- What is Bentley MXROAD?
- Who uses Bentley MXROAD?
- What types of projects can Bentley MXROAD handle?
- Why would civil designers elect to use Bentley MXROAD and/or MXROAD Suite rather than other civil design software available?
- What are the primary business reasons for choosing Bentley MXROAD?
- How well does Bentley MXROAD support plan production?
- How does Bentley MXROAD ease the Project Manager’s job?
- Is Bentley MXROAD compatible with other leading engineering and CAD software?
- Does Bentley MXROAD read and write LandXML?
- Will Bentley MXROAD read old versions of DWG file?
- What is the learning curve with MXROAD?
- Can I use MXROAD for land development, site modeling and small infrastructure improvements?
- How do I purchase MXROAD?
1. What is Bentley MXROAD?
Bentley MXROAD is an advanced, string-based modeling tool that enables rapid and accurate design of all road types. It has an interoperable database that allows engineers and designers to create and annotate 3D project models in the most popular CAD platforms and in a Stand-Alone version which has fully functional, high quality CAD tools built in.
The software allows users to work in either 2D or 3D, includes the ability to design and dynamically re-grade junctions, analyse the proposed surface before producing quantities, reports and contract drawings as required. Flexibility and ease of use allow the user to explore different design scenario’s, as well as identify and resolve problem areas during the design phase rather than incur the high cost of rework onsite.
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2. Who uses Bentley MXROAD?
Engineers, Technicians and Designers involved in the design of all road types. Surveying professionals requiring analysis tools compatible with both major CAD platforms. Designers of storm drainage and water/sewer systems. Civil engineering consultants needing full detailed highway design and drawing production capability either stand-alone or on either of the major CAD platform.
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3. What types of projects can Bentley MXROAD handle?
MXROAD can be used on a wide variety of highway projects, from corridor studies to municipal street schemes, commercial building, plant and manufacturing sites to airports, rail terminals, drainage, utility and floodplain projects.
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4. Why would civil designers elect to use Bentley MXROAD and/or MXROAD Suite rather than other civil design software available?
MXROAD was designed to function logically along a civil engineer’s “natural” methods of working. It enables the user to work simultaneously in multiple views, in plan, profile and cross section, all in 3D and including the ability to complete drainage networks with hydraulic analysis. Built on 30 years of 3D modeling know-how it represents the most complete and robust highway design solution on the market today.
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5. What are the primary business reasons for choosing Bentley MXROAD?
Beyond the obvious productivity improvements, MXROAD offers continuity across the entire project lifecycle and improves project communication, not only between team members but also with clients and other project stakeholders. In addition, MXROAD works seamlessly with Bentley tools for survey data management, setting out, inspection, GPS machine control, and quantities management. The result is better-quality, more predictable projects.
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6. How well does Bentley MXROAD support plan production?
The software provides easy-to-use tools for creating plan/profile/cross section sheets directly from your designs, ensuring up-to-date, accurate deliverables. Intelligent labeling tools, image clipping, and quantity takeoffs make it your best choice in the production environment. In addition, MXROAD makes it easy to establish a PDF-based process for electronic delivery of plan sets. You can publish a full range of project deliverables, including intelligent drawings that preserve file levels/layers as optional content, reference file structures, hyperlinks and more.
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7. How does Bentley MXROAD ease the Project Manager’s job?
MXROAD supports easy conformance to standards and reduces the risk in project delivery. Because MXROAD integrates multiple engineering disciplines and promotes active sharing of data, it encourages and enables project participants to take better “ownership” responsibility for their respective roles in the project.
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8. Is Bentley MXROAD compatible with other leading engineering and CAD software?
Consistent with Bentley’s commitment to standards, MXROAD provides multi-format support for industry-leading survey data collectors for direct input and output of survey data via PowerSurvey, native file support for both DGN and DWG data, and import or export of XML data for surfaces and coordinate geometry. What’s more, MXROAD is compatible with Bentley GEOPAK, Bentley InRoads solution families which are used by transportation agencies and consultants worldwide for transportation/infrastructure design and engineering.
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9. Does Bentley MXROAD read and write LandXML?
Yes.
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10. Will Bentley MXROAD read old versions of DWG file?
Yes. MXROAD actually supports more legacy versions of AutoCAD than the latest version of AutoCAD; it is compatible with DWG versions AutoCAD 2000 to AutoCAD 2007.
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11. What is the learning curve with MXROAD?
While MXROAD represents leading-edge civil modeling technology, it brings some of the best tools of CAD – familiar to users – and combines them with fundamental highway design concepts and working methodologies. This enables you to maximize your existing knowledge of automation as you leave behind the cumbersome impediments you encounter daily when using tools less focused to the purpose of civil engineering.
MXROAD is driven by a clear, powerful and easy to use graphical user interface. In addition, the software includes wizards to guide you in the application of superelevation, surface analysis and creation of final contract drawings. Of course, formal training is available from Bentley Institute for all areas of MX.
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12. Can I use MXROAD for land development, site modeling and small infrastructure improvements?
Yes, but Bentley have a specific application called Bentley PowerCivil that addresses road design in subdivisions and land development projects. If the project requires complex, alignment-driven road/rail design, then MXROAD or one of Bentley’s transportation design solutions would be the ideal choice. However, the wealth of land and civil feature modeling capabilities in PowerCivil have been designed specifically to handle a range of civil commercial, industrial and community projects. It focuses on design, plan production and construction needs specifically related to these types of projects.
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13. How do I purchase MXROAD?
Bentley MXROAD can be purchased from your Bentley sales representative.
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