoft Windows® 2000
Professional (SP4 or higher), Microsoft Windows XP
Professional x32 Edition (SP2 or higher) or x64 Edition,
or Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise x32 Edition or
x64
64 Edition operating system. The following
instructions assume that you have already installed one
of these operating systems on your machine. You must
also have installed CAD software on your machine.
Bentley Rail Track will run on MicroStation V8 2004
Edition, MicroStation V8 XM Edition (Version
08.09.03.48 or higher), AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005,
AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, or AutoCAD 2008. The
InRoads Group does not support AutoCAD as the
platform on a 64 bit operating system.
Starting Bentley Rail Track
Once you have successfully installed the software, you
are ready to start the product.
1. From the Start menu, click Start > Programs > Bentley
> InRoads Group XM > Bentley Rail Track.
2. MicroStation users must first select a design file.
Navigate to a design file or demonstration directory
and select a file or create a new one.
Getting Started 9
AutoCAD automatically opens with a default

drawing file at startup.
The Bentley Rail Track
k menu is displayed in the Explorer.
You have successfully installed Bentley Rail Track,

selected your CAD platform, and opened a
drawing/design file.
Exiting Bentley Rail Track
To exit Bentley Rail Track and leave the CAD software
running,
unning, select File > Exit from the Bentley Rail Track
menu.
To exit Bentley Rail Track and the CAD software, select
File > Exit from the CAD main menu. If you exit the
CAD software prior to exiting Bentley Rail Track, the
product will also exit. You are prompted to save any
open files.
10 Getting Started
3 Using Bentley Rail
Track
An Overview
From project definition to final railway design, Bentley
Rail Track provides the tools you need to create complex
horizontal and vertical alignments with advanced
functionality, such as single and multiple eleme
element
regression analysis. In addition, Bentley Rail Track
allows you to create various types of turnouts and to
connect these geometries to create horizontal
alignments. The rail cant commands not only support
typical steel wheel on steel rail systems, bu
but also
magnetic levitation systems. Bentley Rail Track
provides several add
add-in
in applications that facilitate the
completion of additional rail and civil engineering
production tasks.
Starting with geometric, alignment, and surface point
data, you can do th
the following:
1. Graphically represent the base map ground surface,
topographic features, and property boundaries.
Display and analyze surface contours, slope vectors
and other terrain data.
2. Review existing or legacy plans to identify new
controls. Through a an iterative process, generate
preliminary plan sheets, create new horizontal and
Using Bentley Rail Track 13

vertical alignments, spespecify roadway template

criteria, cut/fill conditions and roadway definitions.
You can also compute volumes, check the design and
generate reports.
3. Generate
nerate a 33-D model of the design. Generate cross-
sections, compute triangle volumes, calculate end
end-
area volumes, make modifications, and redesign as
needed to meet specifications.
4. Prepare and plot plan and profile drawings.
Generate final reports for production requirements
or customer deliverables.
The results of your project can be stored for future use
and integrated with other Bentley Systems civil
engineering and GIS industry solutions.
Basic Concepts in Bentley Rail Track

There are a few concepts to review prior to using
Bentley Rail Track. Some of these concepts are tools
that provide more flexibility in the way you work, such
as customized toolbars. Others are simply ways of
thinking about features, preferences and symbology:
how they interact with each other and how they
function within the DTM. The next several topics
discuss basic concepts in Bentley Rail Track.
Digital Terrain Model

A computerized model of a 3 3-D ground surface is a
visual representation of triangle and point data. This
data, in x,y,z numerical coordinates, defines the Digital
Terrain Model (DTM), also commonly referred to as a
surface.
14 Using Bentley Rail Track

Using Bentley Rail Track
In Bentley Rail Track, the DTM remains an integral

and important part of your project. Feature data
resides in the DTM and profiles, cross-sections, volumes
and other design analysis and computations are
performed on the data in the DTM. This functionality
allows you to place features, execute commands, view
surface properties, make design modifications all in the
design surface. The DTM requires fewer interactions
with graphical menus and dialog boxes while expanding
the function and definition of the traditional design
feature.
Types of DTM Display

In the Bentley Rail Track project, surface
representation and features can be displayed in three
different views or modes: 3-D Planimetric, Profile, and
Cross Section.
• 3-D planimetric view, commonly referred to as plan,
is a top-level aerial view of the entire surface.
This view allows you to see any of the point types

(random, breakline, contour, and so on) in the digital
terrain model.
• Profile is an extracted side view of the vertical

elevation of a surface along an entire active
horizontal alignment (or just a portion of it). A
legend, correlating surface line symbology, surface
name and the scale used on the profile, can also be
displayed.
• Cross Section is a portion of the roadway model at a

specified location. Displayed in individual graphic
windows, each section shows surface configurations
perpendicular or at a skew angle to a linear feature,

such as the horizontal alignment (often the

centerline of the roadway). Cross sections differ
from profiles in that they show detailed sections of
the surfaces, from one station to the next transverse
to an alignment; profiles show surface elevations
longitudinally along an entire alignment.
Together, these display modes allow you to view,

evaluate, and design your project from various
important perspectives. Objects in the DTM can be
represented in one view or all of these views.
Symbology
Symbology (line style, weight, color and so on) can be
defined for any surface object or feature. Uniquely
specifying symbology for objects or features allows for
quick identification within the model as well as
uniformity across the project. In Bentley Rail Track,
symbology can be set in two ways: named symbology
using the Named Symbology Manager and basic
command-level symbology.
Named Symbology with Symbology Manager

The Tools > Named Symbology Manager allows you to
define and name symbology settings for surface objects
and features. These settings, along with many other
preference settings, are stored in the civil.ini preference
file. This customizable file contains basic default
settings, including predefined symbology, and is
delivered when you install Bentley Rail Track. These
predefined symbology settings are displayed when you
access Named Symbology Manager.
By clicking New, you can define additional symbology.
New symbology is first given a name.. Providing a name

allows you to associate the symbology with a feature or
object and later reference the symbology by this name.

By double-clicking on an item or selecting the item and

clicking the Edit button, you can set symbology for lines,
text, and points in one or all three of the views.
Once you have defined symbology for more than one

representation (line, point or text) or for more than one
view (plan, profile or cross section), you actually have a

set of symbology. In the Named Symbology Manager, you

create named symbology sets.
Defined symbology is considered initialized after you

click OK. Default symbology applies when specific
symbology for Plan, Profile or Cross Section is not
defined. If default symbology is not defined, the system
settings delivered with Bentley Rail Track will apply.

Named symbology can only be created and modified

using the Named Symbology Manager command.
Command-level Symbology
While Bentley Rail Track provides the opportunity to
name symbology, you are not required to do so. You may
continue to select local symbology at anytime during the
project by double-clicking the objects in the symbology
list. For example, Surface > View Surface.
Once you have selected symbology for a specific

command, the settings can be saved to a preferences file
for future use.
Features in the DTM

In Bentley Rail Track, features are key to the design
process. A feature, is a unique instance of an item or 3-
D entity that is represented in the DTM by lines, points,
or text. A line is actually a linear segment. Points can
be represented as symbols or cells. Annotation is
considered text. The following are examples of common
road design features:
• A single random point
• A single interior boundary
• A flowline
• A single curb line
• A single utility (pipe, pole, manhole)
• A collection of utilities (poles, manholes)

A feature then is any single component that is part of

the DTM. Further, for features such as random points,
you can store more than one random point feature type
in a DTM. This flexibility allows you to control the
display of the random points in the surface separately
from other features, such as manholes.
In Bentley Rail Track, features can be created or
imported into the DTM with a level of “intelligence”;
that is, they know what they are and how they are to
display.
Intelligent Features
Whether you begin your design by using Surface >
Design Surface > Place Feature or File > Import > Surface,
you can indicate what a feature is befo
before it becomes a
part of the active surface. You can provide a feature
name and description, select a feature style, indicate the
point type, and specify whether or not it is to be
triangulated.

All of this information is associated with the feature and

available for quick reference once it becomes a part of
the surface.
The key to working with features in the surface is
determining how the features will display. How a
feature is represented and where it displays can be
specified by a style. Feature styles are created and
organized by the Style Manager.
Feature Styles with Style Manager

A style uniquely defines how a feature is represented
and determines the symbology for its display. Once
defined, the style is one-to-many; meaning any one style
can be used to display many features. For example, a
feature style for centerline could be used for both the
roadway centerline as well as for any other secondary
road centerline.
When you select Tools > Style Manager, any predefined
styles currently in the XIN preference file are displayed.
Click New to create additional styles.

A feature style controls how and where Surface

Features, Geometry Features, and Survey Features are
displayed throughout the various Bentley Rail Track
products and commands. The syle includes a unique
name, description (optional) and named symbology for
each data type. You can choose a named symbology that
was predefined for this feature style; modify an existing
named symbology and rename it; or create a new one.
When creating a new style, you first must specify what

type of Bentley Rail Track data that style will be used
for (surface features, geometry elements, or survey

features).
When you look specifically at the surface feature
settings, you will define how the feature is to be
represented in the graphic view (as a line segment,
point, annotation or attached tag). For example, to see
the features using this style displayed in cross section,
turn on Points in the Cross Section Display section.
Newly created feature styles are listed in the Style

Manager and stored in the XIN file.

Styles can be created or modified from any of the Style

buttons that appear on most Surface > Design Surface
commands.

View Surface Features

Features that are a part of the active surface can be
displayed for review. To see the features, use the Surface
> View Surface > Features command.

After choosing a surface, you can select individu

individual
features from the list, select all of the features or click
Filter to build a feature selection set to view.
Viewing Surface Features using the Feature Selection

Filter

The Filter option on the View Feature dialog box is a

shortcut to the Surface > Feature > Feature Selection Filter
command. This command allows you to quickly specify
a feature selection set.

By clicking Save As, the filtered selection-set can be

saved and associated with a name for future reference.

Note: Before OK is applied, make sure the Feature Filter

Lock is on. If the filter lock is not on, filters are not
applied. Turn on this lock by clicking Tools > Locks >
Feature Filter Lock.

When you click OK, selected features are listed in the

View Features dialog box. When you click Apply, these
features are displayed.
Once features are in the surface, you can display and
modify feature properties.
Feature Properties
The Surface > Feature > Feature Properties command
allows you to edit feature properties. Use this command
to change the feature name, modify the description or
style, and set the criteria for triangulation. You can
take action against all features in the surface, against a
filtered
iltered feature
feature-selection set, or against selected
features.

Once features are defined or modified and displayed,

you can annotate them within the design file.
Annotating Features
The Surface > View Surface > Annotate Feature command
allows you to annotate features within the DTM.

Click Apply to display the annotation.
Preferences
Preferences allow you to define everything from general
operating parameters (li(like units of measure, decimal
places to display, stationing format, and symbology) to
specific instructions as to which settings apply to a
particular design surface. In Bentley Rail Track,
preferences are now a flexible system that could be
considered as a single group of information that is
simply defined in four different ways:
Preferences
Basic Preference Surface Preferred

Preferences Manager Preferences Preferences
Basic Preferences
Basic preferences are settings that are defined at the
command level. These values are set on the individual
command dialog box loca
located
ted on most Bentley Rail Track
menus.

Basic preferences govern general operating parameters

such as units of measure, stationing format, decimal
places, local symbology, and so on.

