Allplan 2016 SBS Geodesy

Allplan 2016
Step by Step
Geodesy
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Document no. 161eng01s07-1-BM1115
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Contents
Contents
Before You Start ... ....................................................................... 1
Requirements..........................................................................................................2
Feedback on the documentation ..................................................................... 2
Sources of information ....................................................................................... 3
Documentation ............................................................................................................ 3
Additional help ............................................................................................................ 4
Training, coaching and project support ......................................................... 5

Project and drawing files.................................................................................... 6
Basic settings for the exercises ...................................................................... 10
Track tracing...............................................................................................................11
Unit 1: Site Plan Module .......................................................... 13

Overview of exercises ....................................................................................... 14
Exercise 1: main road ..............................................................................................14
Exercise 2: side road.................................................................................................15
Initial settings ..................................................................................................... 16

Exercise 1: main road ........................................................................................ 17
Task 1: entering the road gradient ......................................................................17
Task 2: labeling and stationing the main road ................................................25
Exercise 2: side road .......................................................................................... 31

Task 1: designing the side road ............................................................................31
Task 2: labeling and stationing the side road...................................................36
Task 3: skewing the roadsides ...............................................................................39
Task 4: connecting the side road to the main road ........................................44
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Unit 2: Digital Terrain Model Module................................... 47

Exercise 3: creating and editing a digital terrain model .............................. 48
Exercise 4: raising a 3D element.......................................................................... 50
Default settings .................................................................................................. 51

Exercise 3: creating and editing a digital terrain model ....................... 53
Task 1: placing terrain points ............................................................................... 53
Task 2: creating and optimizing a DTM ............................................................. 59
A note on meshing elements at the height of the terrain .......................... 63
Task 3: entering a breakline .................................................................................. 64
Task 4: drawing contour lines and labeling the DTM .................................... 65
Task 5: changing the smoothing factor of contour lines............................. 69
Exercise 4: raising a 3D element ................................................................... 71
Unit 3: Road Construction ....................................................... 77

Exercise 5: importing DTM files ........................................................................... 78
Exercise 6: creating and activating a profile section .................................... 79
Exercise 7: adjusting height of road location line to gradient .................. 79
Exercise 8: torsion trace ......................................................................................... 80
Exercise 9: slope ....................................................................................................... 80
Exercise 10: longitudinal profile.......................................................................... 81
Exercise 11: computing the cut and fill ............................................................ 81
Data on the Internet ......................................................................................... 82

Downloading data.................................................................................................... 82
Exercise 5: importing DTM files ..................................................................... 83

Exercise 6: creating and activating a profile section ............................. 90
Exercise 7: adjusting height of road location line to gradient ........... 96
Exercise 8: torsion trace................................................................................... 99
Exercise 9: slope ............................................................................................... 103
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Exercise 10: longitudinal profile ................................................................. 105

Creating a longitudinal profile file from a 2D element ............................. 107
Exercise 11: computing the cut and fill.................................................... 111

Additional steps to edit the DTM ................................................................ 114
Unit 4: Importing Files ........................................................... 115

Exercise 12: importing a file using an offset .......................................... 116
Index ........................................................................................... 123
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Before You Start ...

This step-by-step guide presents the most important tools
Site Plan and
Digital Terrain Model
of the
modules to you. It has four units:
Unit 1 shows you how to create a site plan.
Unit 2 shows you how to create a digital terrain
model.
Unit 3 includes additional exercises for road
construction. You raise a road to the height of the
terrain and create a slope and a longitudinal profile
file. In addition, you compute the cut and fill by
comparing the original terrain with the modified
terrain.
Unit 4 shows you how to use the offset to import and
export files.
You can download the data for units 3 and 4 from our
service portal Allplan Connect.
Requirements
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Requirements
This step-by-step guide assumes that you are familiar with and have
a working knowledge of Windows and Allplan 2016. The essentials
are described in the manual and in the Allplan help.
It is a good idea to work through the exercises in the given sequence
as tools that are presented in more detail in the earlier exercises are
only referred to by name in later exercises.
However, you can work through the four units in any sequence as all
the given examples are independent exercises.
Feedback on the documentation

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Email: dokumentation@allplan.com
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Sources of information
Documentation
The Allplan documentation consists of the following:
The help is the main source of information for learning about and
working with Allplan.
While you work with Allplan, you can get help on the current
Help on the
function by pressing the F1 key, or activate
Default toolbar and click the icon on which you require help.
The Manual consists of two parts. The first part shows how to
install Allplan. The second part is designed to provide an
overview of basic concepts and terms in Allplan as well as
introduce approaches for entering data in Allplan.
The Basics Tutorial guides you step by step through the most
important tools for designing and modifying elements in Allplan.
The Architecture Tutorial guides you step by step through the
process of designing a building. In addition, you learn how to
analyze the building data using reports and to print the results.
The Engineering Tutorial guides you step by step through the
process of creating key plans, general arrangement drawings and
reinforcement drawings and shows you how to print the results.
New Features in Allplan provide information on what's new in
the latest version.
Each volume in the Step-by-Step series deals with a specific
concept or series of tools/modules in Allplan in detail. The areas
covered include data exchange, system administration, geodesy
modules, presentation modules, 3D modeling etc. As a
Serviceplus member you can download these guides as PDF files
in the Learn - Documents area of Allplan Connect
(http://connect.allplan.com).
Sources of information
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Additional help
Tips on efficient usage
The ? menu includes Tips for efficient usage. This topic provides
practical tips and tricks showing you how to use Allplan efficiently
and how to carry out operations with ease.
User forum (for Serviceplus customers)

Allplan forum in Allplan Connect: users exchange information,
valuable tips relating to everyday work and advice on specific tasks.
Register now at
connect.allplan.com
On the Internet: solutions to frequently asked questions

You can find solutions to numerous questions answered by the
technical support team in the comprehensive knowledge database at
connect.allplan.com/faq
Feedback on the help

If you have suggestions or questions on the help, or if you come
across an error, send an email to:
dokumentation@allplan.com
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Training, coaching and project support

The type of training you are given is a decisive factor in the amount
of time you actually spend working on your own projects: a
professional introduction to the programs and advanced seminars for
advanced users can save you up to 35% of your editing time!
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Special seminars are designed for users who wish to extend and
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One-on-one seminars are best when it comes to addressing your
own particular methods of working.
One-day crash courses, designed for office heads, convey the
essentials in a compact format.
We are also happy to hold seminars on your premises: These
encompass not only Allplan issues but include analysis and
optimization of processes and project organization.
For more detailed information on the current training program,
please consult our online seminar guide you can find on our
homepage (http://www.nemetschek-training.de).
Project and drawing files
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Start by creating a new project for the exercises in this step-by-step
guide. You can create projects in three ways: when you start Allplan,
New Project, Open Project on the Default toolbar or in
using
ProjectPilot.
Note: The basic concepts of project organization are described in
detail in the Allplan help.
To start Allplan and to create the project

1 Open the Windows start menu and point to All programs,
Nemetschek, Allplan 2016 and click
Allplan 2016.
Or
Double-click
Allplan 2016 on the desktop.
2 After having started Allplan 2016, you can create a project

straight from the Welcome Screen. Click the corresponding tool.
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If you have switched off the welcome screen, click

New
Project, Open Project on the Default toolbar. The New Project,
Open Project dialog box opens. Click
New Project.
3 The New Project - Specify Project Name dialog box opens. Enter
Step by Step - Geodesy for the name of the new project and
select the No project template entry. Then click Next.
4 In the New Project Additional Settings dialog box, check that

the offset is off. Then confirm by clicking Finish.
Tip: You can use offsets to
import supra-regional
country coordinates with
high numbers (e.g. GaussKrger coordinates). Offsets
always apply to the entire
project.
In unit 4, you will learn how
to import files using an
offset.
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You are in Allplan 2016. The new project is open.

You require the following drawing files to accomplish the exercises
in this guide. Create these drawing files before you start:
Unit
Drawing
Drawing file name
file number
Main road (location line + parallel lines) with label
Side road with connection to main road
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Digital terrain model created by entering single

points
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Digital terrain model, imported
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Cut and fill: digital terrain model, imported
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Cut and fill: unedited digital terrain model
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Unedited digital terrain model
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Point file with free ASCII format, imported using

an offset
Note: Drawing files 22 and 23 will be named automatically when

you calculate the cut and fill.
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To name drawing files

1 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Default toolbar).
2 You do not need a building structure. Therefore, click Cancel and

select the Fileset structure tab.
3 Open the drawing file tree for fileset 0 by clicking the triangle
symbol to the left of the fileset. Name the drawing files as shown.
4 Double-click drawing file 1.
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Basic settings for the exercises
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Basic settings for the exercises

All the exercises use the following basic settings.
To define basic settings

1 The Palette Configuration is active by default. Do not change
this setting. You require an additional configuration toolbar.
On the View menu, point to Toolbars and click
Landscaping/Urban Planning.
2 Move the Landscaping/Urban Planning toolbar to right border of
the viewport so that it is next to the Edit toolbar.
Tip: As the exercises in this
guide make constant
reference to the flyouts, we
advise bookmarking or
making a copy of this page.
Advanced Draft flyout

Site Plan flyout
Digital Terrain Model flyout
Landscaping flyout
Urban Planning flyout
Modifications flyout
3 Set the unit of length in the border of the viewport to m.

