Printing and Publishing

The Print Organizer is a powerful tool that enables you to orginize, resymbolize and batch print projects. But there is more to printing and publishing thant using ….. Sheet Models, Saved Views, References, PrintStyles, Pen Tables…

Dave Mayer

Annotating Title Blocks

Learn how to annotate title block information for both ProjectWise and non-ProjectWise workflows from the sheet index. Additionally, discover how to use the sheet index to control sheet numbers, organize sheet sets, the order of sheets, sheet properties, and how to publish project deliverables.

Dave Mayer

MicroStation CONNECT Edition Ask the Instructor

Discuss the MicroStation topics that are important to you with Bentley Instructors. We’ll have MicroStation up on the big screen and there are no questions barred!

Dave Mayer

Deep Dive into Annotations – Annotation Groups

Annotation Groups are the key to setting up automated annotation for both geometry along with cross section and profile sheets. In this presentation, we will explore the different types of Annotation Groups. After defining the different types of Annotation Groups, we will next look at creating and editing them. Lastly, we will explore importing Annotation Groups from other WorkSpaces to simplify the creation process.

Cross Section Annotation

Learn about cross section annotation automation and setup in OpenRoads Designer.

Megan Roden

Deep Dive into Annotations – Civil Labeler

Every engineering project requires manual annotation. Civil Labeler allows the user to create any combination of both static and computed text. Civil Labeler supports many different settings to control the symbology and overall appearance such as rotation, leader lines, etc. In this Presentation we will learn how to create different types of Civil Labels from start to finish. In addition, learn how to import Civil Label Definitions from other WorkSpace Environments

Jordan Belcher

Special ditch and curb annotation in profile

In this OpenRoads session, you will learn workflows for adding and annotating Special Ditches in Profile

Jordan Belcher

3D Modeling Advanced IDOT-Specific Bridge IDOT

This workshop leads the participant in the creation of an IDOT-specific 3D bridge model. The structure to be modeled is a relatively simple one, in that it is a 3-span, wide flange bridge, supported by integral abutments and pile bent/solid wall piers. The model creation will make use of basic OpenBridge Modeler tools, Generative Components, and MicroStation 3D modeling tools.

“Prerequisite:
Participants should be familiar with OpenBridge Modeler’s intended workflow. This can be achieved by working through any of Bentley’s training examples either through the Bentley LEARN site or through YouTube. Participants should also be at least familiar with the 3D modeling tools of MicroStation.”

Using and Editing Templates

This course teaches how to efficiently modify and use existing templates, such as those delivered in the Bentley Civil Workspace, for your project situations. You will learn how to manage template libraries and edit templates to satisfy project specifications including minor edits such as pavement width, pavement slope, and end condition (cut/fill) treatments. You will also learn how to replace entire sections of templates with alternate components such as adding curb and gutter to a template.

Alexis Nichols

Using and Defining Superelevation

In this course, you will learn how to create, edit and review superelevation information using the tools provided in OpenRoads Designer. You will learn about the Superelevation XML preference file that controls how superelevation is calculated. You will learn how to create superelevation sections, lanes and transitions and how to apply the superelevation transitions to your corridor. You will also learn how to review and edit superelevation data.

Jordan Belcher

Strategies for Working with Multiple Independent WorkSpaces

“We work with consultants on a daily basis who have to manage MicroStation, ORD, OSD, and OBM Configurations and WorkSpaces from different clients. It is not uncommon for companies to have to manage ten or more separate Configurations. This presents a myriad of problems with installation, giving users the access they need to the configurations, and keeping current with changes from the client. This session will explore different strategies for taming the potential chaos.
“

Rod Wing

Creating a Rural Driveway Civil Cell

In this course, you will learn how to create and place a rural driveway civil cell. The civil cell you create will be a driveway that is 16 feet wide and feature 15 foot radius curves.