Settings that have been selected across the various tab

options can all be saved to a preference set. Preferences
are stored in the XIN file. When you want these
configured settings for a particular design session, you
can load the saved file from the Preferences dialog box.
At start up, all available preference files currently in
the XIN are listed here:

You can create or modify basic preferences at any time

from the Preferences dialog box.
Preference Manager
You could set basic preferences for every command
under each Bentley Rail Track menu, as previously
mentioned:
Or, you could globally set all of these values (in addition
to other detailed settings required by some commands)
in one place at one time, using the Tools > Preference
Manager command. Preference Manager now acts as the
global editor that allows you to specify preferences
across Bentley Rail Track.

In Preference Manager, begin by entering a Preference

name. Here, you could type a unique name for a new
preference set, or you could select an existing preference
set from the list (any setting change will modify the
set).

Notice that in the Status field, it is indicated whether or

not a preference object has already been defined for this
preference set (either at the command dialog box or in
Named Symbology Manager). If initialized is displayed,
preferences for the object have already been defined;
however, you can modify the settings here and associate
them with the new preference set. This is helpful if you
want to standardize preferences across a design session
or meet a specialized customer deliverable.
To set preferences, double-click on an object.
Individually set each value for an object:

Or, you can select a named symbology. If you choose a

named symbology, the values previously defined in
Symbology Manager populate the dialog box:
You must individually save each object preference.
When you have selected and saved all of the

preferences, click Close to dismiss Preference Manager:

Named preferences are saved and stored in the civil.ini

file.
Surface Preference
A surface preference is a named preference that you
want to associate with a surface. When a preference is
associated with a surface, all of the settings and display
characteristics that were previously defined will be
active for the surface.
Note The Tools > Locks > Style command must be on.
If Style Lock is not on, the basic preferences from the
command dialog box will apply.

A surface preference can be specified when creating a

surface with the File > New > Surface command.
In addition, you can change surface preferences at any

time during a design session using the Surface > Surface
Properties command.

If, during a design session, you choose a different

surface preference, use the Surface > Update 3-D/Plan
Surface Display command to refresh the graphic display
with the new preferences.
Preferred Preference
The preferred preference is the default global preference
set. At start up, the preferred preference is the system
Default (these are selected settings delivered with
Bentley Rail Track). If you have created a named
preference set and desire to have it as the default,
access the Tools > Options > General tab. For Category,
select Settings.

When specifying a preferred preference, if the Refresh

Command Settings on Preference Change toggle is on, all
of the Bentley Rail Track commands that are affected by
the preference change are updated to reflect the new
preference settings. If a command dialog box does not
have a named preference corresponding to the preferred
preference, the system defaults ccontinue to apply for
that dialog box.

Click Apply to activate the preferred preference.

Locks
In Bentley Rail Track, there are several lock features
that work together with the Named Symbology Manager,
Preference Manager, and Style Manager to streamline
your required interaction with the software.
For quick access to the lock commands, select Tools >

Locks > Toolbar:
Feature Filter Lock

The Feature Filter lock works in conjunction with the
Surface > Feature > Feature Selection Filter command to
automatically make available a filtered feature-selection
selection
set. When a selection set is created using the Feature
Selection Filter command, it is given a name for future
use.

Not only is the feature-selection set saved to the civil.ini

file, the name assigned to the set is listed in the Feature
Filter List located on the Locks toolbar.
When the Feature Filter toggle is turned on, these

selection sets are now exclusively available for display
without any further interaction with the Feature
Selection Filter command dialog box.

Subsequently, when the Surface > View Surface >

Features command is selected, only those feature types
specified in the selection set are available for display.
Click Apply to display the features in the surface. Or,

you could use the Locate button to identify features (of
the filtered type) by datapoint in the surface.
Note: When the Feature Filter lock is off, defined feature

selection sets are not available or applied.
Feature Highlight Lock

When the Feature Highlight lock is turned ON, any
commands that include a feature list field highlights the
feature in plan view when it is selected in the list. While
this primaril
primarily affects Surface commands, it also applies
to Evaluation commands that include feature lists.
Style Lock

The Style lock works together with Preferences,

Preference Manager and Feature Style Manager to
automatically display global preference settings and
defined features styles. As previously detailed,
preference settings are defined at the local command
dialog box or globally in the Preference Manager.
Feature styles are created and named using the Tools >
Style Manager > New command, and are listed in Feature
Style Manager.
Once preferences and feature styles have been defined,
you can turn on the Style lock toggle to have these
settings automatically display during the design
session, without any further interaction with command
dialog boxes.
When the Style lock is on and a command is selected,

data preferences are active and displayed; no dialog box
is presented. When Style lock is off, each time a
command is selected a dialog box is presented allowing
you to define display preference and style.
This command allows you to reduce required interaction
with Bentley Rail Track commands.
Pencil/Pen Mode
The Pencil/Pen modes allow you to write to the
design/drawing file in either temporary or permanent
form. This idea is similar to drawing on a sheet of paper
with pen or pencil. When writing in pencil, you can
quickly erase a drawing to remove it. In contrast,
writing in ink (pen) is a more permanent form that must
be deleted to be removed. Similarly, in Bentley Rail
Track graphics written in pencil are not retained
between iterations of display, and graphics written in
ink are retained each time the object is displayed.

For example, if you turn on Pencil mode and select the

Bentley Rail Track Surface > View Surface > Perimeter
command, the graphic is displayed and written to the
CAD design/drawing file.
Then, using a CAD manipulation command, such as

Move you reloca
relocate the graphic. Next, select Surface >
View Surface > Perimeter to display it again. The
previous graphic is “erased” and only the most recent
graphic appears.
Note The Pencil/Pen mode that is active when the

graphic is initially displayed determines whe
whether
ther or not
it is erased when it is redisplayed.

Graphics written in Pencil mode are retained only until

the next time the same graphic is selected for display.
Note During a design session in Pencil mode, there

may be an occasion where you do not want pencil
graphics to automatically be erased. To override this
action, select the Tools > Options > General tab. For
Category, select Settings and turn on the Omit Automatic
Graphics Refresh toggle. All graphics, written in pencil
or ink, will be retained until you manually delete them.
In contrast, if in Pen mode you select Surface > View

Perimeter, the graphic is displayed and written to the
design/drawing file.
Then, using the CAD Move command, you relocate the

graphic. Next, select Surface > View Surface > Perimeter
again. Both graphics appear. The first is retained
because it was written in ink, the second appears
because it is the most recent.

All graphics written in Pen mode are retained until they

are deleted. Graphics can be manually removed using
the CAD Delete command or by activating the Bentley
Rail Track Delete Ink lock.
Delete Ink Lock

The Delete Ink lock is available when Write lock is on.
Turn on this toggle to quickly remove all graphics that
were previously written in ink.
For example, if you have three iterations of a graphic
that was writ
written
ten in ink, all three graphics appear in the

Then, if you turn on the Delete Ink lock and select the
command again, only the current graphic is displayed.
All of the previously displayed graphics are deleted. To

override the Delete Ink lock, select the Tools > Options >
General tab. For Category, select Settings and turn on
the Omit Automatic Graphics Refresh toggle. All graphics,
written in pencil or ink, will be retained until you
manually delete them.
Locate Graphics/Features

During an n Bentley Rail Track design session, you

create, edit and manipulate objects in two different
environments: the CAD design/drawing file and the
DTM model surface. Objects located in the CAD
design/drawing file are referred to as graphics. Objects
located in the DTM model (design surface) are referred
to as features
features. The Locate Graphics/Locate Features mode
lets you quickly specify the environment from which to
select objects.
For example, if you toggle to Locate Graphics and select

the Surface > Design Surface > Set Elevation command for
a Single graphic element, you are prompted to identify
an element within the CAD design/drawing file.
While remaining in the same command dialog box, you

can toggle the mode to Locate Features.

The dialog box options dynamically change. You can

now identify features in the surface.
Identify and locate individual features or select all

available features in the surface.
Note While an alignment (*.alg) is another way to

manipulate objects during a design session, the
geometry data in the alignment is not accessible from
the Locate Graphics/Locate Features command.
Point/Element/No Snap Lock

This lock is a three

three-way
way toggle that allows you to specify
the snap mode when working with feature and geometry
data.
• Point Snap. This lock allows you to snap onto any
point contained in the geometry project. This mode
is helpful when placing geometry elements. For
example, if you want to input point data into a
dialog box, toggle this lock on and place a data point
in the design file. Bentley Rail Track will find the
closest point and display the point data in the dialog
box.
• Element Snap. This lock allows you to snap or lock
onto any geometry element (any object that would
require multiple data points to define) in the
geometry project. This mode is helpful when usi using
the direction, distance, length, radius, and/or angle
of an existing geometry element to design a new
element. When this lock is on, Bentley Rail Track
snaps to the element nearest the data point you
place in the design file
• No Snap. This mode disables both point and element
snap.
Station Lock
This on/off lock is applicable only when the first station
specified on the horizontal alignment is an odd
odd-
numbered station (for example
example, 2+39) and you are
generating cross sections, executing the roadway
modeler, or generating station type reports. When this
lock is turned on, Bentley Rail Track applies a given
command action to the first station, and then forces all
subsequent actions tto even-numbered stations. For
example, if the first station 2+39 and the station
interval is defined as 50, Bentley Rail Track performs
the command action at stations 2+39, 2+50, 3+00, and
so on. When the Station lock is turned off and the first
station is odd
odd-numbered,
numbered, Bentley Rail Track applies the

command action to odd-numbered stations only (for

example, 2+39, 2+89, 3+39) and so on.
Report Lock
This on/off lock is used by several commands to control
whether or not the output displays in a dialog box as the
command calculations are performed. If this lock is off,
the command processes and stores results without
displaying them in an output dialog box.

General Bentley Rail Track Review

While Bentley Rail Track includes expanded
functionality in several areas, many of the software’s
standard featu
features remain.
Comprehensive Data Structure

The data structure for Bentley Rail Track remains much
more comprehensive than those of the CAD platforms
on which it runs. It ac
accommodates the intelligence
needed to perform sophisticated 33-D design operations
such as earthwork analysis, profile generation, and
superelevation. Its ability to maintain double
double-precision
numbers is not dependent upon the CAD platform. As
you place or locate design elements or coordinate
geometry points, Bentley Rail Track tools accommodate
double-precision
precision input. Even graphical selection tools
automatically snap to points and elements in your
geometry project with double
double-precision accuracy.
Horizontall and Vertical Alignments

Alignments continue to represent longitudinal features,
such as centerlines, lanes, access ram
ramps, and ditch
grade lines. The horizontal and vertical geometry of an
alignment is designed separately, with the vertical
being a child of the horizontal. There are no restrictions
on how many vertical alignments you can attach to a
horizontal alignment. Alignments are designed using
the geometry component of Bentley Rail Track, which
has an array of features for locating points and
designing the curvilinear geometry through them.
Bentley Rail Track automates the creation of horizontal
and vertical geomet
geometry. In the initial design phase, you
can use a backdrop of graphics such as a DTM, aerial
photo, MicroStation graphics, and so forth. You can
define curve and tangents, in any order, with or without
automatic spiral placement, and if you need to add
spirals,
als, you can do so as you define the circular curves.

