Road Maker

Road Maker is a roads program catering for the needs of design engineers and contractors. Data can be extracted from a tacheometric survey within Model Maker and can be exported to Road Maker or even typed in manually.

The vertical alignment and road cross-sectional profile is defined using easy-to-use built-in functions. Volumes can be calculated between a ground cross-section group and the design profile, or between any two ground cross-section groups. Final cross-section and long-section drawings can be plotted directly to a plotter, plotfile or various CAD data exchange ASCII formats.

Complete setting-out information can be obtained for setting out the design on site, e.g. layer profiles and batter boards. The design profile or ground cross-sections can be converted into DTM format for further manipulation with Model Maker.

Using this module, data for a single ground cross-section may be imported from various file formats or entered manually. A long-section could be loaded or extracted from the cross-sections.

Up to 8 cross-section and long-section groups may be loaded. Any one or all of these groups may then be plotted. Earthworks volume calculations may be done between any two groups.

This module provides the user with user-friendly and very flexible road design functions. The vertical alignment design may be done directly on screen or it may be entered from external design results. It allows for non-symmetrical vertical curves and the checking of design limits. The cross-sectional profile is defined using the most advanced techniques in manipulating individual components independent from others for example :- road width and batter slope changes. An extensive verge design function supplements the basic design profile.