4 Set the reference scale in the border of the viewport to 1:1000.
5 On the Format toolbar, select pen thickness 0.25 and line type 1.
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Track tracing
Track tracing facilitates the intuitive design process. It is active by
default.
To make settings for track tracing

1 Click
Line (Create menu - Draft module).
2 Click in the workspace with the right mouse button and select
Track tracing options on the shortcut menu.
3 Make the required settings.
Note: You can quickly switch track tracing on and off at any
time while entering points by pressing the F11 key or clicking
in the dialog line.
4 Click OK to confirm the settings and press ESC to quit the tool.
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Unit 1: Site Plan Module
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Site Plan is a module that includes a wide range of
tools that are particularly useful for road and bridge
construction.
Amongst others, it includes tools for creating curves and
slopes of any shape, as well as for location line labeling
and stationing.
Additional tools are provided for creating point files and
for exchanging these with geodetic stations, for example.
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Exercise 1: main road
Create individual elements
Combine the individual elements to produce a composite element
Create roadsides as parallel lines to the composite element
Define the labels for the road location line

Label the main curve points of the composite element
Disable the labels for the main curve points
Station the location line
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Exercise 2: side road

Design the side road
Move the stations reference point
Station the side road
Skew the roadsides manually and in compliance with RAS
Connect side road to main road by filleting
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Initial settings
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Initial settings
First, set general defaults for the
Site Plan module.
These general defaults are used in all exercises in this step-by-step

guide.
To set general defaults for the Site Plan module

1 Click
Options (Standard toolbar) and then Terrain.
2 Set the options in the Site plan and advanced draft area as
shown below:
Make sure that point symbols and lines are created as 3D
elements.
3 Click OK to confirm the settings.
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You should create the main road and the side road in two separate
drawing files, thus reducing the volume of data per drawing file.
To create the main road, start by entering the road gradient. Then
create the roadsides as parallel lines. After this, you can station and
label the road.
Task 1: entering the road gradient

To begin with, a brief overview of the necessary steps:
Create the road location line first. The following pages will show
you how to do this.
Join the individual elements to form a composite element, which
can then be addressed, modified and edited as a single entity.
Modify Element Parameters to check the composite
Use
element.
Parallel Line Segments to create the roadsides and the
Use
shoulder.
First enter the elements of which the gradient consists. Use the
Modify Element Parameters tool. The basic procedure is always
the same:
Define the elements parameters on the context toolbar. While
you are defining the element, it is displayed in construction line
color on screen.
To ensure that the element has the same direction as the previous
one, specify the start point as follows: define the previous
element as the reference element and the end point as the
reference point. This way, Allplan automatically uses the
coordinates and direction defined by this point.
Finally, right-click in the workspace to confirm the settings. Now
the element is created. You can continue and enter the
parameters for the next element.
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To enter parameters
1 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Default toolbar).
Make sure drawing file 1 is
current and all other drawing files
are closed.
2 Click
Tip: When you enter 0 for the
radius, Infinite appears in the
data entry box.
Modify Element Parameters (Site Plan flyout).
3 To define the start point of the first element, click XS (X

coordinate in start point) on the Modify Element Parameters
Context toolbar.
4 Define the start point of the first element using the global point
setting. Click
Global point in the dialog line.
5 Enter the following values for the global point:
Global X coordinate: 5
Global Y coordinate: 5
6 Press ENTER to confirm.

Now the element is displayed on screen as a construction line
based on the parameters you have set.
7 The first element is a line. To create a line, set the parameters Rad
(Rs) and Rad (Re) to 0 and enter 20 for the arc Length. The
context toolbar should now look like this:
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8 Right-click in the workspace to confirm the settings.

The line is created using the pen thickness and line type currently
set;
Modify Element Parameters remains active.
9 On the context toolbar, click XS (X coordinate in start point) so
that the following element (a clothoid) is connected directly to
the line.
Tip: When designing circles in
particular, you must change
the direction, as circles are
always created in a counterclockwise direction.
10 In the dialog line, click

Delta point and click the line you just
created. This line will serve as the reference element.
The direction is indicated by an arrow (see below). If the arrow
has the wrong direction, you can change it by clicking S->E or
E->S in the input options.
11 Click the end point of the line to select it as the reference point
(see below).
The start point of the element automatically assumes the angle
and the coordinates of this point.
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Direction of
element
12 Enter the following values on the context toolbar:

Rad (Re)
80.000
A= 50.000
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13 Confirm the parameters.

Allplan creates the clothoid. Your drawing should now look like
this:
st
1 element (line)
nd
2 element (clothoid)
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elements. All you need to do is enter the values that are shown in
bold; Allplan automatically calculates the other values. Repeat
the steps above:
On the context toolbar, click XS.
Double-click with the middle mouse button in the workspace
to display the full drawing.
Click the reference element (the element you created last).
If necessary, change the direction by clicking in the input
options.
Click the reference point whose angle and coordinates you
want to adopt (the end point of the element you created last).
Enter the values as shown below (you only need to enter the
values shown in bold).
Confirm the parameters.
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Type
Length
m
Straight line
already entered
Clothoid
already entered
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Rad (Rs)
m
Rad (Re)
m
A=
Circle
40.000
80.000
80.000
Spiral clothoid
45.9375
80.000
- 40.000
35.000
Circle
30.000
- 40.000
- 40.000
Spiral clothoid
50.000
- 40.000
40.000
31.6228
Circle
30.000
+ 40.000
40.000
Spiral clothoid
45.9375
40.000
- 80.000
35.000
Circle
40.000
- 80.000
- 80.000
Clothoid
31.250
- 80.000
0.000
50.000
Straight line
20.000
0.000
0.000
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Modify Element Parameters tool.
The result should now look like this:
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The next step is to combine the individual elements to produce a

composite element, which can then be addressed, modified and
edited as a single entity.
To combine elements to produce a composite element

1 Click
Composite Element (Advanced Draft flyout).
2 Enter a name for the composite element.

Note: By assigning a name, you can select the composite element
without having to click it. This is very useful if several composite
elements are within a small area.
3 To define a reference element, click an element of the location
line.
4 Double-click with the right mouse button in the workspace to

select all connected entities.
5 Press ESC to quit the tool.
Note: The individual elements are displayed using line type 5 and
different colors. This is in accordance with the settings you made in
the options. Color display depends on the setting of Color stands for
Show/Hide (Standard toolbar).
pen in
If you do not want to display the individual elements in this manner,
Modify Composite
switch off the Dsp Ce parameter in the
Element tool.
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The following steps show you how to check the data of composite
elements and of their individual elements.
To check data
1 Click
Modify Element Parameters (Site Plan flyout).
2 Click the composite element.

The context toolbar displays the parameters of the composite
element.
3 The Elements box shows the number of the element clicked and
the total number of elements in the composite element. Clicking
in the data entry box opens another context toolbar containing
the parameters of the corresponding individual element.
Note: To peg out road location lines, you can create a list including
the individual elements and print it:
Import, Export Point File and create a composite element
Click
file; select the Show option and confirm the settings.
Print Preview to print

Then place the list in the workspace. Click
the list on a printer.
For example, you can use the composite element file as a route when
Bridge, Civil Engineering Component tool. If
working with the
you need only a part of the road gradient, cut out the required area
and create a composite element from this area.
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Now you will create the roadsides as parallel lines to the composite
element. The road is to be 7 m wide.
To create parallel lines

1 Click
Parallel Line Segments (Site Plan flyout).
2 Click the location line.

3 Click
Selected element in its entirety in the input options as
you want to create a parallel line to the entire segment.
4 Enter 3.50 for the offset.

5 Click below the composite element to specify the side on which
the parallel line is to be created.
6 Enter 1 for the number.
This creates the roadside on the right.
7 Create the parallel line for the roadside on the left. Enter -7.00
for the offset and 1 for the number.
Your drawing should now look like this:
8 Press ESC to quit
Parallel Line Segments.
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Task 2: labeling and stationing the main road

Now you will label the main curve points and stationing points of
the route. This involves two steps:
Modify Composite Element to define the label.
First, click
You can set a different label type, symbol and offset for
stationing points and main curve points.
Label tool for the actual labeling. If the element
Then, use the
or the composite element has not been stationed yet, the labels of
the stationing points are only displayed after you have stationed
the element/composite element.
To define the labels

1 Click
Modify Composite Element (Site Plan flyout).
2 Click the road location line.

The Context toolbar shows the current settings.
3 Set the parameters as follows:
Statio (station's label type): Normal
St Sym (station's point symbol number): 2
St Off (spacing between station text in mm): 0 (= automatic)
Label (element's label type): Layout
Lb Sym (labels point symbol number): 1
Lb Off (element label offset in mm): 18
Lb Dir (label direction): S -> E
Dsp Ce (display composite elements): Yes
Ts L/S (text size factor): 0.8
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4 Click the Toggle on the right and set the text height to 2.5 and
the text width to 2.0.
5 Click the Toggle again and click OK to confirm the settings.

