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Edit road geometry

  • Open or create simple road line
  • Add center line
  • Add one line on both side of it Simple road
  • Then add ditch slopes for the side lines
  • Click Tools --> Copy line
  • Select Position, Method, Offset and slope and you will see a preview (green line) of the new line Copy line
  • Press Apply to create new line
  • Select the previous line and add another line like in the picture New line 2
  • Press Apply to create new line
  • Select the previous line and add another line like in the picture New line 3
  • Press Apply to create new line
  • Then repeat the same steps on the other side of the original road (select Position:Inside for these)
  • After that the road should look like this
  • Save/Export it in the format you like Road with ditches
  • Perform triangulation Sidebar --> Edit surface model --> Edit surface Triangulated road
  • Then you should have a nice triangulated road with ditches on both sides
  • Use Tools --> Cross Section to check the file Cross section
  • Save/Export it in the format you like