Ramp it Up!

Advanced Corridor Design in Civil 3D

Andrew Milford
AEC Technical Consultant – Autodesk ANZ
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Class summary

Exercise 1
 Exit Ramps
 Subassembly 1a - 6 Layer Pavement
 Subassembly 1b – Slope Projection

Exercise 2
 Batter Slopes
 Subassembly 2 – Batter Transition

Exercise 3
 Pram Ramps and Kerb Laybacks
 Subassembly 3a – Pram Ramp
 Subassembly 3b – Kerb Layback

Exercise 4
 Multiple Batters and Benches
 Subassembly 4 – DaylightMultipleSurface_x5
Key learning objectives

At the end of this class, you will be able to:

 Apply alternate modelling techniques to build rich, dynamic corridors
 Create complex transitioning within Civil 3D corridors through custom
subassemblies
 Create, edit and reuse complex subassemblies through the Subassembly
Composer
 Reduce rework time through the use of dynamic auxiliary corridors
Exercise 1 – Exit Ramps
Typical RMS Entry / Exit Ramp details
Subassembly Details – 6 Layer Pavement

 Multi Purpose Lane

 Additional ‘Marked Point’

functionality
Subassembly Details – Slope Projection

 Calculate slope between two

points

 Surface Targets
Design Process – Auxiliary Corridors

 Auxiliary Corridor and Surface

‘Temp Planes’
Design Process – Ramp Alignment Profile

 Ramp Alignment MC30

 Surface Profile from ‘Temp

Planes’

 Match Levels with Layout

Profile
Design Process - Corridors

 ‘NumberTransform’

 ‘AU_2015_SlopeProjection’
Design Process - Corridors

 ‘NumberTransform’ Types
 Linear
 Parabolic Out
 Parabolic In
 Reverse Parabolic
 Bay Taper
 Cubic Out
 Cubic In
Exercise 2 – Batter Slopes
Subassembly Details – Batter Transition

 .NET Math & SAC API Functions

 Cut, Shallow Fill & High Fill

situations

 Subgrade Daylighting
Subassembly Details – Batter Transition

𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 − 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡

× ( 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒2 − 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒1 )
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝐸𝑛𝑑 − 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡
Design Process – Main Corridor

 2 Lanes and Shoulder

 Conditional Horizontal Targets

Design Process – Linked Feature Strings

 Dynamic linked hinge string

 Forms basis for ‘linked corridor’

Design Process – Batter Slope Assembly

 Assembly used for Constant

and Transitioning slopes
Design Process – Linked Corridors

 Add slope subassembly with

Substring
 Corridor Split, Copy and Region
Properties
Design Process – Final Pasted Corridor
Exercise 3 – Pram Ramps
and Kerb Laybacks
Typical RMS Pram Ramp detail
Subassembly Details – Pram Ramp

 .NET Math & SAC API Functions

 Controlled Transition
(mirrored around centre of region)
Typical RMS Kerb Layback detail
Subassembly Details – Kerb Layback

 Similar to Pram Ramp

Design Process – Linked Feature Strings

 Dynamic linked lane edge string

 Forms basis for ‘linked corridor’

Design Process – Linked Corridors

 Add kerb subassembly with

Substring
 Corridor Split, Copy and Region
Properties
Design Process – Final Pasted Corridor
Exercise 4 – Multiple Batters
and Benches
The Everest of earthworks modelling


Subassembly Details - DaylightMultiSurface_x5

 .NET Math & SAC API Functions

 Multiple Surface Targets

Design Process – Main Corridor

 4 Lanes, Shoulder, Kerb &

Gutter, Verge

 12m wide, 6:1 median between

carriageways

 SB Alignment levels from ‘Temp

Planes’ surface
Design Process – Linked Feature Strings

 Dynamic linked hinge string

 Forms basis for ‘linked corridor’

Design Process – Auxiliary Corridor

 LinkWidthAndSlope x 4
 Slope 0.0%
 Link Codes +7m, +14m, +21m, +28m

 Each subassembly has 7m

separation
Design Process – Offset Alignments

 First Offset Alignment on verge

 Labelled ‘Offset LHS Verge

 4 x Offset Alignments from

‘Offset LHS Verge’
 Offset LHS 07m Bench
 Offset LHS 14m Bench
 Offset LHS 21m Bench
 Offset LHS 28m Bench

 Surface Profile for each Offset

Alignment
Design Process – Linked Corridors (No Targets)

 Constant Slopes

 One subassembly to rule them all

Design Process – Linked Corridors (Targets)

 Varying Slopes with Offset

Alignments
Design Process – Final Pasted Corridor
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