Creating and Manipulating the Corridor

In this course, you will create a roadway corridor and then explore the many tools and techniques to edit and manipulate the corridor. We will take a look at how to add multiple templates drops along the corridor as you encounter intersections, driveways and turn lanes and how to edit and copy template drops in lieu of creating a new template. We will show how to make the corridor follow edge of pavement geometry using point controls and corridor references. You will learn how the secondary alignment tool aids in changing the direction of template processing as it applies to point controls and corridor reference elements. You will also learn how to use parametric constraints to override default template values for pavement depths, curb heights, shoulder slopes and ditch widths and how to use the clipping reference tool to clip out a portion of your corridor. We will take a look at how corridors interact with other corridors by learning how to use target aliasing to seek corridors. And finally we will show how to create end condition exceptions in areas that require a different type of end condition solution.

Megan Roden

Overlay, Stripping and Widening

During this course you will learn to create and use templates that incorporate overlay and stripping components. You will also learn to use the Overlay Vertical Adjustments tool to calculate new vertical alignments that result in minimizing or specific depths of overlay and stripping/milling.

Drainage & Utilities – Tips and Tricks and New Functionality Added in Recent Releases

In this session, Bentley drainage experts share useful tips, tricks and highlight some of the newer drainage & utilities tools that have been added to OpenRoads Designer over the past few releases.

Holly Herring

Modeling Retaining Walls and Side Slopes

“Learn how OpenRoads Designer enhances your ability to model retaining walls. During this session, we will demonstrate practical examples showing how to use intelligent end conditions to include retaining walls along your projects. You will learn about the powerful capabilities that allow you to model walls and side slopes while adhering to engineering requirements. You will also discover how to extract useful data, such as profiles and quantities from the modeled walls and workflows to help you take advantage of modeling on your projects.
Topics covered include:
• Retaining wall and side slope templates
• Creating retaining wall corridors and alignments
• Displaying critical retaining wall features in profile
• Creating retaining wall plan and profile sheets
• Cut and fill wall modeling techniques
• Abutment wall modeling techniques”

Holly Herring

OpenRoads Survey – All things Terrains

Earthwork, Grading, and working with Meshes

This presentation will cover the many nuances with computing quantities and calculating earthwork such as unsuitable materials, multiple substrata, and complex volumes with meshes.

Todd Holt

What’s New for OpenRoads Designer 2024

A preview of OpenRoads Designer 2024 new feautes. Discover valuable new features and enhancements, that will reduce design time, minimize errors and rework, and to help you better model, visualize, and execute your road infrastructure projects.

All about creating Drainage Features

In this session you will learn what you need and how do you create drainage features in OpenRoads Designer.

Jordan Belcher

Design and Model ADA Ramps

Discover how OpenRoads Designer allows you to analyze, design, and model curb ramps. In this session, we will discuss how OpenRoads Designer can be used to evaluate existing curb ramps for regulatory compliance as well as streamlining the design of ramps to meet legal requirements.

Jordan Belcher

Editing and Managing Geometry

There are many tools to edit civil geometry in OpenRoads Designer and understanding how to use them is critical to maintain the rules and relationships between geometric elements. In this workshop, we will take a look at various tools and techniques for editing civil geometry.

Megan Roden

Introduction to Creating Civil Cells Part 1 (2D & 3D Geometry)

“This course teaches the tools and techniques that can be used to create a civil cell. You will learn how to create a civil cell for a T-Intersection
using horizontal and vertical geometry. This course will only focus on the horizontal and vertical civil geometry tools to create 2D and 3D
geometric elements to create a Civil Cell.”

Todd Holt

Introduction to Creating Civil Cells Part 2 (3D Model Detailing)

“This course teaches tools and techniques that can be used to create a detailed 3D civil cell. This is part two of Introduction to Creating Civil
Cells (2D & 3D Geometry) and we will cover the 3D modeling related tools and processes to finish modeling the T-Intersection created in that
course. We will also show how to use points as civil cell references in this course by building a Turn Lane Civil Cell.”

Todd Holt

Placing a Ditch and Culvert Network

This course shows how to place common ditch/culvert networks, leveraging what you already know about inlet/pipe network layout. This course is optimized for terrains that do not include the new ditches.

