Practice Workbook

This workbook is designed for use in Live instructor-led training and for OnDemand selfstudy.
The explanations and demonstrations are provided by the instructor in the classroom, or in the OnDemand
eLectures of this course available on the Bentley LEARN Server (learn.bentley.com).

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It is also available as a PDF document in the dataset for this course.

Creating Roadway Geometry: Creating

TRNC01086-1/0003

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Course Description
This workbook contains exercises to create a set of roadway plans in accordance with standards using MicroStation.

They are meant to be worked either in order of exercises in each course or as individual standalone courses. You can start at any course.
Within a subdirectory of the dataset called Milestones there are files named for each individual course, begin by using that particular file.

Skills Taught
 Creating Roadway Geometry

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Creating a New Design File
In this section, we will begin by creating the MicroStation design file using the correct seed file. Then following pre-
determined standards.

 File Creation with Proper Seed File

 Standards use
 1. Start MicroStation and navigate to the location of the dataset, shown here as C:\Training\QuickStart for Roadway Designers Using
MicroStation\. The Workspace used is unimportant, the exercises can be completed in any Workspace. For the exact Workspace used,
set the Workspace to the following:

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 2. Select the New File icon from File Open.

3. On the New dialog, type RDWY_Proposed into File Name: and set the Seed file by selecting the Browse button.

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 4. Set the Seed file to the project directory ...\seed\Civil RDWY QuickStart DESIGNSEED.dgn [Civil RDWY QuickStart DESIGNSEED_M.dgn].
Pick Open to select the specific seed file.

5. Click Save to create the new file using the correct seed file.
6. Select the newly created file, RDWY_Proposed.dgn and Open.
7. Open Models and pick Edit Model Properties

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 8. Rename the Default Model to Roadway, note that the Annotation Scale is 1”=50’ and pick OK.

9. Set the current drawing level to Road Centerline via the Level Picker. This is the level you will place graphics on that represent the
centerline of a driveway and roadway.

10. From the MicroStation Main Menu, select File > Save Settings.

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 Creating the Proposed Roadway Features
In this section, we will draw our proposed roadway geometry for the new Commercial Retail development into a DGN
file. We will begin by creating the centerline at a prescribed location defined by distance and bearing and tangent
radius. We also walk through basic file navigation tools.

 Draw Geometry using SmartLine

 Precision input

 Measure Length

 File/View Navigation Tools

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 1. Select from Tasks the Task-Drawing.

2. Pick Place SmartLine.

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 3. Set the options for Place SmartLine as shown.

4. Hit Enter on the keyboard causing the Pop up Key-in window to appear. Type the following absolute coordinate to place the first point of
the line at a specified location. Key in XY=901999.95, 645813.85 [xy=274930.13,196844.46] and hit Enter on the keyboard.

5. Hit the Space Bar on the keyboard. Hit the Space Bar a second time, notice that AccuDraw displays a Rectangular compass or a Polar
compass. And Space Bar toggles between a Rectangular and Polar compass.

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 6. Set AccuDraw back to the Polar Compass by hitting the Space Bar, move your mouse to the left and type the following in to the Distance
field, 604.03’ [184.11m] and S88;38'25"W into the Angle field. Provide a Data Button (Left Mouse Click) to place the second vertex of the
line.

7. Note the rotation angle of AccuDraw. It is aligned based on the context of the original line. Hit the ~ Tilde key on the keyboard. This is the
AccuDraw shortcut for changing Place Smartline’s Segment Type from Lines to Arcs.

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 8. With the Segment Type set to Arcs, move the cursor up and slightly to the left, indexing along AccuDraw’s Y-Axis (displayed as a Green
Tick Mark) and keying in a Radial Distance of 846’ [257.86m] as shown. Next provide a Data Point to define the radius at 846’s

9. Moving in a clockwise direction, this defines the sweep angle of the arc as shown. Also note the changes in the Angle field in AccuDraw.
Type the correct Sweep Angle into AccuDraw. Type -90°14'33". and provide a Data Point to complete the arc. DO NOT PRESS RESET.

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 10. Hit the Tilde (~) key on the keyboard. This toggles the Segment Type for the Place SmartLine tool when AccuDraw is enabled.
11. Moving your cursor with the thick indexing line of the red tick mark of the AccuDraw compass, move the mouse upward. Define the length
of the tangent line by typing 1024.97 [312.41m] into the Length field. Provide a Data Point to complete. Press Reset (Right Mouse
Button) to complete the centerline.
12. Fit View to display entire centerline.

13. File>Save Settings

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 Offsetting the Centerline to Create the Proposed Roadway Features
In this section, we will place our proposed roadway geometry into a DGN file. We will begin by using an offset and copy
command, setting the correct standards as we go. We also will learn basic methods to rotate the view to the centerline.

 Set Standards

 Offset from existing geometry based on given distance

 Rotate the window or view based on existing geometry

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 1. Continuing in RDWY_Proposed.dgn set the correct level to Road_EdgeOfPavement.

2. Select the Move Parallel tool from the Manipulate toolbox on the Main Task.

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 3. On the Move Parallel tool, turn on Make Copy (turning this into the Copy Parallel tool), Use Active Attributes on and set all the options as
shown, including the distance of 30’ [9.14m]. Data Point on the centerline/mainline. This allows you to offset or Copy Parallel this line to
the new location offset of 30 feet.