When the rough geometry is complete, you can begin to

refine the alignment. You can dynamically manipulate
elements or use precision key-ins. The software
provides immediate visual feedback and automatically
adjusts the geometry throughout the alignment,
maintaining coincidence and colinearity between all the
elements where appropriate.
Templates
Templates (or typical sections) remain one of the most
powerful features of Bentley Rail Track’ corridor design
capabilities. Contrasted with alignments, which
represent longitudinal geometry, templates represent
transverse geometry. Templates can consist of any
combination of backbone components and possible end
condition solutions for your road design. Templates can
be fixed or controlled by horizontal and/or vertical
geometry. When typical sections are paired with
horizontal and vertical alignments and superelevation,
they define the surface of a corridor. Typical sections are
flexible design components--as easily applied to ditches
and sidewalks as to multilane highways with
superelevated curves and variable side slopes.
Evaluation
Bentley Rail Track continues to provide tools to make
preliminary evaluation of your model quick and simple.
These tools allow you to do the following:
• Display triangles and slope vectors and view them
from any angle.
• Produce contours, cross sections, and profiles to
compare original surfaces with design surfaces.
• Compute volumes using the triangle, grid, or end-
area method.
• Produce Mass-Haul diagrams.

The Roadway Designer

Roadway Designer pulls together all ooff your design data
to create the corridor model. The designer places the
templates from the Template Editor at the specified
location and manages the transitions between them. In
addition, it applies superelevation and adjusts the
templates to the longit
longitudinal features as necessary, as
well as checks right
right-of-way limits. The end result of
this is a DTM containing roadway components for the
proposed corridor surface. This DTM is comprised of 3 3-
D linear features xyz random points and components,
providing a full 3
3-D model of the proposed roadway.
The model features can then be displayed in the CAD
For simple projects, Bentley Rail Track provides
Express Modeler, which produces a model quickly, with
only minimal information. You onl only need to provide an
existing surface, a horizontal alignment, and a single
template. If you wish, you can also provide a vertical
alignment, but Bentley Rail Track will use elevations
derived from a horizontal alignment if no vertical
alignment is provid
provided.
Drawing Production
Plan and profile drawings can now be easily generated
from Bentley Rail Track graphics. You can create
construction documents, such as plan/profile, cross
sections, and detail sheets.
Reports
Reporting in Bentley Rail Track is flexible and
comprehensive. You can produce reports on any data
that you have created or manipulated in the course of a
project. Such reports might include listings of
coordinate geometry points, alignment clearances, and
earthwork data. Bentley Rail Track also allows you to
track your design activities. You can save your

activities as report files or append them to other report

files; they are invaluable for project documentation.
Visualization
Designs produced with Bentley Rail Track can be used
with visualization software to create photo-realistic
images, which help your project team or client better
visualize the design. Bentley Systems also complements
Bentley Rail Track with a range of applications for
editing and manipulating images to create
photomontages or video presentations. These
capabilities help you prepare presentations for non-
technical audiences.

Getting Around in Bentley Rail Track

Using the Interface
Bentley Rail Track utilizes the Windows Explorer
environment for file management. It works like the
Explorer in the Microsoft Windows environment. By
either clicking the plu
plus sign (+) in the square next to an
item or double
double-clicking on the name, a subgroup of
items displays just like a directory tree. The Bentley
Rail Track Explorer provides a quick view of files that
have been loaded and are available in a working
session.
From the Bentley Rail Track Explorer, you can “tear

away” the left
left-pane
pane Explorer tree, now referred to as the
Workspace Bar:

There are several unique advantages of the Workspace

Bar. First, major objects are represented by tabs at the
bottom of the view. Each tab corresponds to a
particular view of the overall Explorer hierarchy.
Second, by clicking a tab, such as the Surfaces, you’ll see
all (and only) the surface objects in the project.
Workspace Bar’s can be docked anywhere on the screen
for easy access:
To return the Workspace Bar back to the Explorer, click

and drag the box to the desired location:

Once you are in The Explorer, you can dra

drag and drop
your Bentley Rail Track data directly from the Windows
Explorer. The status of the data is displayed in the
bottom portion of The Explorer window.
In the Explorer, you can access additional options that

are available for an entity. Fo
For example, if you select
(highlight) a surface and right
right-mouse click, a pop-up
menu appears with additional options for surfaces.
The additional options that are available depend on the

entity that you select. In the Explorer, you can also
access to the following shortcuts:
• Press the Insert key to activate the New dialog box.
• Press the Delete key to delete the current item.
• Drag-and
and-drop features between surfaces.
• Click an item to rename it.
• Hold down the Shift key to display all the
he points in a
feature, not just the first hundred.

• Review file revision data.
• Cut and paste between fields.

• Click File > Open then, right-mouse click to edit
ASCII files, using the default text editor. For
example, to open and Bentley Rail Track project file:
Review the right-mouse click menu for additional file

and mailing options.

The Explorer can be moved to a convenient location on

the screen and make several common tasks faster and
easier.
Accepting/Rejecting Solutions
If MicroStation is your CAD platform and you are using
the default mouse configuratio
configuration, you accept an Bentley
Rail Track solution by clicking the left mouse button.
You reject an Bentley Rail Track solution by clicking the
right mouse button.

If AutoCAD or is your CAD platform, you accept an

Bentley Rail Track solution by clicking the right mouse
button, by typing accept or a, or by pressing Enter.
You reject an Bentley Rail Track solution by typing
reject or r.
On both CAD platforms, you exit an Bentley Rail Track
command by pressing Esc.
Using Access Control

Access control allows you to share files among multiple
users while controlling read-write access to the data.
Using access control, you can essentially “lock” your
data so that another user cannot overwrite it while you
are working on it. The other user can open the data
(read-only access) but cannot make changes to it while
you have it opened with read-write access. Likewise, if
another user has some data opened with read-write
access, your only option is to open the data with read-
only access.
Access control works with individual horizontal
alignments, the cogo buffer, and preference files.
However, with preference files, you lock the entire
file−not individual preferences. When you have read-
write access to a horizontal alignment, you also have
read-write access to all data associated with the
horizontal alignment: vertical alignments,
superelevations, vertical event buffers, and horizontal
event buffers.
To set the access status, right-mouse click the
horizontal alignment, cogo buffer, or preference file in
the Explorer. When the menu appears, select either
Read-Write or Read-Only. The status is reflected in
the Explorer.
For more information about access control, see the
Bentley Rail Track Suite Help.

Menus
The Explorer contains menus that are the primary
source of interaction with Bentley Rail Track.

The menu titles are intuitive to a function of the design

process. They help you navigate to groups of commands
used for a specific task. A small right arrow by a
command indicates an additional menu with commands.
Menus and Application Add-Ins
Bentley Rail Track is delivered with several additional
software modules that allow you to complete specialized
or advanced tasks, including data translation. To access
these features, select Tools > Application Add Ins.

By default, these additional commands do not appear on

Bentley Rail Track menus because they are “turned off”.
However, when you select addadd-in applications, menus
are dynamically updated and the commands are listed
on the appropriate menu
menu. For example, by default the
Geometry menu does not include the Horizontal and
Add-In. If you select it to turn it on and
Vertical Element Add
click Apply, the command is dynamically added to the
menu:
Add-in
in applications can be turned on and off at anytime
during a design session.

Customize Menus
You can also create customized Bentley Rail Track
menus using the Tools > Customize >Command tab.
This command allows you to group specific commands

together on a menu. First, select the menu on which to
place the commands.
Then, drop and drag the selected command onto the

menu.

The command is added to the menu.
Customize Toolbars
With the Tools > Customize > Toolbars command, you can
select predefined toolbars to display that provide quick
access to frequently used commands. There are toolbars
for specific groups of menu commands, such as View
Surface.
Two Point Gridded Update Surface

Elevations Slope Model Display
Contours
Single Point Inferred Color-Coded

Features Elevation Breaklines Elevations
Perimeter Fit Surface

Note Notice that the Fit Surface command is on the

toolbar but not on this particular pull-menu. The
command is added here for convenience: once you
display various representations of the surface, you can
quickly fit the surface in the view.
There are also predefined toolbars for common design

workflows. The commands on the workflow toolbars
may not appear together on any one menu or all of the
available commands may not appear, but several are
grouped together on the toolbar for a specific function.
If a predefined toolbar does not meet your design needs,
you can create customized toolbars for unique
workflows. Select Tools > Customize > Toolbars > New.
Click the Commands tab. Select commands from the list

to drag and drop onto the toolbar.

With customized toolbars, you can step through the

design process from surface creation to plan and profile
sheet generation using a single ttoolbar.
Once toolbars are displayed, they can be moved to a convenient
location on the screen or they can be “docked” onto the Explorer.
To dock a toolbar, click and hold on the toolbar, drag it to the
Explorer and release it.
Docked toolbars rem

remain in the Explorer until you delete them.

To remove a docked toolbar, click on it and drag it away

from the Explorer and click the X button. Or, to remove
all customized toolbars and menus, click Tools >
Customize > Toolbars > Reset All.
Shortcut Keys to Bentley Rail Track Commands

Use the Tools > Customize > Keyboard tab to create new
keystrokes to activate Bentley Rail Track commands.
You can create new shortcut keys or modify existing

ones.
Customize Macros
The Text > Customize > Macros command provides access
to external software programs that can be run within
Bentley Rail Track. For example, you can click New to
create a macro to run Notepad®, a Microsoft text editor,
in a specific directory.

Click Browse to locate the Notepad executable. This

automatically populates the command field. Then,
specify the Argument (file on which to run the editor)
and the initial directory (where the file is located).
Click Close. Now, the new macro appears in the

Commands list. You can then drag and drop the new
macro onto a toolbar or menu.
The Button Appearance dialog box appears. Select an
icon to represent the macro.
The icon appears on the toolbar. Now, double

double-click the
icon to start the command.

You can also use the Tools > Customize > Macros
command to run advanced software programs created
using the Bentley Rail Track Application Programming
Interface (APIs). APIs give you direct access to the
Bentley Rail Track alignment and surface data. See the
Bentley Civil Help for more information on customizing
Bentley Rail Track with APIs.
Exporting Custom Settings

Once custom menus, toolbars and command-shortcut
keys have been created, you can save all of the settings
to a file for use in future design sessions. To access this
command, select Tools > Customize > Export.

• Full Export – Use this option to save all custom

settings.
• Partial Export – Turn on this option to individually
choose which toolbars to save. You may also specify
shortkeys, macros or both.
Importing Custom Settings

Previously defined settings can be imported for a
current design session. To access these settings, select
Tools > Customize > Import.
Click Browse to locate the settings file.
Using the Online Help System

To display Help when Bentley Rail Track is active, click
Help > Contents from the main menu.

Bentley Bentley Rail Track Suite Help Topics

Bentley Rail Track is delivered with comprehensive
online reference information for each command. This
information is available through the Bentley Rail Track
Suite Help system. The Help topics include a brief
overview of the command, a detailed description of the
dialog box options, and a step-by-step workflow that
shows how to use the command.
Bentley Rail Track allows you to design while
integrated with other Bentley Civil applications. In this
environment, you can access the online Help topics for
these applications in addition to Bentley Rail Track
Help.
Note If Help was not installed on your hard drive

during setup, you must have the Bentley Rail Track CD
in the CD-ROM drive or be connected to the network
node containing the Help files.
Click the Contents tab to display the Contents

page for Bentley Rail Track Help. This page is
similar to a table of contents in that it lists
everything that is available in the Help files.

