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4 way intersection targeting

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Message 1 of 8
Vasily_BC
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4 way intersection targeting

Hi,

 

I've started doing my first intersections but I'm stuck with one mistake.

I did all daylights and curb returns for intersection.

I have a feeling that it's incorrect targeting here, isn't?

I'll really appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks.

 

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Message 2 of 8
sboon
in reply to: Vasily_BC

The road and intersection looks fine, but I can see several spots where you have daylights that intersect with each other - somtimes referred to as a bowtie.  It would be easier to examine the problem and suggest solutions if you can post the drawing.

 

Steve
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Message 3 of 8
Vasily_BC
in reply to: sboon

Sure. Thanks for reply.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5LTHGXLBfysck8wNG9MNC1tTEU/edit?usp=sharing

I've uploaded file with surface.

 

Thanks!

Message 4 of 8
sboon
in reply to: Vasily_BC

Ha - your project happens to be in a neighbourhood that I used to know fairly well. Smiley Surprised

 

In the SW quadrant there was a problem with the fill slopes.  The daylight subassembly slope transitions suddenly, so the daylight line is very jagged and crosses over itself.  I used the corridor view/edit tools to change the subassembly parameters of the blue sections so that the transition was smoother and the crossings were eliminated.

Clipboard01.png

 

For the NE quadrant I used a different technique.  I deleted the Daylight links in the editor, so that the grey TIN lines would connect from the ditch bottom in the curb return to the remaining links at the BC & EC.

Clipboard02.png

 

For the SE quadrant I used a third technique.  I extracted the dyalight featurelines from your corridor first.  Then I copied the assemblies for these regions, and edited the copies to turn off the relevant daylight links.  I then replaced your assemblies with mine and rebuilt the corridor.  Finally I added the extracted featureline to the surface and added a polyline as an outer boundary to clean it up.

Clipboard03.png

 

Steve
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Message 5 of 8
Vasily_BC
in reply to: sboon

Thanks Steve for answers. I'll try that. Did you you mean Point Roberts by a neighbourhood?

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fcernst
in reply to: sboon

 I used the corridor view/edit tools to change ......I deleted the Daylight links in the editor..... I copied the assemblies for these regions, and edited the copies......Finally I added the extracted featureline to the surface and added a polyline

 


This is way too many manual, tedious and time consuming edits for a designer to address the curb return daylighting and ditches for intersections. These methods do not offer the horizontal and vertical design control we need.

 

We also need more ditch invert horizontal and vertical control for drainage design, then just letting the links fall where the may from the BOC.

 

I use 2 to 3 conditional daylight scenarios for the curb returns. I let the typical section run first as he did here and look at it. Then typically only one feature line is needed if cleanup is needed. It will be the the selecting on/off switch for the daylight assemblies and the horizontal and vertical control if needed.

 

This is a more visual design process. The Targets also process much faster than trying to use subassembly overrides on large corridor models.

 

 



Fred Ernst, PE
C3D 2024
Ernst Engineering
www.ernstengineering.com
Message 7 of 8
sboon
in reply to: Vasily_BC

Hi Vasily

 

Some of my relatives lived in Boundary Bay, just east of your site for a few years.

 

Steve
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sboon
in reply to: fcernst

 Fred,

 

There are many ways to approach a problem like this one.  Yes - I could have entirely dismantled the corridor and reconstructed it using different subassemblies to suit my preferred methods for intersection work.  I chose instead to offer various solutions for the issues at hand.  Generally I prefer to operate this way within the forums, helping people to find their own way to an answer that works for them, rather than insisting that everyone should do things the way I think is best.   If you have an alternate solution to offer for any of my postings then please go ahead and speak your mind, but IMHO denigrating the help provided by others is neither contstructive nor professional.

 

Steve
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