This defines the parameters for the labels. The next step is to
label the elements.
Modify Composite Element tool.
The next step is to label the main curve points of the location line.
You will start by defining the size of the point symbols using the
Terrain Point tool.
To label the route

1 Click
Terrain Point (Advanced Draft flyout).
2 Click Symbol on the context toolbar. Set the symbol size to 1.0
mm in the dialog box.
3 Confirm the settings.
Terrain Point tool.
5 In the Tools palette, select the

Site Plan module.
6 Click
Terrain family and open the
Label (Tools palette, Create area).
The Label Site Plan setting is active in the input options. Leave it
as it is.
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The composite element is labeled based on the parameters you
have set. Your drawing should now look like this:
Label tool.
Next, you will station the composite element. Allplan labels the
station points according to the settings in
Modify Composite
Element.
To station the location line

1 First, deactivate the labels of the elements again by clicking
Modify Composite Element.
2 Click the composite element (see below).
3 To deactivate the labels of the elements, set Label to No and click
to switch Lb Sym off. In the St Off data entry box, set the
station label offset to 5.

This defines the label.
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5 Click
Station Element (Site Plan flyout) to station the
composite element. Define the following settings in the input
options:
Selected element in its entirety
Click
Select point symbol and select symbol 2.
Enter 1 mm for the Size of the point symbol.

6 Click the composite element (see below).
7 Set the station difference to 10.
This stations the composite element. The stationing points are
labeled according to the settings in
Modify Composite
Element.
Station Element tool.
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Note: The tools in the

Site Plan module let you create station
labels that best suit your own preferences and requirements. In
addition, you can also specify the direction and start point of
stationing. The pages that follow provide an overview of the options
available for setting the reference point, the reference points default
station and the direction of stationing.
Reference point of stationing:
Starting from this point, the stationing is implemented. In the case of
composite elements, the reference point is displayed as a cross (in
construction line format).
You can move the reference point using Ref Pnt provided in the
Reference points default station:

The value used to station the reference point (see above).
You can change this setting using Def Sta in
Modify Element
Parameters.
Stationing direction:
The direction of stationing.
Click
Modify Composite Element and Lb Dir to change the
direction of the stationing. You can only change the direction when
the composite element is not labeled.
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Examples:
Reference point = 0
Default station = 0
Label direction: S->E
Reference point = 5
Default station = 0
Reference point = 5
Default station = 7,5
Reference point = 0
Default station = 0
Label direction: E->S
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This exercise involves designing the side road, which you will
connect to the main road by filleting.
Use a separate drawing file for the side road.
Task 1: designing the side road

The side road starts at station 217.88 of the main road; the side road
is perpendicular to the main road. To design the first element (line),
Modify
use the Perp tool. To create the other elements, use
Element Parameters.
To create the side road (first element)

1 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Default toolbar) and
make drawing file 2 current. Open drawing file 1 in edit mode.
2 Click
Perp (Create menu - Draft module).
3 Click the location line of the main road (see below).

4 To define the start point of the side road, right-click in the
workspace and select
Offset by line on the shortcut menu.
Tip: Positive offset values are

always applied to the left in
relation to the element
direction. The direction of the
first element defines the
direction of the entire
composite element.
5 Click the location line of the main road (see below) and, if
necessary, move the reference point to the start of the location
line (station 0).
6 In the dialog line, enter 217.88 for
Offset to reference point
and 15 for
Offset to element and press ENTER to confirm.
First element of
side road
3
5
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Perp tool.
This completes the first element of the side road.
Note: You can use the
Station Element tool in conjunction
with the Part setting (input options) to create the station for the
side road's start point and thus check whether the value is
correct.
The other elements of the side road are created using the
Modify
Element Parameters tool, which is familiar to you from the first
exercise.
To design the side road (other elements)

1 Click
Modify Element Parameters.
2 To define the start point, click XS on the context toolbar.

3 To define the reference element, click the line of the side road
(see below).
4 To define the reference point, click the end point of the line. The
coordinates and the angle of this point are adopted (see below).
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7 Tip: Positive offset values are always applied to the left in

relation to the element direction. The direction of the first
element defines the direction of the entire composite element.
5 To create the first clothoid, enter the following values on the
context toolbar:
Rad (Re)
-30.000
A= 20.000
6 Right-click in the workspace to confirm the settings.

This creates the second element of the side road.
Clothoid
Line (perpendicular)
8 Enter the other elements using the values given in the table
below.
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Type
Length
m
Rad (Re)
m
A=
Straight line
already designed as a perpendicular
Clothoid
already designed
Circle
15.000
- 30.000
- 30.000
Spiral clothoid
18.750
- 30.000
+ 20.000
15.000
Circle
12.000
+ 20.000
+ 20.000
Clothoid
11.250
+ 20.000
0.000
15.000
+ 0.000
0.000
Straight line
20.000
Rad (Rs)
m
9 Press ESC to quit

Modify Element Parameters.
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You will combine the individual elements of the side road to produce
a composite element and create parallel lines at a distance of 3 m
from the location line in the steps that follow.
Tip: Here the approach is only
outlined briefly. For a detailed
description, please refer to
Exercise 1: main road (on
page 22).
To generate a composite element and to create parallel

lines
1 To create a composite element, click
(Advanced Draft flyout).
Composite Element
2 Enter a name for the composite element and click a reference

element on the side road. Then click twice in the workspace with
the right mouse button so that all elements are included in the
composite element.
The start point of the composite element (= reference point of
stationing) is indicated by a cross in construction line format.
3 Click
Parallel Line Segments (Advanced Draft flyout).
4 Create the parallel lines at a distance of 3 m from the road

location line. Your drawing should now look like this:
5 Press ESC to quit
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Task 2: labeling and stationing the side road

Now you will station and label the side road. The stationing is to
begin at the main road with a value of 0. Start by changing the label
direction and moving the reference point to the point where the two
road location lines intersect.
To define the label

1 Click
2 Click the side road (see below).

3 Set the parameters for the label:
Statio (station's label type): Normal
St Sym (station's point symbol number): 2
St Off (spacing between station text in mm): 5
Lb Dir (label direction): E -> S
Define the other parameters as shown.
Tip: If you want to see the
direction of the composite
element, right-click in the
workspace before you select
the composite element, click
Offset by line on the
shortcut menu and then click
the composite element. The
direction is indicated by an
arrow.

Modify Composite Element tool.
6 To modify the reference point of the stationing, click

Element Parameters (Site Plan flyout).
7 Click the side road.
8 On the Context toolbar, click Ref Pnt.
Modify
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9 Click the point where the main road and the side road intersect to
define it as the new reference point.
The new reference point is indicated by a cross in construction

line format.
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10 If you want, you can now station the elements without having to
activate the
Station Element tool. All you need to do is click
Spacing on the Context toolbar, enter 10 and confirm the entry.
This stations the composite element. Your drawing should now
look like this:
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Task 3: skewing the roadsides

Tight curves, road openings, etc. sometimes need to be enlarged in
order to accommodate heavy trucks, for example. You can perform
the enlargement manually or automatically (according to RAS
guidelines).
Both procedures are presented in this chapter.
Before you start, disable the stationing of the road location line.
Then station the roadside on the right. The stations are to be spaced
at 5 m.
To station the roadside on the right

1 Click
2 Click the road location line. Click the Statio data entry box and
set the label type to No.

The label is no longer displayed;
remains active.
Modify Composite Element
4 Click the roadside on the right.

5 On the Context toolbar, click Statio and set the label type to
Normal.
6 Click Lb Dir and set the label direction to E -> S.
8 Click
Station Element (Site Plan flyout) to station the
roadside.
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10 Enter 5 for the spacing.

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You will skew the roadside from station -85 to station -60 manually.
To skew the roadside manually

The
Site Plan module (Terrain family) is selected In the Tools
palette.
1 Click
Skew (Tools palette, Create area).
2 In the input options, click Manual to skew the roadside manually.

4 Enter 6 for the number of stations.
This way, you can define values for the skew at six stations. The
Station-Dependent Skew dialog box opens. Enter the station in
the column on the left and the value by which the roadside is to
be skewed at this station in the column on the right.
5 Enter the values as shown below:
6 Confirm your entries.
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The roadside is skewed manually.

Skew
manual
The stationing points show the skew clearly.

Skew tool.
As an alternative, you will now use RAS guidelines to skew the

roadside from station -60 to station -20.
To skew according to RAS guidelines

Tip: If the
Skew tool is
still active, you can simply
click RAS in the Input
options.
1 Click
Skew.
2 Click the roadside on the right (see below).

