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UKIE Country Kit

UKIE_MultiKerb Sub Assembly
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Contents
1.0 Overview .................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Version History ....................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Subassembly Overview .......................................................................................... 3
2.0 Components of the Subassembly ............................................................................... 4
2.1 Basic Properties ...................................................................................................... 4
2.1.1 Insertion Method .............................................................................................. 4
2.1.2 Kerb Types ...................................................................................................... 4
2.1.3 Standard Kerbs ................................................................................................ 5
2.1.4 High Containment Kerbs .................................................................................. 6
2.1.5 Bus Stop Kerbs ................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Additional Geometry components ........................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Concrete Backing ............................................................................................ 7
2.2.2 Waterline Offset ............................................................................................... 7
2.3 Point, Link and Shape Code ................................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Codes Overview .............................................................................................. 8
2.3.2 Point Codes ..................................................................................................... 8
2.3.3 Link Codes ....................................................................................................... 8
2.3.4 Shape Codes ................................................................................................... 8
2.3.5 Additional Codes .............................................................................................. 9
3.0 Transitioning between kerb types ............................................................................. 10
3.1 Basics ................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 Working with the Ghost ......................................................................................... 11
3.3 Using Custom Kerbs in transitions ........................................................................ 12

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1.0 Overview
1.1 Version History
Versions of this document:

Version Date Update Description

1.0 06/04/2020 Prepared for Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2021
2.0 03/03/2022 Rebranded for 2013

1.2 Subassembly Overview

The ‘UKIE_MultiKerb’ subassembly is provided to give a flexible insertion of British Kerbs

and has the following characteristics:

• Half Battered, Splayed, Bullnose, Trief and Kassel kerb types

• Custom variants of all designations
• With or without a concrete backing
• Insertion point at ‘Back of Kerb’ or ‘ChannelLine’
• All point, link and shape codes are exposed
• Two transitions supported
• A ghosted transition line option

Half Battered, Splayed, Bullnose, Trief and Kassel kerb Types

Half Batter – Kassel Transition

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2.0 Components of the Subassembly

2.1 Basic Properties
The ‘****GeneralComponents’ section of the properties sheet shows the basic changeable
properties of this subassembly.

2.1.1 Insertion Method

Kerbs can be attached to other subassemblies, or to the assembly anchor points, by one of
two points, the ‘Channel Line’ or ‘Back of Kerb’.

2.1.2 Kerb Types

The following ‘Kerb Type’ and ‘Kerb Family’ options are available.

Type Half Battered Splayed Bullnose Trief Kassel

Family Standard High Containment Bus Stop

Note: The ‘Kerb Family’ selection will be ignored unless the ‘Kerb Type’ is set to ‘Custom’.
See each family type below to see how a custom selection is dimensioned.

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2.1.3 Standard Kerbs

The designation table below shows the dimensions for the pre-set Half Batter, Splayed and
Bullnose variants. These represent the ‘Standard’ kerb family in this assembly.

Choosing a ‘Kerb Type = Custom’ with the ‘Kerb Family = Standard’ will give you overrides
to the pre-set dimensions.

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2.1.4 High Containment Kerbs

Trief GST2A, GST2 and GST1A kerb designations are available as pre-set ‘High
Containment’ family kerbs.

Choosing a ‘Kerb Type = Custom’ with the ‘Kerb Family = High Containment’ will give you
overrides to these pre-set dimensions.

2.1.5 Bus Stop Kerbs

This designation reads the ‘Ghosted Insertion Point’ value from the ‘****Transitioning
Components’ section of the properties sheet and if it is set to ‘No’, then it will insert the
subassembly at the reference points shown below:

Kassel kerbs will, by design, protrude into the carriageway, and will be set back into the
pavement. The standard ‘Channel Line’ and ‘Back of Kerb’ insertion points may not be
suitable in a lot of instances.
The ‘Ghosted Insertion Point’ can change the insertion method to match that of a
neighbouring kerb type.

