Is there a way to create a road style for a parking lane?

[wesley]

Seems like it would be possible to have a drive with perpendicular parking on both sides

[tcorey · Accepted solution]

Like this?

Using AutoCAD, create a Polyline that has Width and is the length of your parking stripe

Extrude that polyline 0.01 or some small amount so that it become a 3D object.

FBXExport that object.

Using InfraWorks, add to one of your style libraries (like City Furniture) the FBX file that represents the stripe.

Add that new model as a decoration within the Road Style Group that is the parking lane. Be sure to select the correct Bucket and expand the length of the dialog so that you can adjust scale and/or rotation (rotate about the Z axis.)

If this is all clear as mud, let me know and I'll produce a video when I get a chance.

Best regards,

Tim

[tcorey]

Here's a video that shows the procedure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXW4EMEBeJs

Update: Create your AutoCAD file using Metric values as InfraWorks is going to apply metric to your sizes whether your units are imperial or not. Maybe 2015 will fix this!

Best regards,

Tim

[lawrence.sander]

This workflow is now featured on the At Land's End blog at http://autode.sk/15o3Vut .

[Anonymous]

Could you please share an FBX file of a stripe? I don't have AutoCad and Civil3D yet. Thank you.