Bentley RailTrack
Alignment Optimization for Maintenance and Design
This 2D/3D solution adapts readily
to any rail design and maintenance
workflow.
Integrated cant and horizontal
design ensures compliance
with design standards.
Least squares regression analysis
calculates best-fit alignments.
Bentley Rail Track is a comprehensive solution for rail infrastructure design and maintenance. The software
delivers a high degree of automation to well-established workflows, with the added power of an integrated
geometry model that brings into play all aspects of the alignment. This results in significant productivity
improvements and time savings – while offering users greater opportunity to optimize the geometry to reduce
project costs. Available in many languages, Bentley Rail Track can be configured to support a wide range of
international standards.
Adapt to Any Project or Workflow
Bentley Rail Track adapts readily to virtually any rail design and maintenance workflow, increasing efficiency.
The software is suitable for designing light rail, heavy rail, and high-speed rail – including MAG-LEV. It addresses
track geometry (yard, depot, and station layouts) and earthworks and ballast. Users can generate realistic 3D
models for analysis and project visualization, create reports for cost estimates and setting-out, and produce fully
annotated project drawings/deliverables for client approval and construction.
Best-of-Class Solution
A robust toolset enables users to perform regression analysis, horizontal and cant/super-elevation design,
and alignment analysis as concurrent, integrated activities. Turnouts are placed from a user-definable library,
with fundamental types based on international standards. Advanced functionality such as regression analysis,
curvature diagrams, slew diagrams, interactive track editing, and automated cant/superelevation analysis
completes this best-of-class solution.
Easy to Use
The software provides an intuitive graphical user interface that gives easy access to an impressive set of
geometry functionality. Interactive tools enable users to rapidly place, modify, and extend alignments graphically
onscreen. Users can configure their own toolbars to group together commonly used tools for repetitive tasks or
to organize the tools into a workflow sequence. Context-sensitive help is available at all times, and user prompts
display to assist with particular operations.
Survey Data and Analysis
The Text Import Wizard streamlines the importing of track geometry data for the existing alignment. This may
be survey data for the left and right rails or for the track centerline. Tools provided in the system automate the
sorting and conversion of rail survey data into a horizontal, vertical, and cant alignment ready for regression
analysis.
Regression Analysis
Bentley Rail Track employs a least squares method of regression analysis of single and multiple elements
to calculate best-fit alignments. Regression points are derived from centerline or rail survey, and analyzed
according to user-defined criteria for fixity and weighting to limit movement at critical minimum clearance points.
Users can identify groups of points to be included for regression from the combined curvature-and-cant diagram,
enabling identification of the existing alignment elements. The inclusion of the cant data provides a more precise
match to existing geometry, optimizing the new design alignment while limiting slews and lifts.
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Quickly place turnouts from
libraries of standard turnouts
from many countries.
Validate designs visually and
numerically using plan and
profile annotation.
Optimize design of ballast,
formation, roadway,
and earthworks.
Alignment Design
The software provides a full set of tools for horizontal, cant, and vertical alignment design – either by the
points-of-intersection method or the element method. Users can move freely between either of these methods
at any point during the design process. The alignment design tools contain a comprehensive set of mathematical
algorithms covering the full array of horizontal transition spiral types along with their associated cant transition
algorithms. Users can describe vertical alignments either by vertical parabolas or by circular vertical curves with
vertical transitions.
Integrated Cant Design
The integration of the cant/superelevation design with the horizontal design process gives users immediate
visual confirmation of compliance with design standards. Built-in equilibrium equations compute equilibrium
cant, applied cant, cant deficiency, rate of change of applied cant, rate of change of cant deficiency, and cant
gradient. Transition lengths and applied cant can then be adjusted to optimize the alignment to all cant criteria.
Users can also deploy virtual transitions where horizontal transitions are not required.
Library of Turnouts/Switch and Crossings
Bentley Rail Track provides comprehensive capabilities for the placement of turnouts/switch and crossings as
parametric components. This technology saves time in the creation of complex geometries based on complex
rules for bending/flexing. Users can quickly place turnouts from delivered libraries comprising standard turnouts
from many countries. Alternatively, users can add their own designs to the library. The software handles turnouts
as well as single and double slips and diamond crossings. The Connection Editor makes fast work of connecting
turnouts to create crossovers and joining turnouts to other tracks.
Design Validation, Annotation, and Reporting
Various design checking tools highlight areas of nonconformance with design standards, allowing the user
to quickly identify and resolve problems. Designs can also be validated visually with tools such as curvature
diagrams, lift diagrams, and slew diagrams, and numerically using plan and profile annotation. The software
uses XML/XSL technology to report on all geometries (horizontal, vertical, and cant) – delivering greater flexibility
in report format creation.