Double
Double-click a file to display it. After
reviewing a topic, you can close it or p
print it.
Click the Index tab to enter a command name,
phrase, or word for which to search. This page
is similar to a book index with items listed in
alphabetical order. As you type a word, the list
dynamically updates a as the sorting feature
narrows the search. Double
Double-click the topic
when it appears in the list, or click the Display
button.
Click the Search tab to access a full-text
retrieval search. Full
Full-text
text retrieval allows you
to search for specific words instead of
alphabetized categories. First, the software
builds a database of words from all available
Help files. Once the database is compiled, you
can search it for any key word. A workflow
wizard steps you through this brief process.
Double
Double-click a located word or click the Display
button to display the search results.
Bentley Rail Track Suite Help is context sen

sensitive,
which means that you can press F1 to display Help for
the active command or dialog box. You can also click
the Help button on each dialog box.

Looking at Bentley Rail
Track Workflows
Overview
The following workflows represent typical paths you
might take when designing railway projects using
Bentley Rail Track. Your particular workflow may vary
depending on the needs of your project.
Horizontal Alignment with Regression

Analysis
This workflow presents one method of creating an
alignment using the advanced geometry regression
commands.
Looking at Bentley Rail Track Workflows 87

88 Looking at Bentley Rail Track Workflows

Looking at Bentley Rail
Track Workflows
Cant Alignment Workflow

The following diagram illustrates a general workflow for
creating a cant alignment.
Looking at InRoads Workflows 89

Turnouts Workflow
The following
wing diagram illustrates a general workflow for
creating turnouts.
For detailed instructions on completing these

workflows, see Chapters 5 - 17.
90 Looking at Bentley Rail Track Workflows

4 Setting Up Bentley Rail
Track
Overview
Bentley Rail Track provides a complete set of tools for simple
track layout and comprehensive railway design. Typically, a
rail workf
workflow
low begins with loading project files and setting
working preferences.
Before Getting Started

Locate the tutorial data in C:\Program
\Bentley\Tutorials\ Rail. Extract RailChapter5.exe.
Files\ RailChapter5.exe
Loading Your Files
1. Go to Start>Programs>Bentley>InRoads Group XM and
load the product “Bentley Rail Track”
2. From C:\Program Files\Bentley\Tutorials\Rail Rail open the
rail_tutorial.dgn or rail_tutorial.dwg file.
3. Inside Bentley Rail Track, select File > Open.

4. Browse to C:\Program Files\Bentley\Tutorials\ \Rail and
open the files ““railm_tut.xin” and “existing.dtm”.
”.
5. Click the Preferences tab at the bottom of the Explorer.
6. Click the plus sign (+) next to Preferences. The
railm_tut.xin file has been loaded.
7. To the right you should see three cocolumns:
lumns: File Name,
Type, and Access Mode.
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91
The preference file sets units of measure (imperial or

metric) and the settings and layers on which everything in
the design, except the geometry, displays. This file also
stores all Style and Symbology information that determines
how the surface features, horizontal alignment, coordinate
geometry points, and closed figures are displayed.
Next
Next, modify the preferences file.
Setting Units of Measure
Bentley Rail Track uses the units of measure selected during
installation, either imperial or metric. This setting is saved in
the civil.xin file. The location of the civil.xin is shown in the
Explorer when you click Preferences. Bentley Rail Track starts
each session using this civil.xin file.
For this task, you will use metric units in a file prepared for
this tutorial: railm_tut.xin. To define settings, do the
following:
1. Click Tools > Options.
2. Click the Units and Formats tab. Under Units, for Linear,
select Metric. For Angular, select Degrees. Click Apply.
3. Click the Geometry tab.
92 Setting Up Bentley Rail Track

4. Under Curve Definition, for Horizontal, select Chord. For

Vert
Vertical,
ical, select Parabolic. For Measure, select Along Chord.
5. Click Apply; then click the Preferences button.
6. Click Save.
This updates the settings in the file. When the Save

button is selected, the ..xin file is updated so that next time
you start Bentley RRail
ail Track the settings are the same.
7. Click Close to dismiss the Preferences dialog box.
8. You’ve just modified the railm_tut.xin file.
9. Click Close to dismiss the Options dialog box.
Using Pencil/Pen Lock
The Pencil/Pen lock lets you temporarily (pencil) or
permanently (ink) write to the graphics file. This concept is
similar to drawing on paper. Using a pencil, you have the
ability to quickly erase a drawing to remove it. In contrast,
graphics drawn in ink are of a permanent form a and
nd must be
deleted to be removed. The Delete Ink Lock command is used
to remove graphics drawn in ink. These features are helpful
when you want to display several iterations of a graphic until
the desired graphic is displayed. Then, after comparing the
objects, you can remove those not desired.
1. Go to Surface > View Surface > Perimeter. Make sure
surface existing is selected.
2. Click Edit. On MicroStation, for Line Style, select 0. On
AutoCAD, for Line Type, select a continuous line.
3. Click Ok.
4. Click Apply
Apply.
The perimeter is drawn on the screen.
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5. Make sure that you are in Pencil mode.

This command is Either/Or meaning you are either in
pencil mode or ink mode.
6. Using your CAD software, move the perimeter.

7. Click Surface >View Surface >Perimeter.
8. Click Ed
Edit.
9. For Color, click the color palette and select a different color.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Apply, then click Close.
The first perimeter was erased and the second (current)
perimeter was displayed. The perimeter is written to the
design file because Write lock iiss toggled to Pencil mode.
Note If the graphic is not erased, click Tools > Options.

Click the General tab. Ensure the Omit Automatic
Graphics Refresh option is turned off. When this option is
on, graphic display is not refreshed: all graphics remain
displayed.
12. Toggle to Pen mode.
13. Click Surface > View Surface > Perimeter.

14. Cli
Click Edit.
15. For Color, click on the color palette and select a color.

16. Click OK.

17. Click Apply.
The previous graphic, written in pencil, is erased. The
current perimeter is drawn in the graphics file in ink.
18. Using your CAD software, move the perimeter.
19. In the View Perimeter dialog box, click Apply again.
The second perimeter is displayed. The first graphic
remains because it was written to the graphics file in ink.
20. Using your CAD software, move the second perimeter.

21. Toggle to Pencil Mode.
22. In the View Perimeter dialog box, click Edit.
23. On MicroStation, for Line Style, select 2. On AutoCAD, for
Line Type, select a dashed type.
24. On MicroStation, for Weight, select 1.
25. Click OK.
26. Click Apply.
The third perimeter is drawn in pencil. It has a different
line style.

27. Click
ick Close to dismiss the View Perimeter dialog box.
Pen mode allows you to display several versions of a
graphic; Pencil mode only allows you to display one.
28. Turn on Delete Ink Lock.
29. Click Surface >View Surface >Perimeter.

30. Click Edit.
31. For Color, click the color palette and select a color.
32. On MicroStation, for Line Style, select 0. On AutoCAD, for
Line Type, select Continuous.
33. On MicroStation, for Weight, select 1.
34. Click OK.
35. Click Apply.
The two perimeters written in ink are deleted because
Delete Ink LLock
ock is on. The perimeter written in pencil is
removed because Pencil mode only retains the most recent
graphic. The current (last) graphic is displayed.

36. Click Close to dismiss the View Perimeter dialog box.

37. Turn off Delete Ink lock.
38. Update the view.
39. From the CAD menu, save rail_tutorial.dgn or
rail_tutorial.dwg.
40. Click File > Exit and then exit your CAD software, or
continue to Chapter 2, Creating a Geometry Project.

5 Creating a Geometry
Project
Overview
Bentley Rail Track stores coordinate geometry information in a
geometry project (*.alg file). As you progress through the
tutorial, you will define horizontal and vertical alignments.
This information is stored in the geometry project. You can
save as many alignments and sets of points as you like in a
geometry project.
This chapter describes several processes related to the
geometry project: importing coordinate geometry and creating
horizontal and vertical alignments. You create a geometry
project; then, within that project you will create horizontal and
vertical alignments. These alignments are the basis for
defining the centerline for the proposed single track.

\Bentley\Tutorials\Rail. Extract RailChapter6.exe.
Loading Your Files
load the product “Bentley Rail Track”.
3. Click File > Open.
4. Set the directory to C:\Program
Files
Files\Bentley\Tutorials\Rail.
5. Select railm_tut.xin, and Click Open.
6. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box.
Creating a New Geometry Project.
1. Click File > New.
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3. For the Type, select Geometry Project.
4. For the Name, type singletrack.. Press the TAB key.
5. For the Description, type track realignment project.
project
Press the TAB key, and then click Apply.
6. For Type, select Horizontal Alignment.

7. For the Name, type centerline.. Press the TAB key.
8. For the Description, type existing track.. Press the TAB
key.
9. For Style, select Default. Press the TAB key.
10. For Curve Definition, select Chord. Press the TAB key;
then, click Apply.
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Creating a Geometry Project
You have successfully defined the horizontal alignment

name for the geometry.
11. For Type, select Vertical Alignment.
12. For the Name, type existing grade. Press the TAB key.
13. For the Description, type For single track. Press the
TAB key.
14. For Style, select Default. Press the TAB key.
15. For Curve Definition, select Parabolic. Press the TAB key;
then, click Apply.
Creating a Geometry Project 101

You have successfully defined a vertical alignment name.

In the next task, you will import your geometry project
data.
16. Click Close to dismiss the New dialog box.
17. Click File > Save As tto
o save the geometry project.
Files
19. For the Save as type, select Geometry Projects (*.alg).
20. For the Active, select single track.
21. For the File Name type singletrack.alg,, and click Save.
22. The geometry pro
project called single track is saved.
23. Click Cancel.
24. Click File > Exit and exit your CAD software, or continue to
Chapter 7, Importing Project Data.
102 Creating a Geometry Project

6 Importing Project Data
Overview
In this chapter, you will import the points you need to begin a
rail project. These points are used to create both horizontal
and vertical alignments.
Before
e Getting Started
Loading Your Files
Files
5. Select railm_tut.xin, and Click Open.
6. Select singletrack.alg and click Open.
Importing ASCII Points
Once you have named a geometry project, you can load the
points that will be used to create horizontal and vertical
alignments. For this task, these points have been prepared for
you. In a typical rail project, these points are usually collected
from existing survey data.
1. Click File > Text Import Wizard.
2. For Data Type, select Cogo Points.
3. For Wizard Name, select Class
Classic File.
Importing Project Data 103

4. For File Name, select the Browse button. In C:\\Program

Files\Bentley\Tutorials\Rail.select the rail_tutorial.txt
Files rail_tutorial
file.
5. Click OK.
The file is successfully imported.
6. Click Geometry > Review Geometry Points to review the

loaded points.
7. Under Mode, click All Points.
8. Click Last and ensure that the point 163, the last point, is
displayed.
9. Click Close.

Importing Project Data
10. Now would be a good time to save the new geometry data.
11. Click File > Save > Geometry Project.
Viewing Cogo Points
You can view points loaded into the cogo buffer. This allows
you to see all of the points that were added before continuing
the workflow.
1. Click Geometry > View Geometry > Horizontal Annotation.
2. Under Apply Style, click Assigned.
3. In the Cogo Points group box, click in the Include field and
type an asterisk (*), the press the Tab key.
After the Tab key is pressed, the list of Selected cogo points
will be populated will all the points in the cogo buffer.
4. In the Display group box, turn on Points.

5. In the An
Annotate group box, turn on Points.
6. Click Apply.
The points are displayed in graphics:
7. Click Close to dismiss the View Horizontal Annotation

dialog box.
8. Using the CAD Zoom command to view the points.

