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Bentley Rail Track PDF
Bentley Rail Track PDF
Overview
Bentley Rail Track can be configured to support a wide range of international standards, providing engineers and
designers with the flexibility and control necessary to deal with real-life design scenarios on global rail
infrastructure projects. The software adapts readily to virtually any rail design and maintenance workflow and is
suitable for light rail, metros (transit), heavy rail, high-speed rail, and MAG-LEV projects.
Addressing horizontal and vertical track geometry as well as yard, depot, station layouts, earthworks, and
ballast users can generate realistic 3D models for analysis and project visualization, create reports for cost
estimates and setting-out, and produce fully annotated project drawings and deliverables for client approval and
construction.
Regression Analysis
Bentley Rail Tracks single- and multiple-element regression analysis employ a rigorous least squares method to
calculate best-fit alignments. Regression tools provide users with a quick and easy way to match existing track
geometry more precisely. Regression analysis is an essential step in any track maintenance or upgrade project,
and Bentley Rail Track helps optimize the new design alignments by limiting slews and lifts. Bentley Rail Track
also includes powerful, but easy-to-use, curvature diagrams to help users identify curves, tangents, and spirals
ensuring the regression tools provide the results required for track realignment. Regression points can be derived
from the centerline or rail survey (including cant data), and can be weighted by users for fixity during analysis to
maintain critical points or ensure minimum clearance is achieved. Analysis results are quickly viewed and points
can be added or deleted from the regression analysis, providing users complete control throughout the
engineering process.
Powerful 3D Modeling
Bentley Rail Track offers in-context, smart design of 3D rail corridors with Roadway Designer. Roadway Designer
streamlines the complex development of virtually every aspect of a corridor in a single, parametric presentation.
Users can travel along a corridor viewing and dynamically designing closed shapes that represent manmade
materials such as ballast, sub-ballast, sleepers, and related structures in concert. The software
automatically produces dynamic volumes to aid in balancing cut-and-fill.
Roadway Designer displays four-port views of the design in plan, profile, cross section, and cant or
superelevation. As work progresses, users experience immediate visual feedback in all views. Rail corridors are
easily modified by direct manipulation of parametric graphical components or by precision input in contextsensitive dialog boxes. The unique features of Roadway Designer allow users to target known existing features,
enabling models to conform to on-ground demands. As designs develop, color-coding displays potential problem
areas. Roadway Designer enables users to test design decisions before they are applied.
Roadway Designer offers state-of-the-art design automation. From horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, and
surface information, the software generates 3D models of the full track corridor using user-defined typical
sections including earthworks or end conditions. The software automatically ensures conformance to standards
as it speeds the corridor development process. When widening sub-ballast and sub-grade, Roadway Designer
automatically creates transitions according to user design criteria. Users can interactively edit cant and
superelevation on the fly.
Users easily modify and create intelligent design components no programming required and apply design
constraints for sleek control of the 3D parametric modeling process. Components can be open- or closed-shape
and include multiple construction layers, barriers, slopes, and ditches. Roadway Designer automatically creates
surfaces for generating cross sections, performing volume calculations, and aiding visualization and rendering.
Users can also merge components to create a single surface, or create a surface of the entire rail corridor.
Project Deliverables
Bentley Rail Track provides design, volumes, and cross-section data in the XML industry standard format for data
exchange and reporting. Project data can be delivered in a variety of formats, including Excel spreadsheets,
HTML or text files, PDFs, printable documents, and other output. Reporting tools automate the production of
numerous standard reports including horizontal and vertical alignments, curvature diagrams and/or slew
diagrams, quantity takeoffs, clearance reports, stakeout, surfaces, and more. The software outputs standard
formats for Trimble, Topcon, and Leica for machine-controlled grading and machine guidance, as well as Plasser
& Theurer (ALC and WinALC systems) and Matisa tampers (the PALAS system) for construction.
Features At-A-Glance
Survey/Data Acquisition
DTM Analysis
Generate contours from data points accounting for breaks, random points, voids, edges, and other
criteria
Control maximum length of triangles
Display cut and fill delineation
View and edit feature properties
Develop custom feature styles
Control point density of linear features to optimize surface presentation
Color code display by triangles, slopes, elevation, and aspect
View slope vectors
Analyze line of sight
Visualize gridded DTMs, profiled models, and elevation models
Thin surfaces
Generate grade contours
Interrogate surfaces
Display isopach
Geometric Design
Cant
Regression Analysis
Generate horizontal and vertical alignments from existing data using least squares solutions
Turnouts
Roadway Designer
Merge horizontal and vertical geometry with 3D topography for application of design standards and
typical sections
Define typical sections with horizontal and vertical geometry paths
Assign component control points to existing or designed features or geometry, controlling horizontal
and/or vertical location
Assign automatic overrides by feature or station intervals
View plan, profile, and cross section simultaneously
Control view scaling dynamically
Display right-of-way, existing ground, and other rail/road centerlines to enhance dynamic interaction
Model using parametric templates dynamically and interactively
Model dynamically in steps or batch process
Manage one or multiple corridors for plans, visualization, cross sections, and reporting
Control template sections, stationing, and intervals
Transition between disparate templates via 3D interface
Allows dynamic editing of cant/superelevation in super diagram
Apply exceptions for bridges, voids, and special end conditions
Assist problem resolutions through intelligent color coding of transitions, super runout, cross slope
conditions, etc.
3D modeling
o Create 3D drainage model relative to topography and alignments
o Place multiple drainage structures along alignments by spacing and offsets
o Support interconnected network of pipes, curved pipes, channels, culverts, manholes,
pumps, catch basins, and inlets
o Creates associative and dynamic model-based designs
o Create storm, sanitary, or combined networks
o Build drainage models directly from survey data
o Delete or add any size pipe from library
o Apply any material and coefficient of roughness
o Identify 2D graphics as utilities and drape relative to terrain model
o Display all network and utility objects in sections and profiles
o Label all attributions in any view or include in user-defined reports
o Draw 3D models of drainage structures to full 3D shapes for easy clash detection
Design and analysis
o Analyze models using industry-standard equations such as Mannings, ColebrookWhite, Bernouli, and Continuity
o Use analysis based upon HEC22, FHWA, HDS 5, 10, 13, Modified
o Rational method, as well as regression equations
o Base network design upon equations above and sizes selected from user-defined
tables
o Compute drainage flows from areas using Modified Rational Method or CS Unit
Hydrograph Method
o Compute Tc via FAA, Kirpich, Overland Flow or LADOT methods
o Compute Tc from 3D model or specify
o Use demand and demographic tables for sewer computations
o Supports infiltration, population, and peaking factors as well as land usage
o Define and easily edit user parameters
o Compute or specify flows
Generate engineering reports from design and analysis for inclusion in project
notebook
o Define custom Intensity-Duration-Frequency tables
o Generate drainage queries and reports
o Color code based upon queries or set-up styles for special symbology by type and
size
Pond routing
o Calculate pond volumes from surfaces or specified dimensions
o Create input and output hydrographs
o Design inlet and outlet control structures
Quantity Management
Design Validation
CEN Standards
Danish Rail
Dutch Rail
German Rail
Transrapid
And more
Review design in curvature diagrams and slew diagrams
Annotate plan and profiles
Generate XSL/XML reports for horizontal alignments, vertical alignments, and cant
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