3 Click the start point of the skew (see below). This is the end point
of the manual skew you performed beforehand.
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4 Click the end point of the skew or enter the value at the
keyboard. The end point is at station -20.
5 Enter the offset in the end point by clicking this point again or
entering the value 0.
4
Skew acc.
to RAS
Skew tool.
7 Click
Modify Composite Element (Site Plan flyout). Switch
off the station label for the roadside and switch on the one for
the road location line.
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Task 4: connecting the side road to the main road

Finally, you will connect the roadsides of the side road to the main
road by filleting. You first need to isolate the roadsides from the
composite element.
To connect the side road to the main road by filleting

1 Click
Tip: A composite element can
only be exploded in the
current drawing file.
Explode Composite Element (Advanced Draft flyout).
2 Click the two roadsides of the side road one after the other (see
below).
Explode Composite Element tool.
4 Use the shortcut menu to open the drawing file with the main
road. Click an element of the main road with the right mouse
button (see below).
5 Click Change Drawing File Status on the shortcut menu and then
Current in the dialog box.
This makes drawing file 1 current and opens drawing file 2 in
edit mode.
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6 Click
Explode Composite Element again and click the (top)
left roadside of the main road.
Tip: You can also use the

Fillet tool (Change menu
- Draft module).
7 Click
Fillet and Tangent (Site Plan flyout).
8 To define the first element, click the right roadside of the side
road (see below).
9 To specify the second element, click the (top) left roadside of the
main road (see below).
10 Enter 8.0 for the radius of the fillet.
Several circles are presented for selection.
11 Click the appropriate circle (see below).
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12 As you do not want to reduce the radius, confirm the prompt

displayed in the dialog line.
13 You can now create the other fillet by repeating the steps
described above. The fillet is drawn.
14 Use
Delete (Edit toolbar) and
Delete Segment of Line
(Change menu - Draft module) to delete the superfluous lines.
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Unit 2: Digital Terrain

Model Module
You can use the tools in the
module to edit and model terrain data in threedimensional space.
Based on point data which can be entered manually or
imported as a file, a three-dimensional model is created
by meshing points to form triangles. Special areas (e.g.,
building plots) can be defined in this model and cut out
later during the edit phase.
This unit will introduce you to the most important tools
of the Digital Terrain Model module.
In particular you will learn how to
Place individual terrain points in a grid
Create a three-dimensional model based on individual
points
Add points to a DTM and optimize the grid
Create contour lines and elevation points
Label the terrain
Raise 3D elements to the height of the terrain
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Place points in a grid
Mesh points to form a digital terrain model
Add more points to the model
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Enter a breakline
Draw contour lines in the DTM
Label contour lines along a contour gradient
Label grid points
Change the smoothing factor of contour lines by modifying the
DTM
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Exercise 4: raising a 3D element

Create a standard 3D element
Raise the 3D element to the height of the terrain
Create a cutaway around the 3D element
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Default settings
To set general defaults for the
module
1 Click
Options (Standard toolbar).
The Terrain page you selected in unit 1 is still open. If it isnt,

select it now.
2 Set the options in the Digital terrain model area as shown below:

4 Click
Representation (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
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5 In the dialog box, activate the display of all elements according

to the following illustration to ensure that all DTM elements are
visible on screen.
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Exercise 3: creating and editing a digital

terrain model
Task 1: placing terrain points
In the task that follows, you will terrain points as individual points.
Start by creating a grid with a spacing of 2 m to help you place the
point symbols exactly.
To define a grid
1 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Standard toolbar),
make drawing file 11 current and close all the others.
3 To define a grid, click
Grid Settings on the View menu.
4 To define the global point of the grid, enter 0 for both the X axis
and the Y axis.
Tip: You should assign a point
number to all the points you
are placing. This way, you can
compute the cut and fill
without any problems later.
5 To define the width of the grid, enter a value of 2 for both the X
axis and the Y axis.
6 On the View menu, click
screen.
Grid on/off to display the grid on
To place terrain points in a grid

Tip: You can also see the
point number when you
check the coordinates with
the Measure tool.
1 Click
2 Click Pnt No and enter 1.

Allplan numbers the points, starting with number 1.
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3 Click Symbol, select symbol 1, set the symbol size to 5.0 mm and
select the Constant size in layout option (see below).
4 Click Text, select the Additional text check box, set the text
parameters as shown, clear the Additional text check box again
and click OK to confirm your settings.
Tip: You will also use these
text parameters to label the
DTM later.
You should clear the
Additional text option again.
Otherwise, you have to press
ESC each time you enter a
terrain point in order to skip
the prompt for additional
text.
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5 Click Height and enter 0 for the height of the first point.
6 Set the other parameters as shown below:
Tip: For the label, you can
enter an alphanumeric value
that is up to 12 characters
long. You can use this value
to label the terrain point and
thus the points of the digital
terrain model.
7 Click the Toggle and define the text parameters as shown below:
This defines the text size for the label of the grid points.
8 Click the Toggle again to confirm the settings.
9 Right-click in the workspace, choose
Point snap options on
the shortcut menu and select Grid point.
10 Click
Reduce View on the View menu and place the first
terrain point on a grid point at top left (see illustration below).
11 Place the other points as shown below (construction lines, point
labels and the numbers of the axes are visible in this illustration
to help you place the point symbols; this information is not
displayed on your screen).
Go to the context toolbar and assign the height given below to
each point symbol. You do not need to change the other
parameters.
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Terrain Point tool.
13 Open the View menu and click

again.
Grid on/off to hide the grid
Note: When creating points, make sure that you always use point
numbers right from the beginning. You will need them later on when
it comes to computing the cut and fill.
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Assigning point numbers

With the tools in the
Site Plan module used for creating point
symbols (e.g
Terrain Point,
Station Element,
Divide
Element,
Label,
Perpendicular through Station,
Import,
Export Point File), point numbers can be assigned automatically.
The point number, which consists of a maximum of eight digits, is
made up of a four-digit primary point number and a four-digit
secondary point number.
The point numbers are defined as follows:
Terrain Point,
Label and
In
parameters for Pr Pnt and Pnt No in
Import, Export Point File, the

Terrain Point are used.
Divide Element,
Station Element and
Perpendicular
In
through Station, you can define the point numbers using
Select
point symbol in the input options or
Terrain point definition on
the shortcut menu.
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Primary point number

It represents the constant part of the point number. Entering 0 will
set this off, i.e., no primary point number is used.
In Site Plan-Specific Point Definition, the primary point number
can be transferred automatically from an existing location line
number (for example, when using
Perpendicular through
Station). In order for the number to be transferred automatically, the
name of the composite element must include an encrypted number
beginning with #N.
Example: The name Location Line #123 used for a composite
element generates the primary point number 123. When
automatically transferring the number, the option for manually
setting the number is unavailable.
Secondary point number
It represents the dynamic part of the point number; this value will
increase with each consecutive point. Enter 0 to switch this off.
Perpendicular through Station tool automatically takes the
The
secondary point number from the reference element for composite
elements.
To assign point numbers later, use
Modify Terrain Point.
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Task 2: creating and optimizing a DTM

Next, you will create the actual digital terrain model by meshing the
individual points to form triangles.
To create the grid

1 Click
Mesh, Optimize Grid (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Double-click in the workspace with the right mouse button to

select all points or use the left mouse button to open a selection
rectangle enclosing all the points.
This creates the digital terrain model. Your drawing should now
look like this:
Mesh, Optimize Grid tool.
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In your daily work, you often need to add points to an existing

digital terrain model. First you will place the points using the
Terrain Point tool and then you will integrate them into the
model. Allplan will automatically optimize the digital terrain model.
Adding grid points to DTM

1 On the View menu, click
screen again.
Grid on/off to display the grid on
2 Click
Terrain Point (Repeat menu / Advanced Draft flyout).
The context toolbar should look like this:
If you have just entered the terrain points, the parameters set are
still correct. Otherwise, set the parameters as described in Task 1:
placing terrain points (on page 53).
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3 Place the two points as shown below. The height of the points is
important:
Terrain Point tool.
5 On the Repeat menu, click
Grid on/off to hide the grid again.
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The next step is to integrate these two points into the digital terrain
model.
To add elements to the DTM

1 Click
Grid Point (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Select the two points you want to mesh with the DTM.
3 Click the DTM.
The two points are added to and meshed with the DTM. Meshing
is based on the principle of achieving a "minimum total of
triangle sides".
The following illustration shows the optimized grid; the dashed
lines show the grid before the optimization:
Grid Point tool.
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A note on meshing elements at the height of the terrain

You can also use the
Mesh Element with DTM tool to add
elements to the grid. The height of the points meshed is interpolated
to the terrain. You can then optimize the DTM.
To mesh elements and optimize the DTM

1 Click
Mesh Element with DTM (Digital Terrain Model flyout)
and click the DTM.
2 Do not change the Polyline setting in the input options and select
the two points you want to mesh with the DTM.
Tip: You can use the
Grid
Point tool to modify the
height of grid points later.
Allplan creates new grid lines. Please note that the interpolation
to the height of the terrain produces new height values for the
points.
Mesh, Optimize Grid (Repeat menu /Digital Terrain

3 Click
Model flyout).
4 In the input options, click Optimize.
5 Select the two new grid points.
Meshing is based on the principle of achieving a "minimum total
of triangle sides".
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Task 3: entering a breakline

The task that follows involves specifying a breakline in the terrain.
You can use this tool to define terrain edges such as slopes, for
example. Triangles with these mandatory grid lines are not optimized
and calculated as breaklines.
To enter a breakline
1 Click
Breakline (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the DTM in which you want to create a breakline.

Tip: Define the color used to
display the breakline in the
module's
Options.
3 Click the first point of the breakline (see below).