Flexible Earthworks Modeling
Bentley Rail Track offers proven earthworks modeling technology developed for the Bentley Civil transportation
software. Designers can optimize the earthwork to reduce embankment/excavation or to minimize the
environmental impact on adjacent properties and facilities. Comprehensive surface editing, profile creation, and
cross section tools provide flexibility in the design of ballast, formation, roadway, and earthworks.
Support for Light Rail
A set of tools provides for the particular requirements of light rail design, fabrication, and construction. The
software creates detailed light rail elements: rails, joints, switch points, crossing points, distance keepers, and
so on. Users can produce the full array of drawings, reports, and specifications for jointed rail, pre-bent rail, and
multiple rail types.
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Special tools streamline light rail
design, fabrication, and construction.
Turnouts/switch and crossings are
placed as parametric components.
Validate design visually with
curvature, lift, and slew diagrams.
B entley R ail T rack A t -A-G lance
Maintenance Workflow Horizontal Alignment
n Lines
Data Import n Circular arcs (arc and chord definition)
n Geometry or surface data in virtually any ASCII format n Multiple spiral transition definitions, including:
with a Text Import Wizard n Clothoid
n Versine n Cubic parabola
n Industry-standard LandXML geometry (horizontal, vertical, n Bloss
and cant) and surface data n Biquadratic parabola
n Sinusoidal
Regression Analysis n Cosine
n Horizontal and vertical alignments from survey data utiliz- n Viennese-Austria
ing least squares computations
n Simultaneous regression of single or multiple elements Vertical Alignment
with the Connection Editor n Lines
n Single element regression or heads-up point selection and n Parabola
automatic single-element regression n Circular arcs
n Advanced multi-element regression with all supported n Vertical clothoid transition spirals
element types (lines, circular arcs, and transition spirals)
n Validation of existing survey data based on user-specified Cant
criteria (minimum/maximum distance between points, n Equilibrium equations ( D = 11.8 * V2 / R )
angular differences, gradient differences, and so on) n Computation of equilibrium cant, applied cant, cant
n Conversion of surveyed rails to centerline deficiency, rate of change of applied cant, rate of change
n Data selection and sorting of cant deficiency, and cant gradient
n Data editing for inclusion, exclusion, and weighting n ASCII tables
n Rail Curvature Diagram n Transitions
n Automatically generates transition points n Transitions that match the supported horizontal
n Inclusion of cant as an improved source of data transitions
for element determination n Virtual transitions (where horizontal transitions are
not required but cant is required)
Design Validation n Design checks incorporated in editing
Curvature diagrams and/or slew diagrams
n n Cant integrated into all horizontal curve edits
n Plan and profile annotation
n XSL/XML reporting (horizontal alignment, vertical align- Turnouts
ment, and cant) n Turnouts in the most popular configurations:
n Single branch
Export to Field n Double branch
n Plasser & Theurer tampers (ALC and WinALC systems) n Single slip
n Matisa tampers (the PALAS system) n Double slip
n Trimble n Diamond crossings
n Leica n Support for multiple bending methods
n LandXML n Swiss bending practice
n German bending practice
Design Workflow n UK tangent and offset practice
Interactive Geometry n Library of industry-standard turnouts
n Robust sets of interactive geometry tools for on-screen n German standards
alignment generation n German light rail standards
n Tools using methods and principles specific to rail design n UK 113a and RT60 standards
and civil engineering n AREMA standards
n Check Integrity tool for location and removal of alignment n Tools for user-defined standards
discontinuities n Interactive creation and editing
n Turnout Connection Editor for connecting turnouts and
editing connections
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Design checking tools pinpoint
areas of non-conformance.
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Surface Modeling
n Profile Generator
n Easy profile creation across multiple surfaces
n Display and annotation of profiles and associated
data such as vertical curves, superelevation
diagrams, and digital terrain modeling (DTM) features
n Feature-based DTM
n Flexible, double-precision
n Intelligent features
n Representation and labeling of the DTM based on
feature definition
n Proper display and labeling of terrain features
throughout the model
n Typical Section Libraries

S ystem R equirements n Custom creation of typical sections for generating

Prerequisites:
MicroStation V8 XM Edition,
MicroStation V8 2004 Edition,
AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005, or
AutoCAD2006
Processor
Intel® Pentium®-based or AMD
Athlon™-based PC or workstation
Operating System
Microsoft Windows® 2000 Profes-
sional (SP4 or higher) or Microsoft
Windows XP Professional (SP2 or
higher)
cross sections on the fly
n Cut/fill tables and decision tables for automatic
adjustment of the model to predefined conditions
Interoperability
n Seamless integration between CAD platforms - in both
DGN and DWG environments
n Integration with Bentley® ProjectWise® to bring collab-
orative design data to the entire project team in a secure
environment
n Integration with Digital InterPlot®, enabling automated
plot set generation and Web-based access to plot archives

Memory
512MB (more memory typically
results in better performance)

Disk Space
310MB minimum free disk space

Internet Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or
greater
n Internet Explorer 6.0 is
required to view XML
Reports
n Cipher Strength: 128-bit
(required for Digital Rights)

Input Device
Mouse or digitizing tablet (digitizing
tablet requires vendor-supplied
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