Holly Herring

Analyzing Larger Storm Events

This class will look at how to design pipes to convey the runoff that was collected by inlets to an outfall. The pipes will be placed with an initial size and slope, then they will be designed to optimize them hydraulically.

Jordan Belcher

Designing a Pond

This class will look at how to create a pond from a terrain model and to add attenuation to the drainage system. The software was used to build a pond and a terrain from that pond, so it is all fully parametric. The file has been referenced into the imported drainage network file. You can modify the volume and the terrain of this pond at any time you can come back to this file, change the values and there model will automatically update and therefore you can use this for your pond hydraulics.

Holly Herring

Defining Template Components and Constraints

This course teaches how to create templates and components for those situations that require more than simply modifying existing templates. This training focuses on the hinge-to-hinge backbone portion of the template. You will learn how to create pavement slabs, pavement stripes, curbs, pavement widening, matching existing pavement, and barriers.

Alexis Nichols

Template Triggers and Switches

Learn how to create templates that use null points with component display rules that act as triggers (or switches) to display and undisplay parts of your template when linear geometry is added as corridor reference elements to a corridor. An example of this is turning off curb and grading components in intersections areas when in intersection matchline element is added as a corridor reference. We will also discuss how to create end conditions that can be used to check for the existence of a right of way feature.

Alexis Nichols

Defining Template End Conditions

This hands-on training teaches how to create and make template end conditions. This training focuses on the side slopes connecting the template hinge to the tie down point. You will learn how to create end conditions with multiple cut and fill slope solutions, cut slopes with a ditch adjacent to the hinge, walls, and forced right-of-way solutions.

Alexis Nichols

How to Supplement a DOT Workspace

In this OpenRoads Designer session we will cover how to add features to a Workspace received from an agency. Often the consulting organizations find that they need additional features and sheets, this session will give you the knowledge on how to add this needed information

Todd Holt

Creating ORD VBA Survey Feature macros

With the ORD/OSD users have the option to use VBA macros to process survey features as they are drawn and updated from a fieldbook. This session will demonstrate how to use the feature macros in OpenRoads as well as examples of the types of processing that can be done.

Rod Wing

Working with Annotations and Civil Labeler

“Utilizing Civil Labeler is a helpful and dynamic way of placing labels within plans. Creating your own custom labels is an excellent way to speed up production. You can also share these labels with other members of your team and organization and continue to use them on future projects.
Learn about:
• How to create Annotation Groups
• How to create Annotation Definitions
• How to use the Civil Labeler tool for faster annotation “

Megan Roden

OpenRoads Survey Tips and Tricks

Bentley’s OpenRoads Survey module offers powerful tools for processing and managing survey data within OpenRoads Designer. Understanding best practices can significantly improve efficiency, accuracy, and ease of use. This lecture will provide practical tips and tricks to streamline workflows, enhance data management, and troubleshoot common challenges. Whether you’re importing field data or creating surface models, these insights will help you maximize the capabilities of OpenRoads Survey.

Bob Mecham

Using OpenRoads Designer to Identify and Manage Utility Clashes in Transportation Projects

This presentation demonstrates what a 3D model-based workflow may look like for the average DOT using the 3D modeling and analysis workflows inside OpenRoads Designer Drainage and Utilities to help identify and manage utility conflicts on transportation projects. Below are the main topics covered throughout the presentation: How to import drainage/utility data using ModelBuilderHow to create 3D drainage/utility model from CAD graphics or survey How to use the utility conflict detection tool How custom properties (UDX and/or Item Types) can be used to document and manage utility conflict status How to leverage the default and custom utility properties for reporting and data retention purposes

Jordan Belcher

Annotating Drainage and Utilities

Have you ever needed to annotate a drainage or utility feature but wasn’t sure how? This presentation will cover the process of creating annotations of drainage and utility features in: Plan, profile, and cross section views. The tools discussed will include, but are not limited to, creating named boundaries, annotation labels, civil labels, and text favorites to meet your client’s needs.