4 Click the second point of the breakline (see below).
5 Press ESC twice to finish entering points and to quit the
Breakline tool.
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Note: Two additional tools are provided for editing digital terrain
models:
Exterior Boundary:
You can use this tool to create a new exterior boundary for the DTM.
The exterior boundary defines the area of a DTM within which
Allplan will perform calculations, apply labeling and update data
automatically.
Cutaway:
You can use this tool to insert cutaways in a DTM. Contour lines,
elevation points and labels are not displayed within these regions.
Task 4: drawing contour lines and labeling the DTM

To draw contour lines
1 Click
Contour line (Digital Terrain Model flyout) and select
line color 7.
2 Click the DTM in which you want to create the contour lines.
Tip: Contour lines can easily
be deleted using the
Delete incl. Contours and
Elevation Points tool.
3 You are prompted for the minimum and maximum height. Press
ENTER to confirm each time.
This way, contour lines are created for the entire DTM.
4 Enter 0.5 for the difference in height.
This defines the spacing between the contour lines.
The contour lines are created; the following should now be
displayed on your screen.
Tip: You can use the

Grid
Point tool to modify the
height of grid points later.
The contour lines update
automatically.
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Next, you will label the contour lines. In detail, the points of
intersection between contour lines and a contour gradient that you
will enter are labeled. The location of the contour line labels and the
Options.
number of decimal places are defined in the module's
To label contour lines

1 Click
Label Triangles, Contours, Points (Digital Terrain
Model flyout) and select line color 7 again.
2 In the input options, click Cont (contour line).
3 Click the DTM.
4 Click the start point of the contour gradient (see below).
5 Click the end point of the contour gradient (see below).
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label the contour lines
depends on the settings in
.
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The contour lines are labeled based on the settings defined in the
Options.
6 Press ESC twice to finish entering the contour gradients and to

quit
Label Triangles, Contours, Points.
Now you will label the grid points. The font size depends on the
settings in
Terrain Point.
To label grid points

1 Click
Label Triangles, Contours, Points (Digital Terrain
Model flyout).
2 In the input options, click Point.
3 Click the DTM.
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4 Use the left mouse button to enclose all the points of the DTM in
a selection rectangle.
The drawing should now look like this:
Label Triangles, Contours, Points tool.
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Task 5: changing the smoothing factor of contour lines

As the value for the smoothing factor is set to Linear in the Digital
terrain model area of the
Terrain options, the contour lines are
drawn linearly between the individual grid lines. If you want the
contour lines to be displayed more exactly, you need to increase the
Terrain options before you create the
smoothing factor in the
DTM. Alternatively, use the
Modify DTM tool.
Tip: The smoothing factor
only affects contour lines,
elevation points and
interpolations, and not cut
and fill, slope and surface
calculations, etc. The higher
the factor, the more time is
required for large models.
To increase the smoothing factor and the number of

decimal places for contour lines
1 Click
Modify DTM (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the DTM you want to modify.

3 On the context toolbar, click Factor and set the smoothing factor
to 10.
4 Click Point and set the point label type to H + No (height +
number).
5 Click Decim. and set the decimal places in contour line labels to
1.
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The contour lines adapt accordingly. Your drawing should now

look like this:
As you can see, the contour line labels also update automatically.
Modify DTM tool.
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In the last exercise of this unit, you will create a simple 3D element
(consisting of two boxes) and raise it to the height of the terrain.
Before you do this, however, you need to assign the same group
number to these two boxes to ensure correct results.
Finally, you will check the position of the building in the terrain by
creating a cutaway around the 3D element.
To create a 3D element
the
3D Modeling module.
2 On the Window menu, click
Bonus Tools family and open

3 Viewports.
3 Click
Box (Tools palette, Create area), open the
options and clear the Grid point check box.
Point snap
4 In plan view, specify the corner of the first box (see below).
5 Enter the following values:
X coordinate: 6
Y coordinate: 4
Z coordinate: 3
6 In isometric view, define the start point of the second box (see
below).
7 Enter the following values:
X coordinate: 2
Y coordinate: 2
Z coordinate: 1
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Box tool.
3D elements are always raised segment by segment; in other words,

every individual segment is raised to the height given. The two boxes
need to be combined into one entity group to ensure that their
height settings are retained. Otherwise, the position of the two boxes
relative to one another would change.
To assign the same group number to 3D elements

Tip: The two boxes can be
grouped automatically. To do
this, click
Assign Group
Number on the Format menu
before you create them.
1 Click
Modify Format Properties (Edit toolbar).
2 Click
Match parameters at bottom left in the Modify Format
Properties dialog box.
3 Click one of the two boxes.
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The group number of the box clicked appears in the Group

number line.
4 Clear all the check boxes in the dialog box with the exception of
Group number and Line color, select line color 5 and click OK to
confirm.
5 Click the two boxes in plan view.
Now both boxes have the same group number.
6 Press ESC to quit
Modify Format Properties.
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3D elements can be raised to the minimum, maximum or mean

height. You can also enter a constant height. This exercise uses the
mean height. To determine this value, Allplan calculates the height
of the element in all its corners.
To raise 3D elements
Terrain family and open the
Digital Terrain Model module.
2 Click
Raise 3D Elements (Tools palette, Change area).
3 Click the DTM.

4 Select the two boxes by clicking them with the middle and then
left mouse button. This selects the entire group.
Make sure that plan view is active when you click the two boxes.
5 In the input options, click Mean to raise the 3D element to a
mean height.
The following illustration shows the effects of the Min, Max and
Mean options.
Min
Max
6 Press ESC twice to quit the
Mean
Raise 3D Elements tool.
Although you have raised the 3D element to the mean height of the
terrain, it is still not possible to see how the height calculated by
Allplan and the actual terrain heights behave in the building area. To
achieve this, you will create a cutaway around the 3D element.
Before you do this, however, you need to mesh the corners of the
element with the DTM.
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To mesh elements with the DTM

1 Click
Mesh Element with DTM (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the DTM.

3 Click Polyline in the Input options.
4 Click the 3D element.
Points are meshed with the DTM and interpolated to terrain
height at the corners of the element.
The DTM should now look like this in plan view:
5 Press ESC to quit
Mesh Element with DTM.
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To create a cutaway around the 3D element

1 Click
Cutaway (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the DTM.

3 Click the four corners of the 3D element one after the other and
press ESC to finish.
To finish, click the first point again.
The cutaway is created.
In isometric view, you can see how the terrain behaves around
the 3D element.
Building edge
Cutaway
You can see, for example, that the building corner at top left is
above the height of the terrain. You can use
Raise 3D
Elements to lower it.
5 Set the view to
Cutaway tool.
1 Viewport (Window menu).
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In this unit, you will define routes and roads using the
Digital Terrain Model and
Site Plan
tools in the
modules.
Import data of points and composite elements as a file
Create a profile section from a DTM and activate this
section
Adjust a road location line to a gradient
Create and use a torsion trace to determine the
transverse slope of a route
Create a slope
Create a longitudinal profile
Compute the fill in the terrain
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Exercise 5: importing DTM files
Import data of points and composite elements to the data
exchange folder
Import the point file to the current drawing file
Create and copy the digital terrain model
Import the file with the composite element
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Exercise 6: creating and activating a profile section

Define a profile section along the road location line through the
terrain
Place an extract
Height
Height
Station
Station
Exercise 7: adjusting height of road location line to gradient

Draw a gradient in the extract
Adjust the height of the road location line to the gradient
Height
Height
Station
Station
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Exercise 8: torsion trace

Create a torsion trace
Adjust roadsides automatically to the transverse slope determined
by the torsion trace
Exercise 9: slope
Create a slope
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Exercise 10: longitudinal profile

Create a longitudinal profile file from a three-dimensional digital
terrain model
Define height settings and create a longitudinal profile file from a
2D element
Exercise 11: computing the cut and fill

Compute the fill
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Data on the Internet
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Data on the Internet

You can download the data for the exercises in this guide from
Allplan Connect, our service portal.
Downloading data
You can download the training data from Allplan Connect, the
service portal for Allplan.
Go to
connect.allplan.com
Register with your customer number and email address.
Registration is free and not subject to any conditions.
After a few minutes, you will be able to access the data and
information there.
In Allplan Connect, you can find the training data for this stepby-step guide in the Training - Documentation - Step by Step
area.
In addition to the training data, you can find the latest version of
this document as a PDF file.
Download the training data from Allplan Connect, open the
zipped file and copy all data to any folder (C:\data\training, for
example).
Note: Serviceplus customers have access to a number of advanced
step-by-step guides in the Training area of Allplan Connect. It
usually takes one to two working days until you can access this
restricted area and download these documents. Please note that this
service is available to Serviceplus customers only.
For general information on Serviceplus, go to
www.allplan.com/de/serviceplus
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You will create a realistic digital terrain model based on a finished
point file. This way, you do not have to enter all points manually. In
this section you will import the file and create a DTM by meshing
the points.
The entire process involves five steps:
In the Services application, import the files (for the DTM and the
road location line) into the current project.
Import the point file into the current drawing file.
To mesh points to form a digital terrain model
Copy the DTM to another drawing file (for computing the cut and
fill).
Import the road location line as a composite element (in the Site
Plan module).
To import files into the data exchange folder

1 Switch to the Services application.
2 Click Interfaces, point to DTM files and choose Restore DTM
files.
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3 A dialog box opens. Select the folder to which you want to

import the files.
4 As the point files are copied to a subfolder, select User exchange

folder and click OK to confirm.
The Browse for Folder dialog box opens, prompting you to
specify the source of the data.
5 Select the folder with the data (for example, C:\data\training)

and click OK to confirm.
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6 The Multi-select dialog box appears.
Tip: To open the user

exchange folder directly in
Windows Explorer, select the
Service menu, point to
Windows Explorer and click
My own CAD documents
(USR).
7 Click allgeo.re1 and wegachse.re1 and click OK to confirm.