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If ‘Ghosted Insertion Point’ is set to ‘Yes’, then the assembly will adopt the apparent insertion
points of the ‘Kerb Type’ listed under ‘Kerb Type at 1st Transition’, even if the transition is
disabled. This is the default insertion behaviour for this family of kerb. See the diagram
below:

2.2 Additional Geometry components

2.2.1 Concrete Backing
The concrete backing can be switched off and on for all kerb types.
The controlling dimensions are available on the properties sheet as outlined below:

2.2.2 Waterline Offset

The ‘Waterline Offset’ variable gives control to the vertical offset based on the ‘Channel Line’
insertion point. This will effectively allow the sub assembly to be raised slightly in relation to
the top of the carriageway. By default, this variable is set to 0.
Note: ‘High Containment’ kerbs will set this value automatically to 0.025m if a value any
smaller than this is shown in the properties sheet.
Note: ‘Bus Stop’ kerbs, by design, will ignore the ‘Waterline Offset’ variable. Consider these
to be flush with the carriageway and have an offset of 0.0m

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2.3 Point, Link and Shape Code

2.3.1 Codes Overview
All codes are exposed on the properties sheet. Common point codes are shown in the
‘***CommonCodeComponents’ section. The more obscure ones are shown under the
‘***OtherCodeComponents’ section.

2.3.2 Point Codes

The common point codes are shown below with
their default values. The less common ones are set
to <No Codes> and do not have a default value
below. If needed, each can be overwritten on the
properties sheet.

Note: ‘Surfacing Level’ has been set to <No

Codes> as a default, as it expected that a
connecting carriageway will have an edge point
code assigned to declare the channel line. If this is
not the case, this can easily be set on the
properties sheet for this subassembly.

2.3.3 Link Codes

The common link codes are shown below with their
default values. The less common ones are set to
<No Codes> and do not have a default value
below. If needed, each can be overwritten on the
properties sheet.

2.3.4 Shape Codes

Two shape codes are available. ‘Kerb Shape Code’ defaults to ‘Kerb’ and ‘Backing Shape
Code’ defaults to ‘Backing’.

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2.3.5 Additional Codes

Most of the geometry is shared between each designation, and similar codes exist
throughout the different types of kerb.
When the subassembly is using ‘Ghosted Insertion Points’, the ‘****ExtraCode Components’
section of the properties sheet allows you to add a code to a ghosted point.
For ‘Bus Stop’ family kerbs, you also have the option to switch these between their
associated edge points to enable you to achieve a uniform ‘channel’ and\or ‘back of kerb’
edge whilst exposing the geometry of the assembly edges. The diagram below illustrates
this principle during a transition between a half-batter and a ‘Bus Stop’ kerb.

In addition to this, ‘Bus Stop’ and ‘High Containment’ families simply take on the existing
‘Face Link’ link codes for their additional geometry.

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3.0 Transitioning between kerb types

3.1 Basics
With the benefit of ‘Ghosted Insertion Points’ for both ‘Channel Line’ and ‘Back of Kerb’ it is
possible to transition between kerb types without the need to manipulate the line of insertion
to cater for vertical and horizontal offsets.
Notwithstanding this, it is a lot easier to understand the mechanics of a transition if we use
‘Channel Line’ as the insertion point, and choose a simple transition between a half-batter
and a bullnose to represent a drop kerb.

Choosing the above chainages on the subassembly properties sheet will force the assembly
to change designation at the declared points of 20.0m and 26.3m. The problem here is that
the default sampling for a corridor is every 20m, so extra sample points will need assigning
to the corridor in the frequencies dialogue. The dialogue below shows all the required points
added:

Without adding these extra sample points to the corridor, the results will not be as expected.
These extra sample points are necessary for transitions that do not coincide with the sample
frequency of the corridor region.

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3.2 Working with the Ghost

Things get a little more complicated in the previous example if we use the ‘Back of Kerb’
insertion point:

In this case, the ‘back of kerb’ feature line remains uniform along its length and no attempt
has been made to lower it to cater for the drop. As expected, this has the effect of raising a
connected carriageway, which whilst useful for speed tables, is no use for a drop kerb.
Simply switching ‘on’ the ‘Ghost Insertion Point’ will offset the bullnose the required amount
based upon a ghosted ‘Back of Kerb’ line derived from the half-batter.

The principle of using this ‘Ghosted Insertion Point’ will apply both horizontal and vertical
offsets, as required, to allow insertion of other designations along feature lines designed for
the original declared kerb type (in this case ‘HB2’).
This is not just useful for ‘Back of Kerb’ insertions, but also allows ‘Bus Stop’ kerb types to
follow the ‘Channel Line’ ghost, as below:

Note: Not all transition options have been tested, and it is likely that some variations are not
viable or may include unwanted geometry

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3.3 Using Custom Kerbs in transitions

A ‘Custom’ kerb type can only be set once, but, it can still be used at the transition points
declared. In the example below, a HB2 kerb will transition to a custom ‘Bus Stop’ family kerb
at 20m. In this case the ‘Custom’ parameters refer to the ‘Kerb Type at 1st Transition’.

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