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Pavement Layer Designer



This tech tip explains how to use the Pavement Layer Designer.

 
Pavement Layer Designer

In Roads Mode, Tools Menu › Template Editor

 



 

Scroll to the LLayers tab. Right click in the table below Layer Description.

 


 

A menu will appear, select Pavement Designer.

 

In this dialog you can create various Pavement libraries containing several manually defined pavement designs. These files can then be used throughout an organization. The pavement symbol, as indicated on the dialog, can be automatically generated on Cross Section plots. The symbols for each material type is specified in a CAD symbol file called PAVEMENT SYMBOLS.DRG in the Symbols sub directory.

 

Pavement File Name (...)

Press this to display a File Open dialog. Use this dialog to open an existing Pavement file, or simply type in a new name to create a new Pavement file. A Pavement file can contain several pavement designs.

Pavement

All the Pavement designs that are contained in the selected Pavement file will be listed in this combo-box. The selected pavement design will be displayed in the display area.

New Pavement

Press this button to add a new pavement design to the selected pavement file. You will be asked for a Pavement Name, which will be listed in the Pavement combo-box. The newly inserted, blank pavement design will automatically be selected. Use the Add Layer option to add layers to the

Delete Pavement

Press this button to delete the selected pavement design.

Add Layer

Press this button to add a pavement layer to the selected pavement design. The Add Layer dialog will be displayed. The new pavement layer will be added on top of the existing layers.

Edit Layer

Press this button to edit the properties of an existing pavement layer. You will be prompted to "Indicate Layer to Edit". Click on the desired layer to display the Edit Layer Dialog layer.

Delete Layer

Press this button to delete a layer from the selected pavement design. You will be prompted: "Indicate Layer to delete". Click on the desired layer to delete it.

Save As

Press this button to save the selected Pavement file to another file.

OK

Press OK to save the changes to the selected pavement file. The layers in the selected pavement design will be placed in the LLayers or RLayers tabs of the Template Editor.

Cancel

Press Cancel to close the dialog without saving the changes or altering the Template Editor.

 

There are sample pavement designs included with Civil Designer, these can be opened via the Pavement Designer.

Click on the button as shown below.

 


 

The file open dialog will appear.

 


 

The sample pavement designs are stored in the c:\civdes63\examples\pavement designs (the open dialog should automatically open in this folder).

The sample pavement designs can be edited using the tools provided. This tool also allows the user to create new pavement designs.

Creating a new Pavement Design

Click on the open button as shown above, in the File name area type the new name of the pavement design.

 


 

Click on Open to continue.

The following dialog will appear:
 


 

Click Yes to continue.

The Pavement Designer will open, the new pavement can now be created.

 


 

Click on the New Pavement button. Enter the name of the new pavement.

 


 

Once the new pavement has a name, layers can be added by clicking on the Add Layer button. The layers must be added as they would be constructed i.e. bottom to top.

 


 

Clicking on the drop down arrow for Material lists materials that can be used.

 


 

Once the layer has been added, the symbol will be shown in the Pavement Designer.

 


 

As each layer is added, the profile will be updated. Remarks can also be added for each layer.

 


 

Once the pavement is complete, click on the Save As button. Additional pavements can be added to the pavement file, by clicking on the New Pavement button.

Click OK and the new pavement details will be copied into the road template.

 

 

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 Last Updated: November 02, 2005
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