Bentley Rail Track

Standard Turnout, Switch, and Crossing Library to Promote Standardization

Bentley Rail Track provides comprehensive functionality for the placement of turnouts, switches, and crossings as parametric components. Users can quickly place turnouts using the standards libraries provided.

Included are standards for:

Users can create complex geometries based upon bending and flexing rules.

Alternatively, users can create their own turnout designs and save them to libraries for future use. The software handles turnouts, single and double slips, and diamond crossings. The Connection Editor is used for more advanced geometric connections such as crossovers and sidings. Designs can be edited at any stage in the process, changing the turnout type or position dynamically. At the same time, the software maintains defined design rules and relationships – automatically “healing” turnouts and thereby increasing productivity while saving time, lowering the margin for error, and promoting design ingenuity.

Regression Analysis for Efficient Matching of Track Geometry

Bentley Rail Track’s single and multiple element regression analysis employs a rigorous least squares method to calculate best-fit alignments. Regression tools provide users with a quick and easy way to match existing track geometry more precisely. Regression analysis is an essential step in any track maintenance or upgrade project, and Bentley Rail Track helps optimize the new design alignments by limiting slews and lifts. Bentley Rail Track also includes powerful, but easy-to-use, curvature diagrams to help users identify curves, tangents, and spirals - ensuring the regression tools provide the results required for track re-alignment. Regression points can be derived from the centerline or rail survey (including cant data) and can be weighted by users for fixity during analysis to maintain critical points or ensure minimum clearance is achieved. Analysis results are quickly viewed, and points can be added or deleted from the regression analysis, providing users complete control throughout the engineering process.

Light Rail Support for Greater Control During Fabrication and Construction

Bentley Rail Track accommodates the requirements of light rail design, fabrication, and construction. The software enables users to create detailed light rail elements – rails, joints, switch points, crossing points, and distance keepers – and produce all drawings, reports, and specifications needed for fabrication of jointed rail, pre-bent rail, and multiple rail types.

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