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Readme for Advanced Road Design 2009.00

This readme contains important information regarding the installation and use of the
Advanced Road Design 2009.00.

Installation Instructions

New Installation: Follow the instructions on the CD and the Installation and Licensing Guide
found on the install CD.

Upgrade/Update: This installation is new version of Advanced Road Design, version 2009
for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009. You do not need to uninstall any previous versions of
Advanced Road Design. The installation will copy and use the common folder from
previously installed ARD 2007 or ARD 2008 installation.

Licensing

The licensing system has not changed, the licensing from a previously installed ARD 2008 will
be used. New installations will need to authorise the software, please refer to the Installation
and Licensing Guide for more information.
General

To make it easier to identify the menus from the various version of the Advanced Road
Design, the menus in ARD 2009.00 have been renamed to Roads9, Drainage9 and Sewer9.
Any previously install Advanced Road Design menus will NOT be unloaded.

The location of the menu files has changed, they are now located:

Windows XP = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CADApps\ARD\Menus
Windows VISTA = C:\CommonData\CADApps\ARD\Menus


The location of the Common folder has been moved in this version of Advanced Road
Design, the new location is:

Windows XP = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CADApps\ARD\Common
Windows VISTA = C:\CommonData\CADApps\ARD\Common

Core Functionality Changes
Long Section Plotting
o You can now set the plotting layers for the various components/sub-entities
graphically using the Pick Sub-Entity(s) & Assign Plotting Layer button.
Cross Section Plotting
o You can now set the plotting layers for the various components/sub-entities
graphically using the Pick Sub-Entity(s) & Assign Plotting Layer button.

Commands added
The following commands have been added to the software
Common Folder
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o The common folder location can now be adjusted using the command Set
the Settings Path from the Project Administration under Settings in the
Roads menu
Data Folder
o The data folder can now be located anywhere and the location is stored
within the drawing. Please see Appendix 1 for more details.
Multi Line Batters
o The Multi Line Batter (formally known as Complex Batters) has been exposed
in the software. Use the command Create/Edit Multi Line Batter from the
Settings sub menu under the Roads9.
o For more details on how to use Multi Line Batters, please refer to Appendix 2

Updated Commands
The following commands have been updated since ARD2008.04:
Long Section Plotting
o The width and text justification of the Data Band Headings can be set by
using the Set Heading Width button in Add Long Section Bands form.
o The IP labelling text can now be modified using the Vertical Text Settings
command in the Add Long Section Bands form.
Cross Section Plotting
o The Data Band heading can now be controlled using the Headings button in
the Cross Section Plot Parameters form.
Resolved Issues:
The following is a list of issues that have been resolved:
The Reset in the Vertical Grading Editor has been fixed and behaves as expected.
The Reset Long Section command has been implemented
Export V5 Data command is now independent of previous version of Advanced Road
Design.
The option to set a Filter Tolerance in the Active Drawing Settings Cross
Section Usage tab is now functional. The option is intended to control the filtering of
grade break text in the cross section outputs
Known Issues:
The following is a list of known issues with the software
If Split Datum is applied any Hatching applied to the long section is not adjusted to
match the datum split(s).
There is no control to in the long section plotting to adjust the datum of different
features (ie: shift LEB up and REB down onto different datums)
If you run the Roads module prior to running the Sewer module you may get a
Runtime Error when trying to set the location. If this occurs shut down Civil 3D and
restart the Sewer module before you run the Roads module.

Appendix 1 - Data Folder

Advanced Road Design uses the Data folder to store all the data related to your road models.
By default the Data folder is created in the same location as the drawing file with the same
name as the drawing with the suffix of DATA. For Example: Drawing1.dwg and Drawing1-
data

You now have the ability to change the location of the Data Folder. The following three
command have been added to the software (Roads9 => Settings => Project
Administration)

Set Data Path: - Allows you to set a specific location for the Data folder;
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Show Data Path: - Displays the currently stored Data folder location;
Reset Data Path: - Reset the Data folder to the default settings.


When the Data folder is set, it is stored in the DRAWING, so it is possible for the user to have
this in the template if required.

It is not expected that Data folder location will changed often, but, if it is changed, then it is
recommended that you check each drawing that is opened to make sure the Data folder
location is set to where you expect.

If there is data in the old Data folder when a location is changed, then this data is copied to
the new location (if it is empty).

This allows you to create variations of your data and check design alternatives. If you do this,
then we recommend that you use VERY good names on the folders so that they do not get
mixed up.

It is also recommended that when the Data folder is changed, you unload the Roads program
BEFORE using any another commands. (Roads9 => Utilities => Stop Software) This
makes sure that the new Data path is read correctly.

This is a powerful and useful feature in the software. However, it can also cause much grief if
data is not correctly backed up and you do not check the data path before starting EVERY
time.

Appendix 2 Multi Line Batters

Using Multi Line Batters



The Multi Line batters forms is designed to allow complex benching, berms and drains to be
added to designs.

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The main form is a small editor, which allows control over the current definition being edited
(use the buttons Add new definition, Copy current, Delete current and the drop down list to
select/edit/create the definition to work with).

