CE562 Geometric Design of Highways Purdue University Tutorial 2: Creating Horizontal Alignments in ROADCALC

1. Open Eagle Point. Repeat the instructions in step 3 provided in the first lab tutorial (getting started). Open the Eagle Point project that you created in the first lab. Click on the *.dwg file on the project list and then click on OK. Alternate step: If the project list does not sho !our project" clic# the CREATE NEW PROJECT / SUB-PROJECT icon and follo steps $%a% to $%c%

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a. Click the CREATE NEW PROJECT / SUB-PROJECT icon on the OPEN dialog window click NEXT on the NEW window and click on the folder icon ne!t to the "roject #escription space on the Ne Project window.

b. $elect the file with the e!tension &%epp (%agle "oint "roject) and click the OPEN button. &he file should be located in the sa'e folder you save the drawing and will have the sa'e na'e as the drawing base(si) (unless you change it when you created the project).

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c. Click the !"N"S# button on the NEW PROJECT dialog window. (ow the OPEN dialog window should show your %agle "oint projects. $elect your project and click the OK button.

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Open ROA$CA%C by clicking the road sign icon in the EA&%E PO"NT window.

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Create a ROA$CA%C sub*project by clicking the 'ES button.

EAGLE POINT TIPS: An 'agle +oint project consists of at least one plan CAD graphic file% 0ou ma! ha-e more than one plan CAD graphic file that is used 1! different 'agle +oint products% The project ma! contain a CAD graphic file of a su1di-ision" a road a! alignment" an interchange" etc% An 'agle +oint su12project is an 'agle +oint project that is di-ided into smaller pieces% 3or RoadCalc4" each su12project is one centerline horizontal alignment% 0ou can ha-e up to 555 RoadCalc su12projects% b. $elect the EA&%E PO"NT project you are working fro' the project list (+$*)31 %!tension). ,ou have to fill the sub*project nu'ber description and prototype settings to continue

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1) $ub*project nu'ber- leave it as ..1. &his nu'ber helps you identify different align'ents in the sa'e project. )) #escription- +se a na'e to identify your sub*project. /or e!a'ple- A%TERNAT".E +. 3) $ub*project prototype- Choose 0Eagle Point Metric e!a"lt1 fro' the pull*down 'enu. T#"S "S EXTRE/E%' "/PORTANT0 2f you fail to do this step you 'ay end up re* doing your entire project. 3) Click on NEXT1# 4) $elect the project file and click on !"N"S#. 5) Confir' the R67#C78C $ub*project that you want to open and click OK.

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EAGLE POINT TIPS: 3rom the OPEN dialog su12projects%

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!ou can manage !our EAGLE POINT projects" dra ings and ROA CALC

c. Create another sub*project by going to !"%E in the %agle "oint 'enu and clicking on OPEN. ,ou will use this new sub*project to design your second alternative. Warning0 I!
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$o" %ra& a 'econ% (ol$line an% con)ert it into align*ent in t+e 'a*e '",-(ro-ect o! alternati)e ./ ROA CALC &ill %elete t+e !ir't align*ent) 3. To p2t the photo i5age3 2n6erneath the other la7er3 in the 6ra ing in A2toCA$) a. 9o to the %a7er3 Propertie3 'enu in 7utoC7#.

b. &urn off all the layers e!cept the "/A&ES layer 'ake it the current layer by double*clicking over the na'e of the layer and click Clo3e 89:.

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LA0ER TIPS: La!ers are the e6ui-alent of the o-erla!s used in paper21ased drafting and 7I.% The! are the primar! organizational tool in AutoCAD" and !ou use them to group information 1! function and to enforce linet!pe" color" and other standards% To create a ne la!er in !our dra ing clic# the NEW 1utton and t!pe its name% 0ou can assign different colors" line t!pes and line eights% To dra in a specific la!er" !ou need to select that la!er and ma#e it the current la!er 1! pressing the CURRENT 1utton on the dialog indo % To select all the la!ers" clic# the first la!er on the list" scroll do n" press the S1I2T #e! and clic# the last la!er in the list% To turn off a la!er clic# on the light 1ul1 icon ne8t to the name of that la!er% If the light 1ul1 is off that indicates that the la!er is off% 9hen a la!er is on" it is -isi1le and a-aila1le for plotting% 9hen a la!er is off" it is in-isi1le and not plotted" e-en if +lot is on% The sno fla#e and the sun icons represent the freeze and tha la!er options% 0ou can freeze la!ers to speed up :OO;" +A<" and man! other operations= impro-e o1ject selection performance= and reduce regeneration time for comple8 dra ings% AutoCAD does not displa!" plot" hide" render" or regenerate o1jects on frozen la!ers% 3reeze the la!ers !ou ant to 1e in-isi1le for long periods% 9hen !ou tha a frozen la!er" AutoCAD regenerates and displa!s the o1jects on that la!er% If !ou plan to s itch 1et een -isi1le and in-isi1le states fre6uentl!" use the On>Off setting% 0ou can freeze la!ers in all -ie ports" in the current la!out -ie port" or in ne la!out -ie ports as the! are created The padloc# icon indicates if the la!er is loc# or unloc#ed% 0ou cannot edit o1jects on a loc#ed la!er% Loc#ing a la!er is useful if !ou ant to -ie information on a la!er for reference 1ut do not ant to edit o1jects on that la!er%

c. $elect all the photo i'ages. &o select all the i'ages click once the left 'ouse button in a point located on a corner outside the area of the photos and click again the 'ouse button in another point located in the opposite corner. d. Right click the selected i'ages click $RAW OR$ER and then click SEN$ TO BACK.

