Product(s): | InRoads, GEOPAK |
Version(s): | 08.11.09.845+ |
Area: | Subsurface Utilities |
Question:
I have defined storms, grates, inlets and conduits which I use with GEOPAK Drainage or InRoads Storm and Sanitary. Can I import these to StromCAD for OpenRoads to help build my hydraulic seed file?
Answer:
Yes. Although there is no direct import into StormCAD OpenRoads, you can import these files using the traditional StormCAD for Microstation.
For GEOPAK:
- Start StormCAD (traditional) running in your GEOPAK environment. In order to do this you will need to:
- Install StormCAD
- Temporarily remove the subsurface.cfg file from your /Config/Appl directory
- Temporarily add the following to geopak.cfg,
- MS_STORMCAD_ROOTDIR = C:/Program Files (x86)/Bentley/StormCAD8/
- %include $(MS_STORMCAD_ROOTDIR)config/appl/stormcad.cfg
- Then using a scrap DGN file go to menu item StormCAD > Project > Import > Geopak Drainage Library
- Select the drainage library which you normally use with GEOPAK Drainage
- This imports storms, inlets and conduits in the GEOPAK library to StormCAD catalogs
- So, that we can use the storms in StormCAD OpenRoads
- go to StormCAD > Components > Storm Data
- select each storm in turn, right click and export to an XML library
- Likewise for inlets go to StormCAD > Components > Inlet Catalog and export the inlets to an XML library
- And do the same for conduits StormCAD > Components > Conduit Library
For InRoads:
- For InRoads:
- Install StormCAD
- Start StormCAD standalone or StormCAD for Microstation from the installed icons
- Then using a scrap DGN file go to menu item StormCAD > Project > Import > InRoads
- In the dialog that opens
- select any InRoads S&S project file
- Select the structures.dat file which has all your inlets
- Select an IDF file
- The inlet definitions are imported as well as the IDF file
- Go to StormCAD > Components > Inlet Catalog and select each of the inlets in turn and export to an XML library
- StormCAD > Components > Storm Data
- The IDF was imported to a storm definition named InRoads
- Rename it by right click as appropriate
- Right click and export to an XML library
- If you have multiple IDF files then repeat steps 2 and 3 and 6 for for each IDF file
Then for either GEOPAK or InRoads
- Reverse the temporary CFG changes above
- Start GEOPAK / InRoads normally
- Go to Subsurface Utility > Components > Storm Data and import the storms from the XML created above
- Then Subsurface Utility > Components > Inlet Catalog and import from XML above
- Then Subsurface Utility > Components > Conduit Library and import from XML above
- Now these library items are available for use in feature definitions, scenarios or prototypes