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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................3 Full Geometry Based Design...........................................................4 Step One. Horizontal Design ........................................................5 Step 2. Vertical Design, use of a Tilted Plane ..............................6 Step 3. Using Corridors for Level Information, ICD.....................10 Step 4. Centreline Vertical Profile Design...................................13 Step 5. Using Corridors for Level Information, Centrelines.........15 Step 6. Vertical Profile Design of the Crownlines .......................16 Step 7. Final Roundabout Corridor Design.................................19 Step 8 Create a Surface of the Roundabout...............................32 Step 9. Calculation of Volumes ..................................................35 Step 10. Dynamic Adjustments ..................................................39 Summary .......................................................................................41 Acknowledgments .........................................................................42
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Introduction
Roundabout design has always been a complex process. And, because they are generally expensive to build and take a large amount of space, not that many designed. Engineers, therefore, are not well practiced in their design. However, they are becoming more popular. They do have advantages over traffic signals and maintain free-flowing movement including Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs). In general, roundabouts can be divided into two main categories; 1. Full geometry-based design 2. Mini roundabouts This workflow guide will approach both in two separate documents. This first workflow guide will work up a full geometry-based roundabout model using corridors. Please note: The requirements within this workflow are primarily based on Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 functionality. However it can be created in 2006 but there are extra benefits from new functionality in 2007. Also it is advisable to have a good knowledge of Civil 3D and of the subject matter. Throughout the design, the naming of all the civil objects is key to being able to bring the final design together in a logical manner.
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This approach works especially well with Civil 3D, as the Assembly technology is able to create all features from a baseline, i.e. the crown line. Also the use of corridor surfaces means that you can graphically see other intersecting alignments, such as roads etc to enable a clean accurate tie in.
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Below is the example that will be used, refer to drawing The alignments have been named with a suitable convention to assist in the process Civil 3D Dynamic Roundabout - Step 1.dwg to start from the beginning or move to Step 2
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Draw a line through the roundabout as shown below . Using the feature line toolbar, Select the create from object and convert this line to a feature line. It is good practice to create grading features in a separate Site from the alignments. Drape to the ground surface using levels from surface and uncheck Insert intermediate gradient break points
set the levels and or set a gradient such as 1% down from one side to the other
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Using the grading tools offset the line both sides by -1% to the left and +1% to the right. These values depend on your requirements. As with the grading object, these values can be amended at any stage.
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Create a profile from surface for the alignment ICD and select both the EG Surface the grading surface Tilted Plane Surface. Assign the Tilted Plane Surface profile a different profile style to change colour, in this case, Additional Surface1.
This creates a dynamic Sine Curve. This acts as either a guide to design the vertical profile of the ICD or can be used as the actual profile in the design. In this example we will use this as the actual profile in the design.
It is not necessary to draw this profile, but it will give a good understanding of what has been created by the grading Tilted Plane. EG Surface Tilted Plane Surface
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Consists of a lane to each side of the Marker. A kerb and a footpath/verge to the right of the lane We will use this assembly to create a temporary corridor. This is to create a surface that will be referenced for the actual design. When creating the corridor, use the ICD alignment, the Tilted Plane profile, and the assembly created above.
Name the corridor ICD Temporary Surface and set frequency to 5m (see figure below).
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From this corridor create a surface from using the Top link codes
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To clean the workspace in the drawing change the surface style for the ICD Temporary Surface to All Off and also create a layer such as Hidden Roads and change this corridor to that layer and freeze it off. In addition set this corridor in the prospector to automatic rebuild. This will rebuild to any changes to the Tilted Plane grading object.
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Then design the new vertical profile for these centerlines and tie into the ICD Surface.
It is not necessary to create a profile on the kerb face and into the centre of the roundabout as these profiles are only used in part.
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Example profile design. The profile ties into the carriageway surface of the ICD, then extends the grade of that surface and then can continue to the desired levels.
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Create corridors and corridor Surfaces from the centerlines Create from an assembly with two lanes (see figure below).
Setting the pavement depths to 0 to omit them, as we do not require quantities from these corridors.
Add these corridors to the Hidden Roads layer and turn the surface style to All Off
Now there is all the level information required to design the crown lines accurately.
