Field Data Import and Analysis for Faster Project Start Up
An all-in-one rail solution, Bentley Rail Track offers a full complement of functionality that enables users to work seamlessly with survey, GPS, LiDAR, and other forms of field data. The Text Import Wizard streamlines import of track geometry data for existing alignments, regardless of whether rail survey data is for rails or the track centerline. Built-in tools automatically sort and convert data to horizontal, vertical, and cant alignments for regression analysis and use downstream in the rail design process. When the design is complete, design data can be uploaded to data collectors for stakeout or machine guidance devices for site preparation.
Adaptable Rail Alignment Tools Help Accelerate Design
Bentley Rail Track provides a complete set of coordinate geometry (COGO) and advanced rail alignment capabilities – true geometric tools that give users unlimited options to dynamically edit and manipulate geometry interactively via graphics or through precision key-ins. Users can place elements with varying degrees of freedom – from free to floating to fixed – and define vertical parabolas or circular vertical curves with vertical transitions to achieve successful results. To accommodate the various horizontal transitions required on rail projects, the software delivers comprehensive mathematical and associated cant transition algorithms. A check integrity function locates discontinuities and highlights potential issues, such as nontangential curves, for resolution or correction.
Integrated Cant Design Improves Project Compliance
The integration of cant and superelevation with the horizontal design process provides users with immediate visual confirmation of compliance to design standards. The software possesses the innate ability to compute equilibrium cant, applied cant, cant deficiency, rate of change of applied cant, rate of change of cant deficiency, and cant gradient. The computed transition lengths and applied cant can then be adjusted to optimize the alignment to all cant criteria, including the deployment of virtual transitions where required.
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