Allplan imports the files to
...\Nemetschek\Allplan\2016\Usr\Local\I_O.
The next step is to import the terrain model to a separate drawing

file. In advance you use
Terrain Point to specify which
parameters are to be assigned to the points (symbol, text, size, etc.)
to be imported.
To import the point file to the current drawing file

1 Switch back to Allplan 2016.
2 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Default toolbar),
4 To define the parameters for the points to be imported, click
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5 Set the following parameters on the context toolbar:

Click Text and switch off Additional text and Special text.
Consequently, Allplan does not label the points during import.
Click Symbol, select symbol 1 and set the symbol size to 1.0
mm.
Enter the other parameters as shown below. You do not need
to set Pnt No (point number) exactly, as the points have
already numbers (from the file). But the point number must be
active so that Allplan numbers the points you will create later.
Terrain Point tool.
7 To import the point file, click

(Digital Terrain Model flyout).
Import, Export Point File

F Type: Coor F (coordinate file)
F Ext: re1
Imp/Ex: Import (import file)
Set the other parameters as shown.
9 Click Apply to confirm the settings.

The Open dialog box shows the folder set in the
Desktop environment page, Save/load area.
Options,
10 Set the path to the user exchange folder

(...\Nemetschek\Allplan\2016\Usr\Local\I_O), select the
allgeo.re1 file and click Open to confirm the dialog box.
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This imports the file to the current drawing file.

Tip: To label points you have
already imported:
1st step: create a coordinate
file from the points you want
Import,
to label (using the
Export Point File tool).
2nd step: delete the points in
the drawing file or switch to
a different drawing file
(otherwise the points exist
twice).
3rd step: select the desired
Terrain Point).
text (in
4th step: import the points
again.
Import, Export Point File tool.
12 Click
Zoom All at the bottom of the viewport to display all
the points.
In the following exercise, you will create the digital terrain model by
meshing points to form triangles.
Then you will copy the DTM to a different drawing file so that the
original terrain is available for subsequent cut and fill calculations.
Finally, you will import the file with the road location line.
To mesh points to form a digital terrain model

1 Click
Mesh, Optimize Grid (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Double-click with the right mouse button in the workspace to

address all the points in the drawing file.
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Tip: If you cannot see the grid

lines,
check the settings in the
Representation tool
(Digital Terrain Model
flyout).
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The DTM should now look like this:
You need the original terrain for calculating the cut and fill later.
Therefore, copy the imported model to another drawing file.
4 On the File menu, click
Documents....
Copy, Move Elements between
5 The Across documents dialog box opens. Select the Copy option
and click OK to confirm.
6 Select drawing file 25 and click OK to confirm.

7 In the input options, click All or double-click with the right
mouse button in the workspace to address all the elements in the
drawing file.
The
Copy, Move Elements between Documents tool closes
automatically.
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8 To import the file with the road location line, click

Export Point File (Advanced Draft flyout).
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Import,
9 On the context toolbar, click F Type, select Composite element

and click Apply to confirm the settings.
10 Double-click the wegachse.re1 file with the left mouse button in
the open dialog box.
The result should look like this (the illustration shows the road
location line highlighted in blue):
Road
location line
The composite element has different colors because 'Create

composite element with fixed format properties' is selected in the
Options and Color stands for pen is not selected in
Show/
Hide (Default toolbar).
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Exercise 6: creating and activating a profile

section
The next step is to define a profile section through the terrain. The
imported road location line will serve as the bearer element. Based
on this profile section, you will then generate an extract and draw
the gradient.
To create a profile section

1 Click
Profile Section (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the DTM of which you want to create a profile section.

Grid: Yes
Stat S: 0 (automatic station difference, only possible when
Grid is set to Yes or Spec)
P Type: Longit
4 Set the other parameters as shown:
5 Click the road location line to define the section line.
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Tip: If you have not clicked the road location line exactly, an
orthogonal section line is created. Press ESC to quit the tool, click
Undo (Default toolbar), zoom in on the DTM and start again!
Profile Section tool.

The road location line is stationed at the points where it intersects
the grid lines.
Now you will create an extract and place it below the DTM.
To place an extract
1 Click
Activate Profile Section (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the profile section.

Note: If the warning Define Pattern Line first! appears when you
click the profile section, select
Pattern Line Settings (Format
toolbar), choose any pattern line and click OK to confirm.
3 Set the following parameters on the Context toolbar:
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Note: Make sure that the Aspect parameter is set to 1.

4 Place the extract below the DTM.
Activate Profile Section tool.
The extract should look like this:
Height
Height
Station
Station
Reference height of horizon and reference scale of height

The reference horizon's upper limit and the height's reference scale
are mutually dependent. Allplan calculates the reference horizon
based on the values you specify for the height level and the smallest
height of the terrain.
In this example, the profile is defined by 5.00 and 15.00 [mm] for
the terrain above the profile box. With the height's reference scale
set to 1:1000, these values result in a length of 20.00 m. The
smallest height of the terrain is -13.068 m.
The maximum height of the reference horizon is thus
-13.068 20.00 = -33.068 m.
When you enter 500 for the height's reference scale, the same values
result in a length of 10.00 m and the maximum height of the
reference horizon is -13.068 10.00 = -23.068 m.
This value is displayed in the Input options when you select the
horizon. When you change the height's reference scale to 1000,
Allplan will automatically set the height of the reference horizon to
the maximum value.
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Next, you will delete the profile section as it is no longer required.
To delete the profile using the DTM filter

The
Digital Terrain Model module (Terrain family) is selected
in the Tools palette.
1 Click
Delete incl. Contours and Elevation Points (Tools
palette, Change area).
2 To delete the profile section only, use a filter. On the Filter
Assistant toolbar, click
Filter by DTM Element Type (Filter
by Element Type flyout):
3 Select Profile section and click OK to confirm.

4 Use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around
the entire profile section.

Points tool.
Delete incl. Contours and Elevation
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Using several profiles in an extract

You can also use several profiles (even from different DTMs) in an
extract.
Several identical profiles in an extract
You can display the original status, planning, and spoil status of a
terrain in an extract in order to measure the differences in area, for
example. To do this, create a profile section for each DTM with an
identical clipping line (for example, by using the same bearer
element each time). Activate all the drawing files and select the
relevant clipping lines.
Example of a longitudinal profile with several horizons:
Section: AAA
Scale 1:100/50
Actual level
Ref. height
Center of
Planned level
AAA
A=10.84 m
BBB
A=10.37 m
Station
Height lines without skew
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Several different profiles in an extract

What is important when creating the profile sections is the stationing
of the individual profiles. For the profile section to be displayed
without breaks, the end station of the first profile section must
match the start station of the second profile section.
Example: activating a transverse profile and a longitudinal profile
The end station of the first (transverse) profile is 1.3 m.
Consequently, the first station of the second (longitudinal) profile
must also be 1.3. Therefore, the second element must be a composite
element as a station origin can only be defined here.
Axis
Longit
Station 1.3 m
Tr. profile 1
Offset 1.3 m
Station 0+010.00
Scale 1:100/50
Axis
Skew
Ref. height
Height
Summing up the horizons

with sequential stations
Longit.
Station
Height lines with skew
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Exercise 7: adjusting height of road location

line to gradient
You will enter the height gradient of the road as a spline in the
extract placed. In practice, you will probably design the gradient
Line and
Fillet or import
more precisely and, for example, use
a file.
To ensure that this step-by-step guide is clear and easy to
understand, you will use a simple spline for the gradient.
To draw a gradient
Tip: On the Format toolbar,
select a different color for the
spline so that it is clearly
visible.
1 Click
Spline (Create menu - Draft module).
2 Leave the settings as they are and draw the spline in the extract.
Note the sequence (points 1 to 5) in which you enter the spline
(see below).
To ensure that the length and the direction of the gradient
coincide with the length and direction of the road line, click the
left start point of the extract (1) to define the starting point of the
spline and click the right end point of the extract (5) to define the
end point of the spline.
Height
Station
Height
Station
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3 Press ESC to finish creating the spline.

Spline tool.
The following should now be displayed on your screen:
Spline as a
gradient
Height
Height
Station
Station
Now you will station the road location line. This way, you define the
polygonization of the road, the points for exactly transferring the
height from the gradient and the location of transverse profiles you
will create later.
Tip: If you have created or
imported a gradient that has
the wrong direction,
change the direction of the
composite element before
you station it (with Lb Dir in
Modify Composite
Element).
To station the road location line

1 Click
Station Element (Site Plan flyout).
2 In the input options, click

symbol 2.
Select point symbol and select

4 Enter 10.0 for the station difference in the dialog line.
The road location line is stationed.
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In the next step, you will use

Modify Terrain Point Height to
adjust the road location line to the gradient. The stationing points
will be raised or lowered to the height of the gradient.
To adjust the road location line to the gradient

1 Click
Modify Terrain Point Height (Site Plan flyout).

The start point is indicated by a small direction arrow.
3 Click the gradient you have just drawn as a spline in the extract.
Height
Height
Station
Station
This is the height of

the first point
4 Enter -3.993 for the reference height (as specified in the extract).
The road location line is adjusted to the height of the gradient at
the stationing points.
Modify Terrain Point Height tool.
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The following exercise involves creating a torsion trace. You will
then use this torsion trace to create the transverse slope of the road
automatically.
To create a torsion trace

label the torsion trace
depends on the settings of
the text parameters in
Modify Composite
Element.
1 Select the
2 Click
Site Plan module in the Tools palette.
Label (Tools palette, Create area).
3 In the Input options, click Tors (torsion trace).