Importing Project Data
9. Using the CAD software, fit the graphic in the view.

Chapter 8, Adding Regression Points to the Horizontal
Geometry Project
Project.

7 Adding Regression
Points to the Horizontal
Geometry Project
Overview
In this chapter, you will use coordinate geometry points to add
regression points to the horizontal alignment project. The
coordinate geometry points represent data gathered from an
existing survey project. Th
These
ese points have been imported into
the Bentley Rail Track geometry project.

Loading Your Files
Files
5. Select railm_tut.xin, and click Open.
Adding Horizontal Regression Points
Once Cogo points have been imported, they can be loaded into
the empty alignment as regression points.
Adding Regression Points to the Horizontal Geometry Project 107

Note If you are running on AutoCAD, zoom into the graphic

view on the first few points prior to beginning this task.
1. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Add Regression

Points.
2. For Source, select Points.
3. For Include, place the cursor in the field and enter an
asterisk. The wildcard * symbol should appear in the field.
This instructs the software to find and add all of the
available points in the buffer. Press the TAB key.
4. In the First Po
Point field, select point number 1.
5. In the Second Point field, select point number 2.
By defining the first two points, you are telling the program
the beginning point and the direction to conduct the point
sorting.
6. Click the Advanced tab.
These settings de
define
fine sorting criteria for loading regression
points. You don’t have to modify these here; they have been
predefined for this lesson.
7. Click Apply.
All of the points will be selected and added as regression

points in the horizontal alignment.
8. Click Close.
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Adding Regression Points to the Horizontal Geometry Project
Next,
ext, review the points to ensure all 163 points were added
as regression points.
9. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Edit/Review
Regression Points.
10. Scroll down the list to review the points.
11. Click Close to dismiss the dialog box.

12. Fit the graphics in the view.
Chapter 9, Starting a Horizontal Alignment using Single
Element Regression.
Adding Regression Points to the Horizontal Geometry Project 109

8 Starting a Horizontal
Alignment using Single
Element Regression
Analysis (SER)
Overview
In this chapter, you will use a series of geometry commands to
establish the beginning elements for a new horizontal
alignment. While Bentley Rail Track provides various methods
to create horizontal alignments, the single element regression
method is used here to demonstrate how these unique
commands can be used in a typical railway design.

Loadi
Loading Your Files
3. Click File > Ope
Open.
Files
Using Horizontal Single Element Regression
Analysis
Starting a Horizontal Alignment Using SER 111

Once regression points have been added to the geometry

project, elements can be added to the project alignment. When
working with regression points, you can add, modify and delete
points using the command dialog box or by graphically
selecting
electing points in the graphic view. In this task, you will
select points graphically in the view.
1. Delete all graphics in the design file.
2. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > View Regression
Points.
3. Click Apply; then, Close.
Zoom in to see the ac

actual points.
4. Visually review the regression points. Click Geometry >
Horizontal Regression > Edit/Review Regression Points.
5. Scroll the list and multi
multi-select
select points 11, 12 & 13.
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Starting a Horizontal Alignment Using SER
It appears that points 11, 12, & 13 are irregular. These

points may reflec
reflectt a survey error. In order to create the
best possible alignment solution, you must take steps to
reduce their influence on the present data set. To begin,
you will reduce the weighting associated with these points.
6. Click the Edit.
7. For Weight, type 0.001.

This change will not cause these points to be ignored in
future analysis, however it will decrease their influence on
regression calculations. For more information on the
Weight option, see Bentley InRoads Group XM Help.Help
Notic
Noticee that the Weight value has been modified in the
Edit/Review Horizontal Regression Points dialog box:
Note When editing or working with regression points, as

you will see in the next few steps, it’s most convenient to
keep the dialog box active, but mini
minimized,
mized, as you work in
the graphic view.
9. On the Edit/Review Horizontal Regression Points dialog

box, deselect/unhighlight points 11, 12, and 13. Click the
Select button.
10. Using the CAD command, zoom into the view.
11. Graphically select points 1 through 19.
12. At the prompt: Accept/Reject, accept the points.
The points are highlighted in the Edit/Review Horizontal

Regression Points dialog box. Notice the Include in
Analysis column is now set to yes for these points:
13. Collapse, do not close, the dialog box.

14. Clic
Clickk Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Single Element
Regression Analysis.
15. For Element type, select Linear.
This indicates that points 1 through 19 will be regressed as
a linear element in the alignment.
16. For Save Order, select Last Element.

17. Click Compute.
The results of the computation are displayed in the Results

field, and a slew diagram showing the magnitude of the
point’s offset relative to the element is shown in temporary
graphics along the element.
18. Click Save. Collapse, but do not close the dialog box.
b
By regressing points 1 through 19, you have added a linear
element to the horizontal alignment. Next, you will move
along the points to add another element.
19. Fit the view.
20. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Curvature
Diagram.
21. Click the Preference
Preferences button.
22. Highlight curve diagram, click Load; then, Close.
23. Next, specify the symbology for the curve diagram.
• On the “General” leaf under Horizontal Curvature
Diagram, turn ON Line, Points, and Text in the
Symbology box.
• Click the Axes folder, then Left folder, then the General
leaf.
• Change the Length of both Major Ticks and Minor
Ticks to 0.010.
• Click on the Symbology leaf.
• In the Symbology box, double-click
click to edit Title Text.
• Under Offsets, change Horizontal to 0. Press the TAB
key. Click Ok.
• Double-click to edit Label.
• Under Offsets, change Horizontal to 0. Press the TAB
key. Click Ok.
• Turn ON the check boxes for Major and Minor Ticks.
• Click the Preferences button. Highlight curve diagram,
click Save; then, Close.

24. Click Apply. At the prompt: Identify Location, place the

curvature diagram to the right of the existing graphics.
Close the Curvature Diagram dialog box.
NOTE: If the curvature diagram is unun-readable,

readable, it may be
necessary to extract the railm_tut.xin from railchapter9.exe
and go through steps 20 through 24 again.
25. In the curvature diagram, zoom in the view around points
27 to 52. It may be necessary to reduce the Zoom ratio to
see all points in one view.
26. Uncollapse the Edit/Review Horizontal Regression dialog
box.
27. Click th
the Select button.
28. In the curvature diagram, select points 27 to 52.
29. Datapoint again to accept the points.

30. Notice the next set of points are highlighted in the
Edit/Review Horizontal Regression Analysis dialog box.
31. Uncollapse the Single Horizontal Regre

Regression
ssion Analysis
dialog box.
32. For Element Type, select Circle.
34. Click Compute; then, click Save.

The circular element is added to the alignment.
35. Fit the view. Notice the elements in Plan view.

Next, you will add the la
last
st three elements to the
alignment.
36. On the Edit/Review Horizontal Regression Analysis dialog
box, click Select
37. Graphically select points 63 to 85.
38. On the Single Horizontal Element Regression Analysis
dialog box, click Circle and Last Element.
39. Click Compute; then Save.
The circular element is added to the alignment.
40. Click Select.
Note If you cannot graphically select all of the points

within a view, remember that you can manually the select
points in the Edit/Revi
Edit/Review
ew Horizontal Regression Analysis
dialog box.

42. On the Single Horizontal Element Regression Analysis

dialog box, click Circle and Last Element.
The circular element is added to the alignment. Now, add
the last element in the alignm
alignment.
44. Click Select.
46. On the Single Element Regression Analysis dialog box, click
Linear and Last Element.
48. Close all dialog boxes.
49. Zoom in on any portion of the alignment. Using the CAD
commands, delete the displayed regression points.

Connecting Horizontal Alignment Elements Using
Define Spiral
1. Click Tools > Application Add
Add-Ins.
2. Ensure the Horizontal and Vertica
Verticall Elements Add-In
Add is
turned on.
3. Click Ok.
4. Click Geometry > Horizontal Element > Define Spiral.
5. Select Clothoid.
6. Turn on the Replace and Fill All Gaps option.
7. Click Apply.
8. At the prompt: Identify first element, datapoint on the first
linear element in the alignment.

9. At the prompt: Identify second element, datapoint on the

first circular element in the alignment
10. Accept the solution
11. Continue to connect the elements in the alignment, except
the last linear element. Do not connect the last linear
and circular elements.
12. Reset to exit the command.
The horizontal alignment should appear as shown:

To complete this horizontal alignment, continue to the next
chapter.
Chapter 10, Completing a Horizontal Alignment using
Multiple Element Regression Analysis.

9 Completing a Horizontal
Alignment using Multiple
Element Regression
Analysis (MER)
Overview
In this chapter, you will complete a horizontal alignment
portion of a single track design using horizontal regression
analysis. The existing geometry project contains an alignment
from regression points.

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Files
Using Multiple Horizontal Element Regression
Analysis
Begin with the active horizontal alignment. All but the final
element have been created and connected in the alignment. By
displaying the current elements and the original regression
Completing a Horizontal Alignment Using MER 121

points
oints you can complete the alignment by creating the final
element using a “best fit” through the regression points
between the last two elements. Finish up this task by
generating a report of the new single track.
1. Click Geometry > View Geometry > Active H Horizontal.
orizontal.

3. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Multiple
Element Regression Analysis.
4. Under Beginning Element, click Select.

5. At the prompt: Identify Element, datapoint on the next-to-
next
the
the-last circular element.
6. Under Ending Element, click Select.

7. At the prompt: Identify Element, datapoint on the last
element.
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Completing a Horizontal Alignment Using MER
8. Click Add After.

9. For Type, select Spiral.
10. For Length, type 240. Press the TAB key.

12. Collapse, but do not close the Multiple Horiz

Horizontal
ontal Element
Regression Analysis dialog box.
Next, display all the regression points in the alignment.
13. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > View Regression
Points.
Before you add the spiral to make the connection, identify

the points through which you will regress the element.

15. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Edit/Review

Regression Points.
16. Click Select.
17. Select all points between the next to last circular element
that was selected as the begin element and the ending
linear element. You may need to zoom in the view.
18. Accept the points.

The points are highlighted in the dialog box.
19. Collapse, but do not close the Edit/Review Horizontal

Regression Points dialog box.
20. Uncollapse the Multiple Horizontal Element Regression
Analysis dialog box.

21. Click Free for all of the elements.
22. Click the Advanced tab.

23. Ensure the Use Regression option is on. You will regress
through the points you have selected.

24. Return to the Main tab.

25. Click Apply.
The message: Successful C
Completion
ompletion is displayed in the
CAD message window. The last spiral is added to the
alignment.
26. Click Save.

27. Click Report.
You can save the report to a file to print it.
29. Fit graphics in the view.
Reviewing the Horizontal Alignment

Now is a good time to review the content of the alignment. You

can review individual curves, check tangents element by
element, or review the entire alignment.
1. Click Geome
Geometry > Review Horizontal.
2. Under Mode, click Alignment.
3. Scroll down to view the content of the alignment.
4. Under Mode, click Element.

This option displays individual elements within the
alignment.
5. Click the Next button to move along the alignment.
Notice that as you move along the alignment, the element
is highlighted in the graphics file.
6. Under Mode, click Curve Sets.
7. Scroll down and to review the dimensions of the reverse
spiral.
8. Take a few minutes to review the alignment.