The current definition can be printed or exported and exported items can be read in.
(CAUTION. It appears that you need to create the name of the definition before importing it in
the current software).

The picture displays a RIGHT hand batter. The green line is the existing surface. Different
pictures are shown for cut/fill (selected from the Tab).

The cut/fill depth can be changed, to see the effect of the depth on the batter. The angle can
also be changed. Note that at steep slopes, if the NS grade is the same grade as a batter,
then no intercept will be found.

Basic Logic

The editor works by selecting buttons at the bottom of the form to add a line of data (each
button brings up a dialogue box).

The edit data buttons allow a line to be edited, deleted moved.

Each line is executed by the software when the batter is selected as part of a road design.

If the conditions for that element (batter leg/drain etc) are correct (mainly based on depth), the
batter legs are added to the design and the user can then specify which line should be used
next.

If the conditions are not correct, execution goes directly to the next line in the data listing.

What to use, where?

Batters come in all sorts of complexities. The software has been written to handle quite a
range of situations, but it is quite possible that some logic is required that is not currently
handled. The program has been written to handle new cases quite easily, so if there is some
additional logic required, please contact us.

The main item used will be the standard leg (see below).

Start conditions tests the depth at the start of the leg. Be careful if the batter starts in cut
and goes into fill. You may have to make the depth range go from 100 to 1000 to get the leg
to be used.

Leg specification enter the data for the required combination

End checking check these on if required. To force an intercept, it is common to set the
value for Intercept if end depth < to be 10000.

The continuation directs the flow after adding a leg. If you are adding a standard
batter/bench leg combination, it is common for this to be Start Over (so long as an intercept
option is set). This will force the batter/bench to be added until something meets the surface.

Note that there are gotos for when the batter or bench intercepts the surface. Use these to
add legs AFTER having reached the surface.

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To use benching, select the benching tab and enter the required height width.

This tab also offers control if the bench leg intercepts. You can also set it up to check the end
depth after a bench, and if this is less than a specified amount, remove the bench and use the
original batter to intercept.



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In addition to the GOTO available on the data form, a GOTO can be put at any point in the
data.






Labels need to be added to match with labels specified on the various data forms (and the
GOTO form)

If the program cannot find a label, it stops the batter, so it is important that all labels are
correctly specified.



If you require execution to STOP after a line, simply create the STOP line. There is not a
form for this command it is just added at the end of the data.




Sometimes it is necessary to check the depth at the start/end of a batter before proceeding.

The start/end depth check does this.

Specify the leg that is required to be added in the Leg Specification.

Set up the depth ranges for the end checking (down the side) and the start checking (across
the top).

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What goes in here is entirely up to the user. The program was set up for 4 start and 4 end
ranges. In most cases, only 1 or 2 will be needed.

For each start and end depth range, the software does a check to find out which grid cell the
actual depths falls into. So, if you specify 3 start ranges and 4 end ranges, the program
scans all 12 (4 x 3) possibilities to find if the conditions are met.

If you dont care about the start depth or the end depth, then you can make the range 1000
to 1000.

Be careful: the program allows overlaps in the ranges, so you can set depth ranges (0 to 5)
(4 to 10)(8 to 20). If you do this, then you can use the IGNORE option in the cell, so that a
particular depth range at the start is used to match to a depth range at the end.

When the first correct cell is located, the program looks at the LEG conditions, LEG actions
and LEG GOTO entries to determine what to do.

If a cell is located and there are no entries, then values from the default section (at the top of
the form) are used instead. If most actions are the same, then the defaults are OK.
Otherwise, it is better to set out the conditions for each cell.

The leg condition can be AND (start and end conditions met) OR (start or end conditions
mets), Start Only or End Only.

The action can be Accept (use the end point and add it to the batter), Reject (exit from the
form and use the next line), Ignore (keep looking for another match used mainly with
overlapping ranges). (Do not use End Point on the LEG line).

If the action is to accept, then a label is also required.

The intercept line is to say what to do if the end conditions match and there is an intercept.
This can be Accept, Reject, Ignore or Use End Point. Accept will take the intercept point,
which Use End Point continues to use the end point. Also, a label is required.






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The depth check option is much simpler and it is just used for checking a range of start depth
conditions and specifying the next line to be run.




The constant depth form is used to create an end batter leg or a drain so that the DEPTH
from the actual batter point to the point on a batter intercept is as specified.

It is commonly used in deep cut situations where the surface material is unstable. Using the
standard legs, a batter intercept is calculated. Then, the constant depth line is run so that a
more gentle batter line is added at the surface, so that the depth (from the surface to the start
of the small line) is as specified.

It can also be used to add a drain (hence the grid for depths and widths), so that the end of
the drain sits exactly on the surface and the start of the drain is located on the final batter line.

Because this is generally added AFTER an intercept has been reached, it is common to
check on the options:

Use slope from last leg

Delete previous legs if necessary (to get enough height to locate the drain correctly)
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Ignore leg with slope < (to make sure that the drain does not start from a bench).

If Omit legs Calculated with this option is checked on, the final batter leg will be truncated to
where the drain would have started. Be careful with the sign on the depths. Negative values
are commonly required to get legs to go the correct direction. Do not use negative widths
the results will be unpredictable.