5 Enter the value 1. This value defines how many units of length
are used to display a torsion of 1%.
6 Enter the speed: 40.
7 Place the torsion trace below the extract.
The torsion for the right roadside is displayed as a dashed line;
the one for the left roadside as a continuous line.
A = Torsion for left roadside

B = Torsion for right roadside
Label tool.
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Now, you will create the roadsides as parallel lines to the road
location line at a distance of 3.5 m.
To create parallel lines

1 Click
Parallel Line Segments (Site Plan flyout).
2 Create the parallel lines at a distance of 3.5 m from the road

location line. Your drawing should now look like this:
3 Press ESC to quit
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Next, you will station the roadsides by dropping a perpendicular

from the stationing points of the road location line to the roadsides.
The transverse slope of the road is computed from the torsion trace
created beforehand; Allplan automatically calculates the height
values for the roadsides.
To station the roadsides

1 Click
Perpendicular through Station (Site Plan flyout).

3 Click the torsion trace (see below).
4 Click the torsion trace for the roadside on the left (which is
represented by a continuous line).
5 Click the roadside on the left.
6 Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the other roadside. Click the torsion trace
for the right roadside (which is represented by a dashed line).
Perpendicular through Station tool.
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8 We recommend working with

3 Viewports (zoom in on the
drawing, hide grid points and triangular lines and select the Color
stands for pen option) to look at the new points:
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Exercise 9: slope
The following exercise shows how to create a slope.
To create a slope
1 Click
Slope (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
2 Click the DTM.

3 Click the roadside on the left (see below) to define the first
element of the slope.
Make sure that you do not click the element near a stationing
point.
4 In the input options, click
Polygonize entire element and
click the start point of the left roadside, which is highlighted in
red.
5 Click the roadside on the right (see below) to define the second
element of the slope.
6 Click the end point of the right roadside, which is highlighted in
red (see below).
This illustration does not show the grid lines and points.
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Tip: If you want to define

different inclinations,
enter the station to which the
inclination is to apply in step
9, then define a new
inclination, enter the station
to which this inclination is to
apply and so on.
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7 Press ESC to finish entering the outline of the slope. The polyline
closes automatically.
8 Enter the parameters for the slope:
Incl: 1:x
Cut: 1.000
Fill: 1.500
9 As you do not want to define several sloping regions with

different angles, confirm the prompt displayed in the dialog line.
The slope is created. Your drawing should now look like this:
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In the previous exercises, you adjusted the height of the road
location line to a gradient and then added the new points to the
digital terrain model by creating the slope. So you can now create
the longitudinal profile of the road location line by defining a profile
section along the road location line through the terrain.
To create a profile section

1 Click
Profile Section (Repeat menu or Digital Terrain Model
flyout).
2 Click the DTM of which you want to create a profile section.
3 Set the parameters for the profile section on the context toolbar:
Stat S: 10
Grid: No (only possible if you have entered a value for Stat S)
P Type: Longit
4 Set the other parameters as shown:
5 Click the road location line to define the section line.
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Tip: If you do not click the road location line exactly, Allplan
creates an orthogonal section line. Press ESC to quit the tool,
click
Undo (Default toolbar), zoom in on the DTM and start
again!
As you have already stationed the road location line, Allplan uses
this stationing for the station difference of the profile section,
regardless of the setting for Stat S.
Profile Section tool.
To create a longitudinal profile file from the digital

terrain model
1 Click
Import, Export Point File (Repeat menu or Digital
Terrain Model flyout).
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F Type: L Prof (Longitudinal profiles..... (.lpr))
Imp/Ex: Export (export file)
3 Click Apply to confirm the settings and click the road location
line.
The Save dialog box opens. The file type is set to Point file (*.lpr)
and the path is still set to the user exchange folder
(...\Nemetschek\Allplan\2016\Usr\Local\I_O), which you used in
exercise 5.
4 Enter a file name and click Save to confirm the dialog box.
Creating a longitudinal profile file from a 2D element

Creating a longitudinal profile file always requires a digital terrain
model. But if you have only 2D data to define the height of the road
location line, you can make do with the following approach: create
an orthogonal line, station this line and adjust the height settings of
the station points to the values given. After this, place a terrain point
outside the line and create a digital terrain model from this point
and the station points of the line.
You will use the spline you created in exercise 7 for the height
gradient in this exercise. In practice, the gradient usually consists of
Composite Element that
several elements. In this case, create a
includes all elements. If you want to use only a part of the gradient,
Cut with Element.
split the gradient using
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To station an orthogonal line and to adjust the height

settings
1 Click
Line (Create menu - Draft module) and create a
horizontal line from the start point to the end point of the height
gradient.
The projection of the height gradient and thus the length of the
line must match the actual length of the road location line in
plan view.
Tip: If you want to station the

line at fixed points that are
not spaced equally, use the
Indiv setting in the Input
Options.
Station Element (Repeat menu or Site Plan flyout) and

2 Click
click the line.
3 Enter 10.0 for the station difference in the dialog line.
This stations the line.
4 Click
Modify Terrain Point Height (Repeat menu or Site Plan
flyout) and click the line.
The start point is indicated by a small arrow.
5 Click the spline you want to use as the height gradient.
6 Enter -3.993 for the reference height (matching the starting

height of the gradient).
Allplan adjusts the road location line to the height of the gradient
at the stationing points.
Modify Terrain Point Height tool.
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To create the digital terrain model and the longitudinal

profile file
1 Click
Terrain Point (Repeat menu or Advanced Draft flyout).
Leave the parameters as they are and place a point above the line
you just stationed.
2 Click
Mesh, Optimize Grid (Repeat menu or Digital Terrain
Point Model flyout) and create a digital terrain model from the
station points of the line and the additional terrain point.
3 Click
Profile Section (Repeat menu or Digital Terrain Model
flyout) and click the DTM.
4 Set the parameters for the profile section on the context toolbar:
Grid: Yes
Stat S: 0
P Type: Longit
5 Click the stationed line to define it as the section line.
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6 Click
Import, Export Point File (Repeat menu or Digital
Terrain Model flyout). Confirm the settings by clicking Apply
and click the stationed line.
7 Save the file. Then press ESC to quit the

File tool.
Import, Export Point
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In the following exercise, you will compute the fill by comparing the
edited DTM (in the current drawing file) with the original DTM (in
the drawing file in edit mode).
Allplan calculates cut and fill according to REB 22.013. The result is
a prism drawing, which is created automatically, and a report you
can use to check the calculations.
Finally, you will label the prism drawing.
To compute cut and fill

1 Open drawing file 25 with the original DTM in edit mode.
2 Click
Compute Cut and Fill (Digital Terrain Model flyout).
3 Set the parameters as shown below and click OK to confirm.

Note: Using
Show/Hide, you can hide the fills representing
the cut and fill in the drawing files.
Tip: If the points clicked are

part of both DTMs, the DTM
in the drawing file open in
edit mode automatically
serves as the original DTM
and the DTM in the current
drawing file as the edited
DTM.
4 Click the first DTM (which is to serve as the original DTM).

5 Select drawing file 23. Allplan will place the prism drawing for
the original DTM in this file.
6 Click the second DTM.
7 Select drawing file 22. Allplan will place the prism drawing for
the edited DTM in this file.
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8 Allplan opens the Reports dialog box, where you can select
predefined reports.
If necessary, click Default on the left, select the Prism list.rdlc
report and click Open.
Allplan starts to compute the cut and fill.
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You can see the report in the Report dialog box on screen. To
scroll, use the icons on the report toolbar at the top.
You can edit the report as follows:

You can print it.
You can place it in the current document.
You can save it in PDF, Excel or BCM format.
You can edit it using the Layout Designer.
You can save changes as a new template in RDLC format.
9 Close the report.
10 Click Cancel to close the Reports dialog box.
Compute Cut and Fill tool.
12 To check calculations, open the corresponding drawing file (for

example, drawing file 22) and label the triangles (prisms) and
points using
Label Triangles, Contours, Points.
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Additional steps to edit the DTM

To edit the digital terrain model, for presentation purposes, for
example, you can convert it to a 3D element using the
Convert
DTM Elements to 3D tool. You can use tools provided in the
3D Modeling
Animation
modules to enhance it graphically and optically.
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In this unit, you will learn how to import files with
coordinates in the national Gauss-Krger coordinate
system and in the global UTM coordinate system. You
will use an offset to read in point files with country
coordinates in a coordinate range favoring processing. At
the same time you will interchange the X and Y
coordinates to display the file correctly on screen. You
can find an example in the data provided with this stepby-step guide.
Make settings for user-defined ASCII-format files
Use an offset to import files with large point
coordinates
Interchange the X and Y coordinates for the import
Please note that the offset set is always valid for the
whole project.
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Tip: If a point file with free
ASCII format does not have
the filename extension asc,
you have to rename the file
before you import it.
In this exercise you will import the file to the current drawing file
without using the Services application to copy the drawing file to the
user folder beforehand. The file is a user-defined ASCII-format file.
As this is not a standardized format, you must first find out which
data (X, Y, Z,...) are in which column of the file. So start with a trial
run to see the contents of the file.
To import the file and check the format

1 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Default toolbar),
2 Set the reference scale to 1:1000.
3 Click
Import, Export Point File (Advanced Draft flyout).