9. Click Print (optional).
10. Clic
Click Close to dismiss the dialog box.

Analyzing the Horizontal Alignment

Rail provides several commands to graphically analyze the
horizontal alignments. Next, review the connect elements
within the alignment.
1. Click Geometry > Horizontal Regression > Horizontal Slew
Diagram.
2. Click Preferences.
3. Select slew diagram.
4. Click Load; then, click Close.

The preferences are loaded in the Slew Diagram dialog
box.

5. Click Apply.
NOTE: If the slew diagram is unun-readable, it may be
necessary to extract the railm_tut.xin from
railchapter10.exe and go through steps 1 through 5 again.
railchapter
6. At the prompt: Identify location, datapoint at a clear
location in the view.
7. Using you CAD command, window in on the diagram, if

necessary.
8. Close the Slew Diagram dialog box.

10. Using your CAD software, save the rail_tutorial.dgn or
rail_tutorial.dwg file.
Chapter 11, Starting a Vertical Alignment using Single
Si
Element Regression Analysis
Analysis.

10 Starting a Vertical
Alignment using
Single Element
Regression Analysis
(SERV)
Overview
With the location of the horizontal alignment in place, the next
step in designing a railway is the definition of the design grade
line or vertical alignment. Before you define the vertical
alignment, you extract a profile of the original surface along
the
he horizontal alignment. Then, use the surface profile as a
reference for designing the vertical alignment. The profile
appears in the drawing file in a rectangular box, referred to as
the profile window. As you add segments to the vertical
alignment, tthey
hey appear in the profile window. This topic covers
profile generation and starting the vertical alignment layout
within the profile.

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6. Select existing.dtm, and click Open.

7. Select singletrack.alg, and click Open.
Generating a Profile Along an Ali
Alignment
Next, extract a profile, which represents the elevation of the
surface existing along the horizontal alignment centerline.
1. Click Evaluation > Profile > Create Profile.
2. Click Preferences.
3. Under Name, sel
select
ect metric profile. The profile settings
have been previously prepared for this topic.
4. Click Load.
5. Click Close.
6. Under Symbology in the Display column, make sure the
surface existing is ON.
7. Click the Include leaf. Make sure that all options are
turned of
off.
8. Click Apply, and place a data point somewhere to the right
of the surface existing.
This location identifies the origin of the axes used in the
profile generation (justified about the lower
lower-left
left corner),
and Bentley Rail Track extracts and displays the profile at
the specified point.
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Starting a Horizontal Alignment using SERV
The graphics in the profile show the elevation of the

existing ground along the path of the horizontal alignment.
NOTE: If the profile is un

un-readable,
readable, it may be necessary to
extract the railm_tut.xin from railchapter11.exe
.exe and go
through steps 1 through 8 again.
9. When you are finished, click Close to dismiss the Create
Profile dialog box.
Using Single Vertical Element Regression Analysis
Once regression points have been added to the profile, you can
begin adding elements to the vertical alignment. When working
with regression data, you can add, modify and delete points
using the command dialog box or by graphi
graphically
cally selecting
points in the graphic view. In this topic, you will select points
graphically in the view. Begin by loading the regression points
into the vertical alignment. Vertical regression points will be
loaded from the regression points in the ac
active
tive horizontal
alignment.
1. Click Geometry > Vertical Regression > Add Regression
Points.
2. Click Apply; then Close. No points will be listed in the

dialog box.
Next, confirm that the points were loaded.
3. Click Geometry > Vertical Regression > Edit/Review
Regression
egression Points.

4. Scroll down and confirm all 163 points were loaded; then,
close the dialog box.
Next, display and view the points in the profile.
5. Click Geometry > Vertical Regression > View Vertical
Regression Points.
7. Zoom in to see the points.
Now, place elements in the vertical alignment based on the

regression points. Select the first set of points.
Regression Points.
9. Click the Select button.

10. Graphically select points 1 through 26. You may have to
zoom in the view.

The points are highlighted in the Edit/Review Vertical

Regression Points dialog box:
12. Collapse, do not close, the dialog box.

13. Click Geometry > Vertical Regression > Single Element
14. For Element type, select Line.
This indicates that points 1 through 26 will be regressed as
a line in the alignment.
16. Click Compute.

The results of the computation are displayed in the Results
field.
17. Click Save.

Regressing through points 1 through 26, you have added a

linear element to the vertical alignment. Next, you will
move along the points to add another element.
18. Uncollapse the Edit/Review Vertical Regression dialog box.
20. In the graphic view, select points 69 to 105. If you can’t
select them all in one view, remember that you can multi-
multi
select in the dialog box.

22. Redisplay the Single Element Vertical Regression dialog
box.
23. For element select Line.
25. Click Compute.
The line is added to the alignment.
26. Click Save; then, Close.

Now is a good time to save the geometry project.

Chapter 12, Building a Vertical Alignment using Multiple
Element Connection.

11 Building a Vertical
Alignment using
Multiple Element
Connection (MEC)
Overview
In this chapter, you will connect existing vertical elements
using the Bentley Rail Track geometry commands.

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Using Multiple Vertical Element Connection
Bentley Rail Track provides several metho
methods
ds for creating a
vertical alignment. One approach lets you add points of
intersection (PIs) and curve sets. Another method defines the
geometry by vertical element design. Finally, you can create a
vertical alignment using multiple element connection and
a
Building a Vertical Alignment Using MEC 139

regression analysis. In this task, you will build on an existing

vertical alignment using multiple element connection. In the
tutorial topic Completing a Vertical Alignment using Multiple
Analysis,, you can complete the alignment
Element Regression Analysis
with
h vertical multiple element regression analysis.
Begin by viewing the current active vertical alignment.
1. Click Geometry > View Geometry > Active Vertical.
Next, fit a parabola between the linear elements.

2. Click Geometry > Vertical Regression > Multiple Element

4. Click on the first element in the alignment.

6. Click on the second element.
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Building a Vertical Alignment Using MEC
Notice that the length is displayed in the dialog box.
7. Click Add After

After.
8. For Type, select Parabola.
9. For Length, type 800. Press Tab.
This is an initial “best guess” for these values.
10. For the K value, type 200. Press Tab.
11. Click Apply; then, click Close.

The defined parabola parameters are displayed in the
dialog box.

Notic
Noticee that the element has not yet been placed. On this
dialog box, you must indicate that you only seek a
connection between elements, not a regression solution.
Make this distinction on the Advanced tab.
12. Click Advanced.
13. Ensure the Regression Analysis opti
option
on is turned OFF.
14. Click the Main tab.

15. To provide a “best fit” for the new element, you must first
“free” elements and parameters to make the fit. For more
information on parameters and regression analysis, see the
InRoads Suite Help
Help.
16. Click Free for all three elements.

Building a Vertical Alignment Using MEC
17. Click Apply.

The computed parabola connects the two elements.
The final computed parameters for the parabola are

returned to the dialog box.
Notice that the estimated length of 800 is actually 799.178.

18. Click Save; then, Close.

19. Click F
File
ile > Save > Geometry Project.Click File > Exit and
exit your CAD software, or continue to Chapter 13,
Completing a Vertical Alignment using Multiple Element

12 Completing a Vertical
Alignment using
Multiple Element
Regression Analysis
(MERV)
Overview
In this topic, you will complete a vertical alignment that
contains two previously connected elements. The alignment
serves as a railroad bed. You will accomplish this task using
the multiple element regression analysis command. Regression
analysis allows for a best fit geometric solution through
surveyed points.

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Completing a Vertical
Using Multiple Vertical Element Regression

Analysis
Begin this task by reviewing the existing elements in the active
vertical alignment.
1. Click Geometry > View Geometry> Active Vertical.
Notice there are 2 linear elements and 1 parabola in the

project. Next, you will place the final linear element in the
vertical a
alignment.
Regression Points.
4. In the graphic view, select points 128 to 163.
Note Remember, you can also multi-select

select the points in the
dialog box. If you select points using this method, you
must also click the Edit button; and select Yes to include
all the points in the analysis, and verify that all other
points are set to No:
The points are highlighted in the dialog box.
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Creating A Vertical Alignment Using MERV
6. Click Geometry > Vertical Regressi

Regression
on > Single Element
7. For Element Type, select Line.
9. Click Compute; then, save.
The element is placed in the alignment.

10. Click Close.
Next, you will complete the alignment by connecting the
last two elements with a parabola, using regression
analysis.
11. In the Edit/Review Vertical Regression Points dialog box,

click Select.
12. In the graphic view, select points 101 to 129.
Creating a Vertical Alignment Using MERV 147

14. Click Geometry > Vertical Regression > Multiple Element


16. Click on the preceding circular element.

18. Click on the last element.

19. Click Add After.

20. For Type, select Parabola.
21. For Length, type 450.00. Press TAB.
22. For the K value, type -210.00. Press TAB.

Notice that the final parabola parameters are displayed.

Next, you will specify that this connection will be done
using regression analysis. Set this option on the Advanced
tab.
24. Click
lick Advanced.
25. Click to turn on the Use Regression Analysis option.
26. Click the Main tab.

27. Click Free for all elements. Regression analysis requires a
minimum of 3 free elements or parameters.
28. Click Apply.
The parabola is regressed through the selected points and
the connection is made. Notice the actual length was
computed.

29. Click Save.
30. Click Report.

Review the regression results. You can save results to a
file or print it.
32. Fit the profile in the view.
33. Click File > Save > Ge

Geometry Project.
Reviewing the Vertical Alignment
Now is a good time to review the content of the alignment. You
can review the entire alignment or check the tangents element
by element.
1. Click Geometry > Review Vertical.
2. In the Mode section, click Element.

This option displays individual elements within the
alignment.
3. Click the Next button to move along the alignment.
Notice that as you move along the alignment, the element
is highlighted in the graphics file.
4. Take a few minutes to review the alignment. You can use
the Last, Previous and First buttons to navigate elements
in the file.

5. In the Mode section, click Alignment.

6. Click Print (optional).
9. Click File > Exit and exit your CAD software or continue to
Chapter 14, Creating a Cant Alignment.

13 Creating a Cant
Alignment
Overview
While several other tutorial topics discussed creating vertical
and horizontal alignments with multiple element connection
and regression ana
analysis,
lysis, this chapter details how to create a
cant alignment from an existing horizontal alignment. In rail
design, the cant (angular tilt of the track) alignment is
necessary to counteract the centrifugal forces imposed in a
horizontal curve.
Cant is analo
analogous
gous to superelevation (common in roadway
design) and the terms are frequently used interchangeably.
While a single (parent) horizontal alignment is required, it may
actually have several cant alignments associated with it.
These various cant alignments allow you to create several
different design alternatives for a rail project.
Typically, a geometry project is established, including creating
or loading a horizontal alignment. Cant alignments can then
be created based on the existing horizontal elemen
elements.
ts. In
Bentley Rail Track, a cant alignment is created in two ways: 1)
values are computed by an equation using various design
parameters that you provide or 2) cant values for each station
are selected from an ASCII file lookup table, which contains
radius
us and cant values. Once cant values are available, the
Cant Alignment Editor command allows you to add to or
modify these values.
In this task, you will create a cant alignment for a single track.
Once you have created and modified an alignment, you can ca
model the rail design using the Roadway Designer command
(detailed in the chapter, Running Roadway Designer in
Railway Design
Design).
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Creating a Cant Alignment Slot
To begin
begin,, create a slot in memory to store the cant alignment.
Alignment information resides in memory until the geometry
project (*.alg) is saved again.
1. Click File > New.
3. For Type, select Cant.
4. For the Name, type cant. Press the TAB key.
5. Click Apply; then Close.
Creating a cant alignment first involves setting global

parameters that will affect all of the initial cant station
values. For this task, the parameters have already been
selected. Next, you will take a look at these default
defau global
settings prior to creating the cant alignment.
Reviewing Global Cant Settings
154 Creating a Cant Alignment

Creating a Cant Alignment
In Bentley Rail Track, default cant settings are located on the

Rail tab in the Options dialog box. Later, when you define the
cant stations and compute cant values, the settings located
here will apply; however, they can be modified at any time
using the Cant Editor command. You will modify cant values
later in the workflow
1. Click Tools > Options.
2. Click the Rail tab.
3. For Design Speed, type 100. Press the TAB key.
4. Click Apply.
5. Review the remaining settings:
• Design speed specifies speed for the alignment.
• Equilibrium Constant specifies the constant value used
to compute equilibrium cant. Equilibrium cant is the
theoretical amount of cross-sectional inclination
necessary to negate the centrifugal forces imposed by a
horizontal curve.
• Applied Constant specifies the constant value used to
compute applied cant. Applied cant is the actual cant
applied to a portion of track.
• Cant Rounding Constant is the value, in millimeters or
inches, used to mathematically round a computed
applied cant to the specified interval.

