Draping feature
Once you have your terrain data source configured, you have two options for drawing roads and draping them on the terrain:
- Create a design road, right-click and select "Drape Feature"
- Create a component road, right-click and select "Show Profile". From here you can adjust the vertical profile as necessary, or right-click and select "Drape Profile" to have InfraWorks get you something close.
Design roads are style-based roads and do not have as many editing tools available to them. They are mainly for visualization. Component roads offer much more flexibility.
See the attached screenshots for reference.
Zachri Jensen, PE |
@Karsten.Saenger wrote:
sketched features in InfraWorks are draped to the surface automatically. Only imported features have the option to be draped, set an elevation or use the feature elevation.
Are you sure? I am able to sketch a design road in a model and right-click to get the drape option.
@rimutaka are you able to sketch other items in your model? For example, sketching a coverage area should drape to the terrain as well. Does that work?
Zachri Jensen, PE |
you are correct - and I never noticed that there is a "drape option" for planning roads (design roads existed in versions up to 2018).
Ah OK, I had my terminology mixed up.
I think the drape option still makes sense because you can adjust the vertex elevations for planning roads. So if you change them after you initially sketch the road, then it is no longer draped to the terrain. There might be a situation where you want to get back to the original condition.
Zachri Jensen, PE |
Sorry, I misspoke in my original post. The road that I drew in my example was a planning road, not a design road. I am using InfraWorks 2019, and design roads were removed in the 2019 version. So maybe the option will be there if you draw a planning road in 2018.
In the screenshot that you sent, can you click Show Profile View and then adjust the PVIs as necessary? If you want the road to drape perfectly like a coverage area does, then I think you’ll need to use a planning road.
Zachri Jensen, PE |
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