Creating polyline roadways

Paving Width/Thickness

Sets the width and thickness of the roadway paving

Curb Width/Height

Sets the width and height of the roadway curb

Show joints

Displays the roadway joints (the hidden sides where there is no curb) as dashed lines

Show stations

Stations report the road elevation at intervals along the roadway. Select the option to show station information along the roadway curves at corner vertices; in Top/Plan view, the display includes the segment index (the number of the station, counted from the start of the roadway polyline) and the station offset from the beginning of the road curve. In 3D views, a locus displays.

Create planar pad for site model

Creates an embedded planar pad site modifier around the road, following the road curvature and the elevation defined at each station point. A path polyline with many vertices will have less segmentation when the pad is created; increase the number of vertices with the Reshape tool if necessary to reduce the segmentation. The 3D resolution selected in the Vectorworks preferences determines the resolution of curved segments of the roadway.

A site model must exist under the roadway object to create a planar pad modifier.

Create grade limits for site model

Creates an embedded grade limits site modifier around the road.

A site model must exist under the roadway object to create a grade limits modifier.

Grade Limits Method

When creating grade limits around the road, select whether to specify the grade by offset or by slope

Grade Limits Off

For offset grade limits, specifies the offset distance of the grade limits area on all sides of the road

Grade Limits Slope

For slope grade limits, specifies the slope as an angle in document units, as a rise:run ratio (using : as the delimiter), or as a percentage, using the % symbol as a suffix. The grade limits object is created on all sides of the road so that the slope of the underlying site model is equal to the specified value.

Paving/Curb/Stations Class

To control appearance and visibility, select a class for each category of roadway geometry from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Select <Roadway (Poly) Class> to place the component attributes in the same class as the roadway object.

Set Stations

Opens the Redistribute Stations dialog box, for creating stations along the road at a specific spacing value. Enter the spacing distance. Any previous station points are cleared, and new stations are created.

The station spacing value can be used in worksheet reports. If the roadway is reshaped, the station points are redistributed, and elevations are adjusted accordingly.

Clear Stations

Removes all station points from the selected roadway

Send Stations to Surface

Opens the Send Stations to Surface dialog box, for creating stations along the road at a specific spacing value, while also setting the elevation of the station points to the surface of the site model. Any previous station points are cleared, and new stations are created.

The station spacing value can be used in worksheet reports. If the roadway is reshaped, the station points are redistributed, and elevations are adjusted accordingly.

Align Stations Vertically

Opens the Align Stations Vertically dialog box, which displays the grade between specified station points. Enter the station point starting number and ending number (Station 1 is the station at the beginning of the roadway). The selected stations are highlighted on the drawing. The stations between the starting and ending stations are fit to the slope grade.

Vertex parameters

Edits the vertices of the path object that the roadway is based upon; see Editing vertex-based objects. The elevation of station points can also be viewed and edited by selecting Stations from the Move list.

Roadway parameters

Displays roadway parameters for the selected road, such as area and length