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9o back to the %A'ER PROPERT"ES /ANA&ER and turn on all the layers.

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To t2rn o;; all the 3nap option3 in the 6ra ing)

SNAP TIP: O1ject snaps constrain point specification to e8act locations" such as a midpoint or an intersection" on e8isting o1jects% ,sing o1ject snaps is a 6uic# a! to locate an e8act position on an o1ject ithout ha-ing to #no the coordinate or dra construction lines% 3or e8ample" !ou can use an o1ject snap to dra a line to the center of a circle or to the midpoint of a pol!line segment% 0ou can specif! an o1ject snap hene-er AutoCAD prompts for a point% a. 9o to TOO%S in the 7utoC7# 'enu and click $RA!T"N& SETT"N&S<.

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Click on the OBJECT SNAP tab in the $RA!T"N& SETT"N&S dialog window. +nchecked the OBJECT SNAP ON button at the top left corner and click the OK button. 2f a check 'ark is visible it 'eans that the snaps selected in the underneath bo!es are still on.

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Creating the hori=ontal align5ent) a. Create a new layer called A%"&N/ENT to help you 'anage your work in the drawing. #o not use the color red for this layer. :ake it the current layer. b. #raw a polyline in your drawing connecting the starting point of your project on $R*)5. &he coordinates (in 'eters) of the starting point of the project are X > ?+,,,@)+ABB and '> AC-4,?)?((@. 1) ;egin a polyline by typing <pl= in the 7uto*C7# co''and window (botto' right of the window) and hitting the ENTER key or by choosing the polyline icon in the $RAW 'enu bar. )) &ype in the coordinates of the starting point- ?+,,,@)+ADAC-4,?)?((@ and hit the ENTER key.

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3) Click on the drawing (or type in the coordinates) the locations where you want a "2 (point of intersection) in the align'ent. ?it the ENTER key when you are finished drawing the polyline. 9o to ROA$CA%C and click A%"&N/ENTS and CON.ERT OBJECTS TO A%"&N/ENT)

d. $elect the polyline you want to convert into align'ent by clicking on it and then hit ENTER key. e. $pecify the starting point of the align'ent by clicking a point near the beginning. f. Click the APP%' button. &he polyline should change to the color red indicating that ROA$CA%C converted to align'ent. ROA$CA%C creates a new layer in 7utoC7# na'ed CENTER%"NE for the new align'ent and deletes the original polyline you created. g. To 5oEe the location o; a P" follow one of the following two steps1) 9o to A%"&N/ENTS and E$"T $ATA. #ouble*click over the "2 you want to 'ove. ,ou can either type the new coordinates or click the blue 'oving crosshair icon at the upper right corner and click directly on the drawing the new location. To determine the coordinates of an! point in the dra ing go to TOOLS in the AutoCAD menu" clic# IN3UIR0 and then I POINT and clic# on an! point on the dra ing that !ou ant to #no its coordinates

)) Or click on the polyline click over the "2 (identified by a blue s@uare) that you want to 'ove and drag it to the new location and release the 'ouse button. Click on UP$ATE $ATA.

h. To 6elete a P" go to A%"&N/ENTS and E$"T $ATA. Click over the "2 you want to delete on the table and click on the $E%ETE P" icon.

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To in3ert a P" go to A%"&N/ENTS and E$"T $ATA. 1) Click over the line of the preceding "2 you want to insert the new "2 on the table and click on the "NSERT P" icon. 2n the e!a'ple below a new "2 will be inserted prior to "2 ).

)) Click on the Northing space. ,ou can either type the coordinates for the new "2 or you can select the point directly on the drawing by clicking the blue 'oving crosshair icon at the upper right corner of the "n3ert P" window and clicking on the drawing where you want the new "2.

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A66 #ori=ontal C2rEe3 a. 9o to A%"&N/ENTS and E$"T $ATA. &he E$"T A%"&N/ENT $ATA dialog window should be active displaying all the infor'ation about the align'ent you created. b. Click on the CUR.E $ATA button to design the horiBontal curves.

c. #esign the horiBontal curves by directly entering the Ra6i23 value under each "2 on the table (R67#C78C will calculate the other design para'eters) or by selecting the
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#OR"FONTA% SPEE$ TAB%ES button and select one of the default design values provided in ROA$CA%C. &o 'ove fro' "2 to "2 you have to click the left or the right arrow.

d. /irst select the design table fro' the pull*down 'enu. Re'e'ber you are using 'etric units. $econd select a design speed fro' the speed table at the left of the window. &hird select the curve design by selecting the radius or the degree of curvature (#a). /ourth click the CREATE CUR.E button.

