ginger04 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi, I have this (attach. 1 - 3D view) and I need this (att.2 - 2D plan view). Simply, I have a complex SM, where I've put few roads (from roadway NURBS tool, so the DTM was modified) but now I need to create curve junction between them. The problem is that both roads have pads, and of course any connection between them shows INTERSECTING PADS and SM crushes:( Any suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
J. Wallace Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I had a lot of challenges with roads, pads lining up. I resorted to linking them with small pads with slope if required. I would like to see pads have multiple slope options which would help this issue. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Yes, I agree. I have always resorted to cheating on roads, especially at intersections. It is time consuming and can be tedious. While a cheat is fine for presentation-only stuff, for working drawings it can be a liability. Quote Link to comment
Ozzie Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 In your 2.jpg Is that a Stipple in the top right corner? I find Stipples to be resource hogs and when I use them put them on their own separate Layer if I can so I can turn them off D Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Stipples are great but seem to be re-calculated with every view change. Once you're happy with the result run Modify>Convert to Group to bring back the speediness. Quote Link to comment
ginger04 Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 I haven't had problems with stipple as yet. I find them very useful for good graphic representation with just few clicks:) Thank you guys for putting me on the right track with pads command. I don't find NURBS roads function useful anymore! And I don't understand the need for using it, cause it takes more time to create it and it doesn't give the proper effect, especially with slope and grades:( SITE MODIFIER tool turning to PADS and with given grade limit is really the best option ever, gives the control on what and how should be modified in the DTM model. I haven't tried this on intersections yet but I will let you know. Quote Link to comment
J. Wallace Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The one advantage that I have noticed with the NURBS road tool is the ability to control the roads elevation at each station point. Much more flexible than pads for this type of application. Your right ginger04 it is far from perfect. Quote Link to comment
ginger04 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Struggled with my SM all the weekend, which is quite complicated now, I noticed few things: - the SM has some limit with pads, after exceeding it crushes (in my case, it happens when it loses the texture) - sometimes decreasing = deleting the number of gardes around pads (the blue line boundary) let my add more pads - on this level of complication adding even simple road nurb or landscpe wall as site modifier crushes the SM Quote Link to comment
J. Wallace Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Site models can be tricky. Not sure if you looked at this thread. http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=182744#Post182744 Quote Link to comment
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