• Centerline Rail to Centerline Rail and Inside Rail to

Inside Rail Distance are two different methods for
specifying gauge.
• Virtual Transition Length is the length to which cant is
applied when a transition spiral is not required.
• Percent Linear iss the amount of cant transition applied
on a linear element of an alignment that does not
contain spirals.
• Rotate Cant About specifies the point around which the
cant is rotated. These options allow rotating about the:
Inside Rail, Center, Outside Rail, Left
eft Rail, or Right
Rail.
• Add Cant at Spiral to Spiral Station provides
instruction for a reverse spiral situation. When
checked, this option instructs the software to include a
cant point at the spiral-to-spiral transition.
• Compute Turnouts based on Mainline line Cant instructs
the software to create turnouts by adjusting the ratio at
.0 so that the resultant angle is measured in a plane
defined by the cant of the mainline alignment.
Defining the Cant Alignment
A cant alignment consists of a list of cant values. These values
are computed based on the given horizontal alignment, design
speed, equilibrium constant, applied constant, and the track
gauge. These values are stored in a list that is ordered by
station, and each station contains defining information about
the cant at that location. Cant stations may correspond to the
cardinal points in the (parent) horizontal alignment.
Cant values are computed using the C Cant
ant Alignment Editor.
You can also use this command to modify, delete, or report on
an entire cant or only a portion of the alignment.
Using the Cant Editor
Previously, you opened a horizonta
horizontall alignment and created a
slot in memory for the new cant alignment. Next, compute a
cant alignment.
1. Click Geometry > Superelevation > Cant Editor.

2. Click Define All.
These values have been previously defined on the Tools >

Option > Rail tab.
3. Click OK.
The Define All option allows you to compute cant values for
all elements of the alignment at one time.
4. Click Apply.
The alignment is computed based on the Rail settings
and/or the values in the Define Cant Alignment dialog box.
These values are list
listed
ed in order of station. The sequence
begins with a Point of Beginning (POB) element, leading
with a Tangent into a Spiral followed by a series of Spirals

and Curves. The element terminates at the Point of

Ending (POE).
Next, you will add a station entry and slow the design
speed.
5. Click on the last SC in the list.
6. Click Add.
7. For Station, type 2+300.00.
8. For Design Speed, type 80.00.
9. Click Apply; then, Cancel.
Next, edit the design speed for the last three cant
elements. You could select each element in individually
dividually and
modify the value (as you did in step 5), or you can modify
several elements at one time.
10. Multi
Multi-select the last three cant elements.

11. Click Edit.

12. For Design Speed, type 80.00.. Press the TAB key.
13. Click OK.
14. Click Apply to store the additions and changes.

15. Click Report.

16. Click Save As to save the alignment report; then, click Print
(optional).
17. Close the Results dialog box.
18. Cancel the Cant Alignment Editor dialog box.
You have successfully created a cant alignment, modified
cant elem
elements,
ents, and generated an alignment report.
Although you don’t see any changes to the design file here,
you can view these changes when you run the Modeler
command
21. Click File > Exit and exit your CAD software or continue to
Chapter 15, Creating Turnouts.

14 Creating Turnouts
Overview
Several Bentley Rail Track tutorial discussions demonstrate
creating vertical, horizontal and cant alignments. In this
chapter, however, you will create turnouts. Generally, a
turnout is a term for a single track that splits to become two
tracks and is equipped with moving rails to change the route.
These connections allow a smooth transition from the main
track to the diverging track.
Turnouts may contain branches with each branch containing
elements. These elements may be linear, circular, or clothoid
elements. In this task, you create a simple turnout for a single
track.

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Creating a Parallel Track

To begin, you must create a track parallel to the existing
mainline alignment.
Creating Turnouts 161

1. Click Geometry > Utilities > Parallel Horizontal Alignment

2. For mode, select Specify
3. In the From box, set the Horizontal Alignment to
“centerline” and key in the offset of -5.
This is a 5 meter offset to the left.
4. In the To box, enter the alignment name offset.
offset
5. Click the Apply button. The offset alignment is created,

and the “Successful completion” prompt displays in the
status bar.

Creating Turnouts
6. Click Close to exit the command.

Defining a Turnout Style
In Bentley Rail Track, you can define the display styles for
turnout geometry. When you define the style turnouts, it will
be associated with all turnout elements in the design when the
Display Turnouts command is activated. A default turnout
style is delivered with Bentley Rail Track in the civil.xin file.
In this task, you will simply become familiar with the workflow
for creating a new geometry style.
1. Click Tools > Style Manager.
2. Click on the New button

3. For Name, key in turnouts. Press TAB.
4. In the Include Definition For, turn ON the Geometry Point,
Line, Arc, and Spiral check boxes.
5. In the tree view, select Geometry Features > Lines >
Symbology.
6. Under Symbology, select Edit.
7. In the Edit Named Symbology dialog, double-click to edit
Plan Line.
8. Set the color to yellow and click OK; then, Apply and Close
the Edit Named Symbology dialog.
9. Select Apply and Close on the New Style dialog, and the
new style will be created.
10. Close the Style Manager.
Reviewing the Turnout Library
The turnout library defines the basic definitions for the actual
turnouts. This information includes textual data, the type of
turnout being created, dimensional and branch data. A
turnout library has been previously prepared for this topic.
Here, you will review the current parameters of this library.

1. Click Geometry > Turnouts > Turnout Library.
2. For Name, select e493009.

3. Review but do not change any of the settings.
For a detailed discussion of these parameters, see the
InRoads Suite Help topics.
4. Click Close.
5. Before proceeding to the next task, make Centerline the
active alignment (from the Explorer, right click on
Centerline and select Set Active).
Placing Turnouts
Now tha
thatt you have created the initial parallel track and
reviewed the turnout library, place the turnouts.
1. Click Geometry > Turnouts > Create Turnout.
2. For Name, select 1
3. For Style, select e493009.
4. Make sure Place By is set to .1.
5. Turn OFF the toggles at the botto
bottomm of the dialog.

Creating Turnouts
6. Click Apply.
7. At the prompt: Identify mainline alignment, datapoint on
the Centerline.
8. Next, at the prompt: Identify point, you must identify the

placement point. In the CAD window, key in so=600.
so=600
Press Enter.
This specifies station 00+600
+600 and places the turnout near
the beginning of the first curve.
9. At the prompt: Identity orientation point, datapoint to the
left of the centerline alignment, between the centerline and
offset alignments (and ahead of the station 0+600 .1 point).
10. Accept the solution.

The dialog box is uncollapsed. The first turnout is placed.
You may need to zoom into the view to see the turnout.

11. Place the second turnout. Click Apply again.

12. At the prompt: Identify mainline alignment, datapoint on
the parallel a
alignment.
13. At the prompt: Identify point, in the CAD window, key in

so=675. Press Enter.
so=675
This specifies station 0+675 for the .1 placement point.
14. At the prompt: Identity orientation point, datapoint to the
bottom of the alignments, causing the turnout to be placed
between the centerline and offset alignment..
15. Accept the solution.

The dialog box is uncollapsed. The second turnout is
placed. Notice in the Name field, the number increments
to 3.

Creating Turnouts

Making a Connection Between Turnouts
Once turnouts are in place, they are easily connected.
1. Click Geometry > Turnouts > Connection Editor.
2. Under Beginning Element, for Turnout Name, select 1.

This identifies the first turnout you placed as the
beginning point for the connection.
3. Make sure Ending Connection is set to Turnout.
4. Under Ending Element, for Turnout Name, select 2.
5. Click the Add After button.

6. For Type, make sure Circular is selected.

7. For Length, key in 8.5. Press the TAB key.
8. Click Free.
9. For Radius, key in –200. Press the TAB key.
10. Click Free.
12. Under Ending Element, click the checkbox next to Station.
This “frees” the station location of the ending turnout
tu to
make the connection.
13. Click Apply.

The turnouts are connected.

Creating Turnouts
The turnout horizontal alignment has been created, and has

been given the name “1”.
14. Click Save. Do not close the dialog box.
Reviewing Connected Geometry
It is a good practice to review the horizontal alignment after
turnouts have been connected.
1. Click the Report button.
2. You can click Print to print the results to hardcopy or save

the results to a file.
3. Close
ose the Results dialog box.
4. Close the Connection Editor dialog box.
Creating Vertical Geometry for Turnouts
After turnouts have been created and connected, you
yo can create
the vertical geometry for the turnouts.
1. Click Geometry > Turnouts > Create Verticals.

2. For Compute From, select First Mainline. The geometry for

the turnouts will be computed from this alignment.
3. Click Copy and Translate Mainline Element to turn it on.
This will ensure the vertical elements from Centerline will
be copied to alignment 1.
4. For Vertical Alignment, type vertical geo1.. Press the
TAB key.
5. For Description, type vertical geometry for
turnouts. Press the TAB key.
turn

The new geometry is created.
7. Fit the view. From the Explorer, click on the Geometry tab.
Under singletrack,, click on alignment # 1 to see the new
vertical geometry name in the list.
8. Next, bef
before
ore displaying a profile of the new vertical
geometry, you must first create cant for alignment ‘offset’.
Begin by creating a slot in geometry for the cant alignment.

Creating Turnouts
9. In the Explorer, click on alignment ‘offset’. Right mouse

click and select Set Active.
10. Click File > New. Click the Geometry tab. For Type, select
Cant. For Name, type cant1. Press the TAB key. Click
Apply; then Close.
11. Click Tools > Options. Click the Rail tab. For Design Speed,
type 100. Press the TAB key; then, click Apply then Close.
12. Next, define cant values for the alignment.
13. Click Geometry > Superelevation > Cant Editor.
14. For Horizontal Alignment, select ‘offset’.
15. For Cant Alignment, click cant1.
16. Click Define All.
17. Click OK on the Define Cant Alignment dialog box.