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To find the intersecting area of the crownlines and the ICD, use alignment labels to add labels that mark out the intersection of the crown lines to the ICD.
The Horizontal Geometry band also shows this area. Look for the radius of the ICD. In this case 31.35m.
Mark on the profile views, using a vertical line and then offset to the chainage values
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When designing the vertical profile ensure that between the two lines, directly follow the surface of the ICD. Then grade out accordingly. The two other surfaces show where 1:40 (2.5%) would be, so to maintain a regular grade where possible.
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Crown Lines Left Edges (Lane on the right will act as a widening, so lane width and slope does not have to be set to a specific value.)
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ICD Roundabout (Lane at the required width and slope, kerb and footway. It is not necessary for the footway/verge strip to the right as a COGO point could be added to the resultant corridor surface later in the design)
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Create the corridor from a crownline, in this case West to North Centreline, using a frequency of 5m and set the end chainage to the intersection of the centerline and the ICD.
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Set the targets Alignments = Subassembly named Right to the West Centreline (to widen this lane out to the alignment) Profile = Subassembly named Right to the West Centreline alignment and profile Vertical.
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Under the corridor properties, add a second region. Choose the same assembly and set the end chainage to the intersection of the ICD to the second centreline as shown above.
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Set the targets to the Alignment = Subassembly named Right to ICD Profile = Subassembly named Right to ICD alignment and profile Tilted Plane Surface
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Add region 3 with the end chainage running out to the end of the alignment.
Set the targets Alignment = Subassembly named Right to North Centreline Profile = Subassembly named Right to North Centreline alignment and profile Vertical
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Click on the to add a second baseline to add the second Crownline, North to South Crownline and then create this part of the corridor as above using the same assembly Crown Lines Left Edges. Targeting region 1 = North Centreline, region 2 = ICD and region 3 = South Centreline.
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Then repeat for the third crownline West to South Crownline. Using Crown Lines Left Edges assembly. Targeting, region 1 = West Centreline, Region 2 = ICD, region 3 = South Centreline Uncheck the previous baseline while you build each section to save time rebuilding the corridor.
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Corridor properties
Finally add the final baseline to create the lane, kerb and footpath/verge area on the inside of the ICD
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If you are using the Tilted Plane surface rather than a design profile set the frequency to a regular interval and change to no on the extra frequency interval positions such as profile geometry etc, as it will create more intervals than required.
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Recheck the remaining baselines of the corridor to On, set the target surfaces for the earthworks to EG and rebuild.
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To tidy the arms at the ends, additional baselines maybe required to obtain a clean finish so to run a normal Corridor model up to the roundabout for each approaching arm.
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Add a boundary to restrain the triangulation to the Daylight Feature Line. (Refer to Workflow Corridor Surface Interactive Boundaries, www.autodesk.co.uk/civil3D-downloads for further information)
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Use draw order to move the top surface to the back so to be able to choose the corridor feature lines for the boundary.
Corridor properties, set the style to All Off as you do not need to see this surface.
Create a TIN volume surface from the EG surface and the datum corridor surface Roundabout Earthworks Datum
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Set to 2 Ranges and click the arrow to calculate the analysis Set Range 1 from the negative level to 0. Range 2 set level to 0 to the maximum level, see below. Also change the colours to suit, such as red for cut and green for fill.
This illustrates in green the areas in fill and red for the area in cut. The image above already shows a reasonable balance of Earthworks.
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To check the volume, either use the volume surface tools or click on the properties of the volume surface and statistics tab
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The only changes to be made are small adjustments to the related profiles.
The ICD surface has now automatically raised in the centreline profiles
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Summary
This method is relatively simple to produce a very complicated model using traditional engineering design methods and gives the designer more time to refine the model as the whole corridor of the roundabout is truly dynamic. Traditionally a roundabout would take upto a week to produce and a week to change. This method brings those changes to within an hour.
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Acknowledgments
Many thanks to the following organisations for their input and support ACSUG (Autodesk Civil Solutions User Group) www.acsug.co.uk
Many thanks to Wigan Council for their support and providing survey datasets Wigan Council Engineering Consultancy www.wiganmbc.gov.uk/pub/beng/
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