You can design road alignments for built-up and rural roads on-screen together with roundabouts and at-grade (single level) junctions taking the applicable design guidelines into account.
Scanned maps, orthophotos, digital data, check surveys and DTMs are the data basis for the alignment design. Especially when planning roads, the advantages of the CARD/1 system’s properties make themselves apparent. more »
You can automatically generate alignments from existing points from the CARD/1 point database. You only require a sorted set of points to generate alignments automatically.
The points can originate from check surveys or may be digitized on-screen using orthophotos or scanned maps. Previously existing and calculated alignments can be reproduced easily and quickly. more »
Alignment Management offers functions to copy, delete, rename, save and transform alignments. The alignments are managed together with their properties and design guidelines.
When exchanging data with third party systems, the alignment master points can be imported and exported using the applicable card types. more »
You can create complete and technically sound alignment drawings with flexible annotations, carriageway edges and gradient changes. The batch mode enables you to generate multiple drawings in one step.
Alignment drawings may be displayed as a background layer in all base maporiented applications. more »
You can use this module to analyse and evaluate calculated and saved alignments using various methods.
The results are displayed immediately and also printed if desired. Any calculated coordinates can be saved to the CARD/1 point database. more »
Calculate swept turning paths based on the vehicle track method, incl. vehicle library. Display in the base map, simulation of the manoeuvres, various evaluation functions.
You can use the module Route Simulation Rail to visualize the results of any planning stage of a railway route quickly and easily in 3D. You can add various rail-specific objects to your visualization for the project presentation, e.g. sleepers, platforms, catenaries, signals and buffer stops.
The route simulation’s clear advantage is the visual check. Any route design errors, e.g. vertical alignment or cant errors, displaced switches, out of date cross-section designs or chainage discontinuities can easily be identified and corrected. more »
You can use this module to visualize any planning stage of a traffic route in 3D for checking and project presentation – in real-time and without any time delay. During animation, all existing design parameters affecting the driver’s eye and target points can be taken into account in the base map, longitudinal profile, cross-section and sight distances.
The route simulation is especially suitable for rural roads to check the 3D route design and to present the project to contractors and those involved in the project. more »
With one mouse click, you can determine the required as well as the actual stopping and overtaking sight distances; for both directions of travel and according to the relevant guidelines. You can calculate the actual sight distances by choosing either a vertical alignment-related 2D method or a complex 3D method which takes the three dimensional geometry of the road into account.
The information on the determined sight distances is displayed in a very clear manner in the graphics and can be integrated into longitudinal profile drawings, cross-section drawings and into base maps. The required sight distances can easily be determined using the CARD/1 route simulation. more »
CARD/1 makes it easy to check that your designs are in line with the Visualisation Guidelines H ViSt for standard spatial elements, concealed starts of curves and critical areas of obstructed vision.