Jordan Belcher

3D Modeling IDOT-Specific Bridge

This workshop leads the participant in the creation of a more complex IDOT-specific 3D bridge model. The structure to be modeled is a more complex 3-span, wide flange bridge building on the previous workshop, supported by integral abutments and pile bent/solid wall piers. The model creation will make use of more complex OpenBridge Modeler tools, Generative Components, and MicroStation 3D modeling tools

“Prerequisite:
Participants should be proficient with OpenBridge Modeler’s intended workflow. This can be achieved by attending the 3D Modeling Simple IDOT-Specific Bridge workshop or by working through any of Bentley’s training examples either through the Bentley LEARN site or through YouTube
“

Beyond Centerline Geometry

Pavement Edges are particularly important: they are required in Plan Sheets and the streamline modeling corridors (a single template can follow edges wherever they meander). In this class you create smart, editable, obedient edges, turn lanes, tapers, and driveways. You will see how OpenRoads Remembers the relationships with which you built the geometry and honors it when the design changes. OpenRoads Remembers your Design Intent.

Megan Roden

Road Regression and Re-Design

“The Project that we are going to undertake in this course is to create a Geometric Horizontal Alignment that follows, as closely as possible,
the existing Surveyed centerline of a road using the regression tools available in OpenRoads Designer.
A vertical alignment will be generated that follows the existing road profile, using the Best Fit Profile tool.
We will then create a corridor and apply an Overlay and Stripping template to create the whole road cross section. Following on from that we
will apply a designed superelevation that matches as best we can the existing cross fall on the existing road.We will also try to minimize the
amount of Overlay and Stripping required and finally produce quantities.”

Alexis Nichols

Quantities and Earthwork

In this course, you will learn various tools and methods to compute quantities and earthwork from the corridor model. You will learn how to assign unit costs and generate an estimated cost report for your project using the Component Quantities and Element Component Quantities tools. We will take a look at how to generate cut and fill volume reports from single corridor models as well as multiple corridor models. You will also learn how Named Boundaries and the Quantities Report by Named Boundary tool can be used to separate quantities in the corridor model. And lastly, you will learn how to create an End Area Volume Report and Mass Haul Diagram.

Holly Herring

Intersection Design Part 1 Horizontal and Vertical Geometry

“This course teaches tools and techniques that can be used to lay out a complex intersection. It will focus on the Horizontal and Vertical Geometry tools to create 2D and 3D geometric elements.
In this course, you will be designing a complex intersection that includes turn lanes, median islands and turn lane islands. 2D horizontal geometry will be created using the Horizontal Geometry tools and Profiles and 3D elements will be created using the Vertical Geometry tools. The objective is to create a terrain model of the proposed pavement surface and analyze the proposed drainage contours.”

Todd Holt

Intersection Design Part 2 3D Model Detailing

“This course teaches tools and techniques that can be used to accurately model a complex intersection in 3D. In this course, you will learn how to:
Use Linear Templates to create the curb, sidewalk and side slope grading along the edges of pavement and islands.
Use Surface Templates to apply material thickness to the pavement surface and median islands.
Create a Finished Grade Terrain Model using Graphical Filters.
Export Finished Grade Terrain Model to LandXML format.”

Todd Holt

Site Modeling and Non-Corridor Modeling

The intent of this course is to demonstrate how to turn 2D elements into 3D elements by adding profiles and elevations to civil elements that are typically found outside the limits of a roadway corridor (i.e. civil sites, building pads, parking lots, ponds, infield grading, bridge abutment grading, etc.) In this course you are going to learn how to create 3D elements (or features) and Proposed Terrains using fundamental site modeling and non-corridor modeling techniques. We will utilize the vertical geometry tools along with linear templates and the terrain modeling tools throughout this course. In the first part of the course you are going to learn how to grade a cell tower site that is made up of a tower pad, yard and driveway. The second part of the course you will learn how to create an infield pond between corridors.

Alexis Nichols