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e. $elect the "2(s) that you want to design using the selected design para'eters by clicking on the "2 nu'ber. ,ou can use the sa'e design for all the curves or you can apply different designs for each curve. &o use the sa'e design for all the curves of your align'ent select all the "2s fro' the list by clicking the SE%ECT A%% button. &o select 'ore than one "2 use the CONTRO% KE' on your keyboard. &hen click the OK button. Click 'ES to overwrite all the design data in ROA$CA%C and close the $peed &ables window.

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f. Repeat parts c to e if you need to design a curve with a different para'eter. Roadcalc might ignore spirals if !ou used large radius for the cur-es% 0ou can enter an appropriate length for the in and out spirals for each cur-e 1! directl! t!ping for each cur-e% g. 9o to SUPERE%E.AT"ON $ATA and 'ake sure that the SUPERE%E.AT"ON TRANS"T"ON and RO%%O.ER options are checked. 9o to PARA/ETERS in both options and select design values as appropriate for your design. $elect an appropriate ROTAT"ON T'PE for your design.

ROA CALC TIPS:

In the ?Horizontal Cur-e Data@ dialogue 1o8" !ou ill notice a small ta1le in the upper left corner of the indo % ,nder this ta1le are t o arro s" hich loo# li#e this: % ,sing these arro s" scroll through the data for each of !our +I@s% If there is an o-erlap of cur-es from one +I to the ne8t" 'agle+oint ill sho !ou a message li#e this: % If !ou get such a message" !ou should change the radii of !our cur-es such that there is no o-erlapping of cur-es% 0ou change the radii 1! follo ing the a1o-e steps" starting ith AClic# on the ?Cur-e Data@ 1uttonB% Once !ou ha-e no messages sho ing that there is a pro1lem ith o-erlapping geometr!" clic# on the ?.uperele-ation Data@ 1utton% There ill again 1e t o arro s" and !ou can scroll through all !our cur-es% If !ou get an! messages such as the follo ing: " then !ou need to change the cur-es@ radii such that there is enough room 1et een the cur-es for the superele-ation to transition from cur-e to tangent to cur-e% Again" !ou change the radii 1! follo ing the a1o-e steps" starting ith AClic# on the ?Cur-e Data@ 1uttonB% After !ou ha-e cur-es at all +I@s" and no error messages" then close all dialogue 1o8es" including RoadCalc" 1ut not 'agle+oint% 0ou ha-e no turned !our Alternati-e $ into a horizontal alignment in AutoCAD%

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/o6i;7 #ori=ontal Align5ent a. 2f you want to 'odify the location of the tangent align'ent go to A%"&N/ENTSD E$"T $ATA) 11

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1) To 6elete a P" follow the instructions in step 4.h. )) To in3ert a P" follow the instructions in step 4.i. Re'e'ber to design a curve for the new "2. 3) To 5oEe a P" follow the instructions in step 4.g.1. A. To 6ra an e3ti5ate o; the ROW li5it3. ,ou will need these li'its for your corridor study. a. 9o to A%"&N/ENTS O!!SET. Click the CA$ Setting3 icon and create a new layer called O!!SET+. Create a different layer for the second alternative. b. &ype (4 in both offset spaces. :ake sure the !O%%OW CUR.E option is checked and that the stations reflect the entire length of your design. ?it APP%'.

c. spaces. ?it APP%'. Close the window.

Change the top station to . and type *(4 in both offset

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d. If an! modification is made to the horizontal alignment after creating the offset" !ou ill ha-e to delete the RO9 limits and create the offsets again% To generate align5ent report3) a. Create a *.t!t file using notepad. $ave the *.t!t file in your project folder. b. $etup EA&%E PO"NT by going to !"%E on the 'enu and clicking PR"NT SETUP)

c. Click the !"%E radio button if you want to edit the report. &ype in the *.t!t file location you created in step a or BROWSE for it by clicking the open folder icon. &hen click OK.

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6n the ROA$CA%C 'enu and go to A%"&N/ENTS and &ENERATE

e. $elect the options you want R67#C78C to generate in your report and click PR"NT. ,ou have to repeat this procedure to generate the report for the second alternative. Re'e'ber to open the other sub*project before generating the report. Change the na'e of the report in the %agle "oint setupD otherwise all the reports will be accu'ulated in the sa'e file.

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+B) To print the align5ent graphic3 in A2toCA$) a. 9o to !"%E on the 'enu and the click P%OT button. b. $elect the printer or plotter available fro' the Printer/plotter list. c. Change paper 3i=e to ++ G +C and select the portrait orientation (click on properties and 'ake the necessary adjust'ents). d. 6n the What to plot section click on W"N$OW to select the area of the drawing you want to plot. e. Click on PreEie to see if the settings are correct for your plot.

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