Cant values are now defined for alignment ‘offset’.
19. Now, display a profile of the new vertical geometry
(alignment 1). Click Evaluation > Profile > Create Profile.
20. On the Source leaf, for the Alignment, select 1.
21. For Create, select Window Only.
22. Click Preferences. Select vertical geometry, click Load;
then, Close.
23. Click Apply.
24. Select a location to display the profile
The profile window is displayed.
NOTE: If the profile is un-readable, it may be necessary to
extract the railm_tut.xin from railchapter15.exe and go
through steps 19 through 23 again.

25. Next, display the active vertical geometry. Click Geometry

> View Geometry> Active Vertical.
26. To complete this topic, add alignments ‘offset’ and

‘centerline’ to the profile display. Click Evaluation > Profile
> Alignments to Profile.
27. For Profile Set, select 1.
28. Click in the Alignments to Project field.
29. Click the Filter button.
30. Select (highlight) alignments ‘offset’ and ‘centerline’and
click Add.

Creating Turnouts
31. Click OK.
32. Click Apply.
33. Click Close.

34. Click Files > Save > Geometry Project.
Chapter 16, Using Templates in Railway Design.

15 Using Templates in
Railway Design
Overview
When alignments have been created, you can begin to build a
model of the entire railway surface. In Bentley Rail Track,
templates are used to define the cross
cross-sectional
sectional geometry of the
railway. A template consists of points and components that,
taken together, represent a cross section of the rail surface.
Thee surface of the track is defined by placing templates at
intervals along the alignment using the elevations defined in a
vertical alignment. Each point in the template is connected
between the template drops to create longitudinal surface
features defini
defining the proposed railway.
A template can be comprised of four types of objects: Closed
Components, Open Components, End Condition Components,
and Null Points. Creating a design using a template is very
basic in that it simply applies a consistent cross
cross-sec
section along
an alignment. For a complete discussion of the other
definitions and modeling features, see the online help topic for
these respective commands. Or, you can review the InRoads
Roadway Designer Tutorial XM PDF for a detailed workflow on
defining templates. Additional information is also available
from the Create Template online help topic.
In this chapter, you will work with a template library
containing different components to build a template for a single
track. These files have been proprovided
vided for you. The template
will contain a closed component representing a Ballast layer,
and open components and end conditions that represent the
sub-grade
grade surface.
At the end of the task, you will save the template library to
disk. Template libraries allow you to save templates so that
they can be accessed by different users or on different rail
design projects.
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35. Set the directo
directory to C:\Program
Files
39. Select rail_tutorial.itl, and click Open.
Creating a T
Template
Before you define the template, review the template that has
been provided for this topic.
1. Click Modeler > Create Template.
2. In the Template Library list, double
double-click
click on the top folder
to eexpand the template library.
3. Right
Right-click
click on the top folder and select New > Folder. For
the folder name, enter Single Track Template.
Template
4. Right
Right-click
click on the Single Track Template folder and select
New > Template. For the template name, enter Single
Track
Track.
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Using Templates in Railway Design
The Single Track template will be created by dragging-and-

dropping components from other templates into the Single
Track template. These components have already been
created.
5. With Single Track remaining the active template, click on
the Ballast folder, then click on the ‘single track ballast’
template.
Note: When browsing to the ‘single track ballast’ template,
it is important to only use single-clicks when identifying the
template so that the active template does not change.
When the ‘single track ballast’ template is highlighted, it
will show in the preview window in the bottom left hand
corner of the Create Template dialog.
6. Go to Tools>Dynamic Settings, and set the X and Y step to

1.0.
7. From the Preview window, click on the top center track

point of the single track ballast template (point will be
highlighted by a cyan box) and drag the components to the

0,0 point of the Single Track template, then drop the

components in the new template.
8. Fit the view.
9. Now browse to the End Conditions fol folder,

der, and single-click
single
on the 2:1Fill template.
10. Click on the top point in the fill component in the Preview
window and drag the component into the template window.
11. While still dragging the component, right
right-click
click in the
template window and select “Mirror”.
Notice that now a left and right fill slope are able to placed
in the template window.
12. Now hover the cursor over the “subgradeR” until the point
turns white and bold, then drop the fill slope slope
component on that point.

13. Follow the same steps to place the ‘2:1Cutw/ditch’ end

condition onto the same point.
14. Select File>Save to save the new template to the ITL file.
15. Close the Create Template dialog.
Creating a Railway Corridor
Now that the template has been created, it can be applied to
the design horizontal and vertical alignment. Click Edit.
1. Go to Modeler > Roadway Designer.
2. Select Corridor > Corridor Management.
3. For the Name, enter rail_cant.
4. For Horizontal and Vertical alignment, select ‘centerline’
and ‘existing grade’ respectively.
5. Click the Add button and the corridor is created.
6. Close the Manage Corridors dialog.

7. Select File > Save As
8. For file name, enter rail_tut, and click Save to save the
IRD file to the disk.
Dropping Templates

Once the corridor has been created, you can apply the
templates to the horizontal and vertical alignments.
When a template drop is specified in the corridor, the template
is copied out of the ITL file and placed inside the IRD file.
1. Click Corridor > Template Drops.
2. For Interval, type 10.0.
3. In the list of Library Templates, expand the folders by
double
double-clicking
clicking and browse to the “Single Track” template
in the Single Track Template folder.
4. Highlight the “Single Track” template, then select the Add
button.
5. Close the Template Drops dialog.

Now the template and existing surface display in the cross
section view on the right side of the Roadway Designer
dialog.
6. Use the station forward and back buttons
to move along the alignment and review the so solution

lution of the
template at each drop.
Note: If you can not see the entire template drop, right
click in the cross section view and select Display Properties,
then select Fit Solution.

7. In the Roadway Designer Dialog, select Tools > Options.

8. In the Display group box, turn ON Null Points.
9. Select OK,
10. Step to the next station and observe that the rails and
centerline are now displayed.
11. Select File > Save in the Roadway Designer to save the
IRD.
Chapter 17, Generating Design Surfaces Using Roadway
Designer.

16 Generating Design
ign
Surfaces Using
Roadway Designer
Overview
In this final chapter, you will generate a railway model using
the information previously defined for this tutorial. All of the
information required to create a railway model has been
included. This data includes: the cant alignment;
superelevation range and pivot points for the ballast; rail
layers for a single track; the typical section; and the roadway
definition. All of this data is brought together to form the
model using the Roadway Modeler command.
As the command processes, Bentley Rail Track generates a new
DTM for each layer defined in the templates specified in the
first roadway entry. You can treat these new DTMs as any
other surface; that is, you can generate contours, cut cross-
cross
sections, compute volumes, and save the inf information
ormation to a
Bentley Rail Track DTM file.

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load the product “Bentle
“Bentley Rail Track”.
Files
Running Roadway Modeler in Railway Design 185


48. Select rail_tutorial.itl, and click Open.
49. Select rail_tut.ird, and click Open.
Applying Cant
The Cant values for the alignment were calculated in

Chapter 14. Point Controls will be used to apply the cant
alignments to the template in the Roadway Designer.
1. In the Bentley Rail Track main window, go to Tools >

Options and click on the Rail Tab.
2. For the Rotate Cant About field, set to Inside Rail
3. Click Apply and Close

4. Go to Modeler > Roadway Designer.
As you step through the stations in the horizontal curves,
notice that currently there is no cant applied to the
template.
Note: If you do not see the N Null
ull points representing the
rails and centerline, go to Tools>Options and turn on Null
Points in the Display box.
5. Go to Corridor > Point Controls.
6. For Point, select “rail1CL”
7. For Mode, select “Vertical”
8. For Control Type, select “Cant”
9. Set the Horizontal A Alignment
lignment to ‘centerline’ and the Cant
to ‘cant’.
10. Select the following points:
Cant Center Point = ‘rail1CL’
Cant Left Point = ‘left rail’
Cant Right Point = ‘right rail’
11. Click the Add button, and the cant point control is added
to the list.
12. Close the Poin
Point Controls dialog.
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Generating Surfaces in Roadway Designer
13. Step through the stations and view the template in a

horizontal curve to verify that the cant is being applied.
14. Select File > Save to save the roadway designer file.
Generating the Design Surface
1. Go to Corridor > Create Surface.

2. For Name, enter Design.
3. Turn ON Include Null Points, Add Exterior Boundary,
and Triangulate.
4. Select Apply. The surface gets created.

5. When the command is finished processing, click Close to
dismiss the Roadway Designer.
Now that you have a surface that represents your railway
model, you can examine the results using various surface
display commands, such as View Contours, View Cross
Sections, View Triangles, and so on.

6. You may want to use the Zoom tools to get a closer look at
the features in the railwa
railway model.
7. Save all files.

Displaying Geometry Annotation in Plan View
Once you have modeled the new railway, you can define and
display plan annotation for the horizontal alignments.
1. Click G
Geometry
eometry > View Geometry > Switch Height Plan.
Note If the command is not available from the menu, click

Tools > Application Add
Add-ins.
ins. Select Switch Height Plan
and click OK.
2. For Reference, select centerline.

3. For Horizontal Alignment, click in the field and enter an
asterisk (*). Press the TAB key. This will list all of the
available alignments in the Selected field.
4. Click the Preferences button. From the list, select Turnouts.
This preference file contains settings previously selected for
this lesson. Cli
Click Load; then, Close.
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5. Click Apply.
Annotation for plan view is displayed.
6. Fit the view.

8. Exit the product.

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Working with Bentley

3 Using Bentley Rail Track ................................

Pencil/Pen Mode ..................................................................................... 50

4 Looking at Bentley Rail Track Workflows............................................. 87

5 Setting Up Bentley Rail Track ................................................................. 91

6 Creating a Geometry Project ..................................................................... 99

7 Importing Project Data............................................................................. 103

8 Adding Regression Points to the Horizontal Geometry Project ...... 107

9 Starting a Horizontal Alignment using SER ........................................ 111

10 Completing a Horizontal Alignment using MER ................................121

11 Starting a Vertical Alignment using SERV .........................................131

12 Building a Vertical Alignment using MEC .........................................139

13 Completing a Vertical Alignment using MERV ..................................145

14 Creating a Cant Alignment .....................................................................153

15 Creating Turnouts ....................................................................................161

16 Using Typical Sections in Railway Design ..........................................177

17 Running Roadway Modeler in Railway Design ..................................185

4 Introducing Bentley Rail Track

Bentley Rail Track and the Bentley Civil

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InRoads Site Suite bundles together off of the

Bentley Rail Track : What’s New?

About Your Documentation

Product Training: Learn It Your Way

InRoads Road Basics

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OnDemand eLearning delivers professional training to

Typeface Conventions Used in Bentley Rail

What You Need to Know Before Working with

General knowledge of engineering concepts and

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AutoCAD automatically opens with a default

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vertical alignments, spespecify roadway template

Basic Concepts in Bentley Rail Track

Digital Terrain Model

14 Using Bentley Rail Track

In Bentley Rail Track, the DTM remains an integral

Types of DTM Display

This view allows you to see any of the point types

• Profile is an extracted side view of the vertical

• Cross Section is a portion of the roadway model at a

16 Using Bentley Rail Track

such as the horizontal alignment (often the

Together, these display modes allow you to view,

Named Symbology with Symbology Manager

By clicking New, you can define additional symbology.

New symbology is first given a name.. Providing a name

18 Using Bentley Rail Track

By double-clicking on an item or selecting the item and

Once you have defined symbology for more than one

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set of symbology. In the Named Symbology Manager, you

Defined symbology is considered initialized after you

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Named symbology can only be created and modified

Once you have selected symbology for a specific

Features in the DTM

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