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 4. Provide Data Points above and below the centerline to offset as shown.

5. Set the Level to Road_Curb and then place a Curb line, 2’ [0.61m] to the outside to both edges of pavements.
6. set the Level to Road_Sidewalk_Front and then place the Front of Sidewalk line, 2’ [0.61m] to the left side of the left Curb.

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 7. Set the Level to Road_Sidewalk_Back and then place the Back of Sidewalk line, 4’ [1.22m] to the left side of the left Front of Sidewalk as
shown.

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 8. Select the Rotate View tool and set the Method to 2 Points. Enter a Data Point or Left Mouse Click on the centerline to define the origin
of the view’s new X axis. In this case snap at the beginning of the last segment of centerline as shown. The origin, as well as a dynamic
line indicating the positive direction of the view X axis, displays.

Note: Tasks like annotation and many others are easier to complete if the view is rotated to the geometry.

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 9. Enter a Data point or Left Mouse click to define the positive direction of the view X axis at the end of the centerline.
10. The view rotates so that the defined X axis aligns with the view, or screen, X axis. The completed roadway should appear as shown.

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 11. Verify the total length of our centerline using the Measure Length tool, from the Main Task, pick Measure Length.

12. Data Point on the Centerline as shown, the length of the centerline will display on the Measure Length dialog as well as on the Status Bar
at the bottom of MicroStation. 2961.47' [902.66m]

Note: The two decimal places shown are a direct result of Accuracy within the Settings>Design File>Working Units dialog.
13. Fit View, then File > Save Settings. This will store the view location and rotation.

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 Creating the Proposed Entrance Driveways
In this section, we will draw our proposed entrance driveways geometry for the new Commercial Retail development
into a DGN file. We will begin by creating the centerline at a prescribed location defined by distance and bearing and
tangent radius. Then we’ll offset the centerline to create the roadway features.

 Draw Geometry using SmartLine

 Precision input

 Offset from existing geometry based on given distance

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 1. From the Drawing Task, select the Place SmartLine.

2. Set the options for Place SmartLine as shown.

3. Hit Enter on the keyboard causing the Pop up Key-in window to appear. Type the following absolute coordinate to place the first point of
the line at a specified location. Key in XY=901419.30,645800.06 [XY=274753.15,196840.25] and hit Enter on the keyboard.

4. Move your mouse upward and type the following into the Distance field, 300.00’ [91.44m] and S1°21'35"E into the Angle field. Provide a
Data Button (Left Mouse Click) to place the second vertex of the line then immediately followed by a Reset (Right Mouse Click). This will
complete our first driveway, the South Entrance.

5. With the Place SmartLine tool still active, hit Enter on the keyboard to bring up the Pop up Key-in window. Type XY=900529.36,646670.23
[XY=274481.90,197105.48] and hit Enter on the keyboard.
6. Move your mouse to the right and type into the Distance field, 525.00’ [160.02m] and N88°52'58"E into the Angle field. Provide a Data
Button (Left Mouse Click) to place the second vertex of the line then immediately followed by a Reset (Right Mouse Click). This will
complete our second driveway, the West Entrance.
7. Set the active level to Road_EdgeOfPavement.

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 8. From the Main Task, select the Move Parallel tool. Turn on Make Copy, and Use Active Attributes and set all the options as shown,
including the distance of 15’ [4.57m]. Provide Data Points above and below the centerline.

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 9. With the Move Parallel tool still active, create the rest of the road features using the proper Level and offset distances as shown for both
the South and West Entrance Driveways.

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 Challenge Exercise(s)
You have now learned the workflows and processes in this workbook. You have began to store them into memory. You are now ready for a
Challenge Exercise.

Challenge Exercises are designed to further cement those same workflows and procedures into memory. This is accomplished by hands on
practice. They are not meant to be a step by step, directed, “click here” exercise but rather begin with a small amount of guidance and a
general understanding of the outcome.

It allows the learner to take charge of their own learning. We guide less, you explore more, it let’s you guide and deepen your personal
learning experience and realize the joy of self discovery.

If questions arise, they too can be answered by a Bentley Instructor, in our regularly scheduled MicroStation Ask the Instructor sessions.

We also encourage you to create your own versions of these exercises, using your own data based on your own unique experience.

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 Challenge Exercise: Extend the Project
For our Challenge Exercise we will create a Phase II. The project will be extended past the current End of Project.

 Ensure that the View is unrotated

 Begin at the coordinates X = 900910.59, Y = 645938.81.

 Use the same symbology (attributes for level, color, line style, line weight) as for Phase I.

 Create the project centerline for “Phase II”. This consists of a tangent line, curve, and a tangent line.

 Segment 1:Tangent Line Length = 109.69’ [33.43m], Angle = S33°22'37"W

 Segment 2: Curve Radius = 600.00' [182.88], Sweep Angle = 32°24'44"

 Segment 3: Tangent Line Length = 816.19' [248.78], Angle = S0°57'53"W

 Create: Edge of Pavement, Roadway shoulder, Curb, Front and Back of Walk as from “Phase I”.

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  Create the curb returns using a 20’ [6.10m] radius. Possible tools to use may be the Break Element, Construct Circular Fillet, and Trim
to Element commands. Do this for the extension of Phase II as well as for the South and West Entrance Driveways.

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