Visual Design Verification to Identify Deficiencies or Physical Conflicts
Design verification has never been easier. Bentley Rail Track allows users to virtually drive through the 3D model and visually inspect for any rail design deficiencies or physical conflicts. In 3D QA, engineers can fully view track features from all angles to identify gaps or misalignments, look for utility conflicts, and check clearances. They can also visually evaluate sight distances, signaling, and other track-side infrastructure, as well as try out multiple aesthetic treatments to reach desired results. Using Bentley Rail Track rendering features – such as color fill, shading, lighting, and backgrounds – improves the design at any phase and adds a level of assurance in rail project constructability.
Design Validation, Annotation, and Reporting to Reduce Checking Cycles
Bentley Rail Track includes built-in design checks to highlight areas of non-conformance to the selected design standard. Functionality ranging from simple checks against parameters – including design speed, applied cant, and cant deficiency in the Cant Alignment Editor – to more comprehensive checks against specific country standards enables users to identify and resolve problems early in the design process.
Users can also create a dynamic Swept Envelope Analysis using track geometry and a library of 3D vehicle objects. Used extensively in light rail and metro projects, this tool ensures clearance to surrounding infrastructure and between vehicles on adjacent tracks.
In addition, rail designs can be visually validated using curvature, lift, and slew diagrams, as well as numerically using plan and profile annotation. Bentley Rail Track uses XML/XSL technology to report all geometry (horizontal, vertical, and cant) and modeling results – delivering greater format flexibility when creating reports.
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