F Type: Coor F (coordinate file)
F Ext: ".asc" (free ASCII format)
Imp/Ex: Import (import file)
Show: View

In the Open dialog box, the file type is set to Point file (*.asc)
and the path is still set to the user exchange folder
(...\Nemetschek\Allplan\2016\Usr\Local\I_O), which you used in
exercise 5.
6 Select the folder to which you imported the training data in unit
3 (for example, C:\data\training).
7 Select the offset.asc file and click Open to confirm the dialog
box.
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Tip: You can also check the
contents of the file in any
ASCII editor.
8 As you have set the Show parameter to View, Allplan displays

the contents of the file.
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9 The title line includes the column numbers. You can see that
the point number starts in column 12 and has eight digits.
the X value (in country coordinates; it is the Y value in
Allplan 2016) starts in column 20 and has seven leading digits
and three decimal places.
the Y value (in country coordinates; it is the X value in
Allplan 2016) starts in column 32 and has seven leading digits
and three decimal places.
the Z value starts in column 50 and has one leading digit and
three decimal places (in this example, the Z value of all points
is set to 0).
the code assignment starts in column 61 (in this example, the
code of all points is set to 0).
You will use this information to set this format on the Terrain
page in the
Options at a later stage.
10 Close the dialog box and click
Undo (Default toolbar).
Allplan deletes the imported points again.
You can define the format of the file to be imported in the

Import/export using point file area on the Terrain page of the
Options In detail, you can specify the columns where the point
number and the X, Y and Z coordinates start and set the number of
leading digits and decimal places for the coordinates.
As in the national coordinate system, the X axis points up and the Y
axis to the right (in contrast to the mathematical coordinate system
which is used in Allplan 2016), you need to interchange the X and Y
axes.
To define the format of the file to be imported

1 Click
Options (Default toolbar).
The Terrain page is still open. If it isnt, select it now.

2 In the Import/export using point file area, click the Configure
button to the right of Point coordinates.
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3 Another dialog box opens in which you can define the format of
the point file. Enter the values as shown below:
Bear in mind that the column numbers for the X and Y

coordinates are interchanged.
4 Click OK to confirm the settings and to close the Options dialog
box.
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To set an offset
1 On the Default toolbar, click
New Project, Open Project, click
the project name with the right mouse button and, on the
shortcut menu, select Properties.
Tip: When data is imported,
the offset values are
subtracted; when data is
exported, they are added.
When you measure the
coordinates of a point, the
offset values are also taken
into account.
2 In the Settings area, select the Offset coordinates check box and
define the offset as shown below.
It is best to enter the same offset values for all the points. By
doing so, all the points are imported to the same quadrant.
As the X and Y axes are interchanged, set the offset in X
direction to 1510000.000 and in Y direction to 1300000.000.
3 Click OK to confirm the Project Settings dialog box and the New
Project, Open Project dialog box.
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To import the file

1 To import the point file, click
(Repeat menu).
Import, Export Point File
2 Set the parameters as shown:

4 Double-click the offset.asc file with the left mouse button in the
open dialog box.
The file is imported to the current drawing file.
6 In the lower border of the viewport, click

all the points.
Zoom All to display
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Tip: You can activate the

Coordinate Tracking toolbar
on the View menu under
Toolbars.
7 To check whether the coordinates have been imported correctly,

move the crosshairs to the points. The coordinates are displayed
on the Coordinate Tracking toolbar.
It is a good idea to clear the Offset coordinates check box in the
Project Settings. As a result, the X coordinates range between
approximately 1.000 and 2.900 and the Y coordinates between
approximately 550 and 2.400.
Make sure that you select the Offset coordinates check box again
before you export the data.
Note: Take advantage of the Optimize working with large
coordinates option in the General area on the Desktop environment
Options. This option produces more detailed results
page in the
when you work with elements that are far from the global point
(origin).
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Index
Index
3
3D elements, raising - 71
A
activating a profile section - 91
adding elements to DTM - 62
adding grid points - 60
adjusting road location line to
gradient - 98
assigning point numbers - 57
B
basic settings - 10
input options - 10
pen thickness and line type 10
reference scale - 10
toolbars - 10
unit of length - 10
breakline - 64
C
checking element data - 23
combining elements to produce a
composite element - 22
composite element - 22, 35
computing cut and fill - 111
connecting by filleting - 44
contour lines - 65
decimal places - 69
labeling - 66
smoothing factor - 69
creating a DTM - 59, 87
creating a grid - 59, 87
creating a profile section - 90
creating individual elements - 17
creating projects - 6
cutaway - 64
D
data exchange folder - 83
data on Internet - 82
decimal places for contour line

labels - 69
defining labels - 25, 36
deleting a profile - 93
digital terrain model - 47
adding - 60
creating - 59, 87
drawing contour lines - 65
entering a breakline - 64
importing - 83
meshing elements - 62
modifying - 69
optimizing - 63
options - 51
representation - 51
direction of stationing - 29
displaying DTM elements - 51
drawing gradients - 96
E
element parameters - 17
entity group - 72
examples of stationing - 30
exterior boundary - 64
F
filleting - 44
G
grid - 53
I
importing a DTM - 83
importing files - 85
importing files into data
exchange folder - 83
input options - 10
L
labeling
defining - 25, 36
performing - 26
labeling contour lines - 66
line type - 10
124
Index
listing elements - 23
listing individual elements - 23
longitudinal profile file
from 2D element - 107
from digital terrain model 105
M
meshing elements with DTM - 62
meshing, optimizing grid - 59, 87
modifying a DTM - 69
modifying terrain point height 98
N
naming drawing files - 6
O
offset - 118
optimizing a DTM - 60, 63
options
digital terrain model - 51
site plan - 16
P
parallel lines - 24, 35, 100
pen thickness - 10
perpendicular through station 101
placing points - 53
placing points in a grid - 53
placing terrain points - 53
placing terrain points in a grid 53
point number
primary point number - 57
secondary point number - 57
primary point number - 57
R
raising 3D elements - 71
reference points default station 29
reference scale - 10
S
site plan - 13
assigning point numbers - 57
Allplan 2016
composite element - 22
creating individual elements 17
options - 16
slope - 103
smoothing factor - 69
sources of information
training, coaching and project
support - 5
speed - 99
spline - 96
stations reference point - 29
stationing
direction - 29
examples - 30
reference point - 29
reference points default
station - 29
stationing roadsides - 101
stationing the location line - 27
T
toolbars
landscaping/urban planning 10
torsion trace - 99
track tracing - 11
transverse slop - 101
U
unit - 10
unit of length - 10

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Training, coaching and project support ......................................................... 5

Unit 1: Site Plan Module .......................................................... 13

Initial settings ..................................................................................................... 16

Exercise 2: side road .......................................................................................... 31

Unit 2: Digital Terrain Model Module................................... 47

Default settings .................................................................................................. 51

Exercise 4: raising a 3D element ................................................................... 71

Unit 3: Road Construction ....................................................... 77

Data on the Internet ......................................................................................... 82

Exercise 5: importing DTM files ..................................................................... 83

Exercise 10: longitudinal profile ................................................................. 105

Exercise 11: computing the cut and fill.................................................... 111

Unit 4: Importing Files ........................................................... 115

Index ........................................................................................... 123

Before You Start ...

Before You Start ...

Feedback on the documentation

Before You Start ...

User forum (for Serviceplus customers)

On the Internet: solutions to frequently asked questions

Feedback on the help

Before You Start ...

Training, coaching and project support

Project and drawing files

Project and drawing files

To start Allplan and to create the project

Allplan 2016 on the desktop.

2 After having started Allplan 2016, you can create a project

Before You Start ...

If you have switched off the welcome screen, click

4 In the New Project Additional Settings dialog box, check that

Project and drawing files

You are in Allplan 2016. The new project is open.

Main road (location line + parallel lines) with label

Side road with connection to main road

Digital terrain model created by entering single

Digital terrain model, imported

Cut and fill: digital terrain model, imported

Cut and fill: unedited digital terrain model

Unedited digital terrain model

Point file with free ASCII format, imported using

Note: Drawing files 22 and 23 will be named automatically when

Before You Start ...

To name drawing files

Open on a Project-Specific Basis (Default toolbar).

2 You do not need a building structure. Therefore, click Cancel and

Basic settings for the exercises

Basic settings for the exercises

To define basic settings

Advanced Draft flyout

3 Set the unit of length in the border of the viewport to m.

Before You Start ...

To make settings for track tracing

Line (Create menu - Draft module).

Unit 1: Site Plan Module

Unit 1: Site Plan Module

Define the labels for the road location line

Unit 1: Site Plan Module

Exercise 2: side road

Site Plan module.

These general defaults are used in all exercises in this step-by-step