topic Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help in InfraWorks Forum

Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:00:03 GMT

So I made a Custom rural road with the classic Double line (although, I would think that would be a standard option.)

It looks great! All but the intersections where it gets all Wonky. Any suggestions on solving the issues? y.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

SkipBurns — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:53:07 GMT

You should just need to move your centerline striping to the median group. So your median group should have a yellow stripe - center strip - yellow stripe (you'll need a second one when you move it to the median group).

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Carrillof — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:11:44 GMT

Hello, I recommend duplicating the material style and you can remove the line to that duplicate style and that you add it in the intersection option, it is in the screen where you can configure and you can search the lines at the intersections

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

roskirko — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:22:03 GMT

These roads look like "sketch roads". Go to the Engineering View (or Edit mode); Select one of the roads; right click on the road and choose the Convert to Design Road option (do this on all legs) to see what happens at the intersection

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:24:28 GMT

Roskirko,

I did that and no change.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

roskirko — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:45:26 GMT

Component roads will do somewhat of what you want but:

1. There are a lot of steps involved;

2. The yield line will be in white (I left it off);

3. I will have to come up with a tidy screen cast for this solution.

Another solution is to add a yellow stripe as a "decoration" but a "yellow stripe" decoration has to be created and added to the 3D model library first. I will work on that too and then make a screen cast or notes of that process.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:26:59 GMT

Thanks Roskirko,

I appreciate it. I cant wait to try out the steps from your Screen Cast! It would be a huge help.

I can pull the intersection in 3ds Max and then make a model of what I want and then bring it back into Infraworks. Then Place it slightly above the original Intersection. That method works but isn't quick or clean since its slightly above the original.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:02:35 GMT

Hey Roskirko, just checking if you had a chance to break that down. I'm still not having much luck on my end.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

roskirko — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:29:23 GMT

Here is a "quick" Screen cast of one of several methods.

There are other methods; I tested another using 3D decorations of an FBX model sent to Infraworks from AutoCAD of a "white stripe" (not yellow) and it worked too but I did not have time to make a Screen cast of that operation. When i get some time, I will do that.

This method shown will work in the current version of Infraworks as well as any version supporting component roads.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:21:09 GMT

Thanks Roskirko!

That works! I appreciate the screen cast! That's a awesome way to show step by step so that I can watch in real time! Much appreciated!

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

SethHall — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:32:27 GMT

Hi @Anonymous-

That screencast is great, and I am glad to hear that it helped resolve the issue at hand. Thanks @roskirko for the help and providing the solution!

That being said, I just want to make you aware of some potential unintended consequences when using Lane components for other purposes:

Superelevation. Lane and Shoulder components will superelevate (if turned on) regardless of placement and material change. When using components as not intended, I would suggest using a Sidewalk as it will not superelevate. I use this a lot in "greenspace" situations.
Analysis tools. The analysis tools will read these yellow stripes as extra lanes and will generate incorrect results.
Intersections will also be affected, depending on what components are used and where they are placed in the assembly. In the screencast for example, you will see the overlapping turn direction arrows. These appear because the intersection object is reading the stripes as incoming lanes. You can avoid that by turning off the Yield Lines after selecting the intersection.

I went into some detail on this subject in last week's webcast if you would like to learn more: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/infraworks-360/learn-explore/caas/video/youtube/watch-v-KKnnQId6k7U.html

Hope this helps!

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

roskirko — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:36:22 GMT

I have a Screencast of using a solid from AutoCAD Civil 3D. I just have to wait for the publishing step to complete; it seems to be "slow" for some reason.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:36:52 GMT

I watched the screencast on using civil 3d to make a model of the stripe then bring that into Infraworks. I can get the model loaded but when I try to apply as a decoration it does not show along the component road. I am working in feet, so I made the model 1' by 4" wide. When I change the spacing to 1' and offset to 0.5 feet the line shows up in the preview, but when I double click back in the model it goes away and does seem to hold. Thoughts?

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Eric_Chappell — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:47:02 GMT

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Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:55:22 GMT

Followed the screencast for using component roadways, here is what the intersection looks like. Cant seem to be able to get the yellow area to be black. Also how to end the striping where it ties into an existing roadway.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:36:13 GMT

Is this still the only way to get double yellow lines on a road in Infraworks?

During our presentation this morning the first thing that the client noticed was that the lines were wrong. They couldn't believe that it was a limitation of the program, and quite frankly, neither can we.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

fcernst — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:30:28 GMT

I find it hard to believe that Infraworks at this stage of its development still can't produce road striping in a straight forward manner.

Same for continuous guardrail.

Come on development.

Re: Roads, Lines at Intersection Help

SethHall — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:38:59 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Judging from your screen shot, I would venture to guess that you are using a Lane component to create the yellow lines. Try using a Sidewalk component and see if that helps.

I would also suggest you reading my post earlier in this thread as I discuss the possible pitfalls of using components for lane striping.

Hope this helps.