This document provides an overview of the help system for the Advanced Road Design software. It describes the main sections of the help system, including the Process and Workflow section, Tutorials, Command Reference, and Ancillary Items. The Process and Workflow section guides designers through the road and subdivision design processes. The Tutorials section contains tutorials for learning the software functions through hands-on examples. The Command Reference provides help on individual commands. The Ancillary Items section includes information on menus, data files, design rules, configuration files, frequently asked questions, and more.
This document provides an overview of the help system for the Advanced Road Design software. It describes the main sections of the help system, including the Process and Workflow section, Tutorials, Command Reference, and Ancillary Items. The Process and Workflow section guides designers through the road and subdivision design processes. The Tutorials section contains tutorials for learning the software functions through hands-on examples. The Command Reference provides help on individual commands. The Ancillary Items section includes information on menus, data files, design rules, configuration files, frequently asked questions, and more.
This document provides an overview of the help system for the Advanced Road Design software. It describes the main sections of the help system, including the Process and Workflow section, Tutorials, Command Reference, and Ancillary Items. The Process and Workflow section guides designers through the road and subdivision design processes. The Tutorials section contains tutorials for learning the software functions through hands-on examples. The Command Reference provides help on individual commands. The Ancillary Items section includes information on menus, data files, design rules, configuration files, frequently asked questions, and more.
This document provides an overview of the help system for the Advanced Road Design software. It describes the main sections of the help system, including the Process and Workflow section, Tutorials, Command Reference, and Ancillary Items. The Process and Workflow section guides designers through the road and subdivision design processes. The Tutorials section contains tutorials for learning the software functions through hands-on examples. The Command Reference provides help on individual commands. The Ancillary Items section includes information on menus, data files, design rules, configuration files, frequently asked questions, and more.
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Introduction
WELCOME TO Advanced Road Design
Advanced Road Design has been designed to work with Civil 3D and automate the design of roads, intersections, curb returns, cul-de-sacs, knuckles and roundabouts. Help System The Help system for Advanced Road Design has been divided into sections for:
Process and Workflow
Tutorials Command Reference Ancillary items
Process and Workflow
The most important part of the help system is the
This section of the Help System guides designers through the processes for maximizing your design efficiency in road and subdivision design and correlates with the Tutorial processes.
Tutorials The best way to learn to use the program, subject to training opportunities that may be available via your local distributor, is by doing the tutorials and by experiment on the Tutorial Projects. Upon installation of the software, resource training data is installed at C:\CADApps Training Data\... This data set is referenced in the Tutorial help files so you can perform the same commands and know the expected outcomes. This training data is also available on the installation CD to be copied onto any computer. The training tutorials introduce new users to the main functions and features of the software, with the intention that designers will explore the other functionality once they have practiced 'the basics' and review the functions in the software through this Help System.
Command Reference The Command Reference section of the Help System is in menu order to assist navigation to commandrelated help relevant to the designer. Most individual commands (help files) include three tabs:
Concept - a general introduction to what the command does
Procedure - detailed information on how to use the command and expected outputs Reference - menu commands, icons and toolbars to access the particular function
Video files may be interspersed throughout the Help system to help explain certain commands, or combination of commands, in the software. Where video files are available to view an icon of a camera/video will be displayed. Simply click on the icon to open the relevant video file.
Ancillary Items This section includes the following:
Menus and Toolbars - listing of menu and toolbar resources for starting commands Software data files - learn where Advanced Road Design stores information Design Rules and Terms Used - VITAL information on how the software works and what design conventions, or 'rules', need to be considered when using the software Configuration Files - Advanced Road Design includes a small number of configuration files that are used as reference data to establish settings for new jobs and to store information to be accessible on any job FAQ's - Frequently asked questions (with answers!) Wish list - Provides a link to an email address lodge any suggested improvements Version History - details about the current software version Bug Reports - list of known bugs at the time of software release, with workarounds where available Definitions - list of common terms used in the program and alternative meanings for these terms Network Common Files - Common files used by the program can be stored and used from a network
Process Map
Advanced Road Design works by creating a complete design environment for your road networks and exporting your design as profiles and corridor models for plotting output in your Civil 3D drawing. The intention of the software is to provide an efficient and interactive design environment generating road networks with intersections, cul-de-sacs, knuckles and roundabouts fully designed. Also included is functionality to output the design directly into Civil 3D as a series of Civil 3D profiles and a single corridor model for long section and cross section plotting and volume outputs.
To get the best out of the software there is a recommended fundamental workflow that should be followed in your designs.
To view the standard workflow click on the
button, above.
Tutorials In order to get started you should also refer to the Tutorials. The workflow supports the tutorial design processes up to Road reconstruction.
Tutorials
A series of tutorials are included here to guide the user through the functionality in Advanced Road Design to undertake a wide range of road design projects, from simple road design with volume and plotting outputs through to roundabout design and road reconstruction. Getting Started
Workflow
It is recommended that new users start at the
Tutorial Introduction and work their way up through the later tutorials - knowledge is assumed from the previous tutorials covered.
The tutorials follow a recommended workflow
process.
To get started please click below:
To view the workflow this please click below:
Tutorial Listing
A summary of the tutorials is as follows:
Tutorial Number
Title
Tutorial Introduction
Overview This introduces the default storage location of the tutorials and provides vital information about how ARD works and best practice when using ARD.
Tutorial 1
Simple Road Design This is an introductory design project focussing
on the tools to design a road vertical grading, create and apply typical cross sections, create a surface model and generate volume reports, cross sections and long sections
Tutorial 2
Simple Road Design This is an extension of Tutorial 1 with a focus on
- Adjusting the the methods for adjusting the cross sections by Cross Sections deleting components, inserting new components, varying slope/width and widening onto an alignment. More advanced tools are covered in the Tutorial 5 suite of projects
Tutorial 3
Multi Road Design
with Intersections
Setting up for multi-road design, creating side
roads and kerb returns. Surface model outputs
Tutorial 4
Cul-de-sacs, Bus Bays, Knuckles and Roundabouts
This is an extension of Tutorial 3, explaining the
methods for creating cul-de-sacs, bus bays, knuckles and simple roundabouts.
Tutorial 5
See below for
individual tutorials: Road Overlay
For this project the existing pavement requires an
overlay, with road widening. The design cross section is to be lifted/lowered to ensure minimum cover over the existing pavement.
Partial Road Reconstruction
For this project the existing pavement is to be
retained and widened with new pavement, including kerb and channel and a footpath on one side. Batters are to match to property boundary lines.
Intersection Reconstruction Incorporating a Roundabout
For this project localised intersection works are
required to facilitate and control traffic movements into a new roundabout.
- Tutorial 5a
- Tutorial 5b
- Tutorial 5c
- Tutorial 5d
Kerb Reconstruction For this project localised intersection works are
required to widen and reconstruct a kerb return.
- Tutorial 5e
String Design
For this project it is required to undertake an
intersection reconstruction incorporating kerb outstands and 45 degree angle parking. This will expose the functionality of string design.
Tutorial 6
Rural Road Design - This project focuses on a typical rural road
Superelevation design requiring superelevation of the pavement and shoulders and incorporating table drains.
Tutorial 7
Civil 3D Outputs
This is an extension of Tutorial 3 with
demonstration of the process for creating Civil 3D Profiles and a Civil 3D Corridor object from the design data
Tutorial 8
Visualisation
Explores the functionality within the software to
export the surface data onto layer discriminated 3D faces for better visualisation of your designs
