Road Runner

• What are the basic steps in RoadRunner
• How do I delete road jobs?
• How can I display the actual elevation when I staking out?
• What do I do when I get the message that one or more layers have no centerline defined?
• Creating a simple alignment for RoadRunner using Road Line Editor. (Flash Movie - 14 mins) Sorry about the sniffles, but hey, it's winter.
• Fundamentals of RoadRunner. (Flash Movie - 8 mins) Narration by Kenn. Jagman.
• Editing cross-section connections in Design to Field (Flash Movie - 8 mins)

Cogo

• Using Cogo to create a point for stakeout. (Flash Movie)

Format Manager

• Editing a format file for point export. (10 min. Flash Movie)
• General format files to accompany movies

1) What are the basic steps in RoadRunner?

From the System 1200 Main Menu screen, select 2 Programs...

Select RoadRunner from the program list

Create a new RoadRunner project by pressing the <F2> NEW key.

Enter the name and description for the project.

Press the <F6> PAGE key and enter the jobs associated with this project.

Note: The control and measured jobs can be the same job and are standard point jobs. The road job is a special job and is created with the Design to Field tool in LGO.

Press <F1> STORE to create the project and the Road Main screen will appear with four options.

1 Road Check is similar to Road Stakeout with the exception that specific chainages are not defined.

2 Road Stake-Out is for the surveyor to stake out the alignment and specific chainages and increments may be defined.

3 Edit Project will let you change the project name and the associated jobs.

4 Edit Road Job will allow you to edit road and layer information and nominate a centerline if necessary.

Select 2 Road Stake-Out and you will be presented with a list of task types.

Select 1 Ch&Off Stringline and you will be presented with a list of the last seven stringline tasks.

Press <F2> NEW to create a new stringline task

You can give this task a name, or use the default name. Press <F1> NEXT and you can select a layer and a view.

Normally for a stringline you will use a plan view as shown. Press <F1> NEXT again and you will be shown the stringline you are going to stake.

Note: If more than one stringline exists in this layer, you will be allowed to select the one you wish to use by pressing the <F2> or <F3> keys to move the highlight to desired stringline.

Press <F1> NEXT and you will be prompted for stake mode (2D or 3D) and for stationing limits.

Note: By default, the limits are the beginning and ending of the project and are shown in light grey.

Press <F1> FINISH and you will be taken to the Stake Begin screen.

Pressing the <F2> CONF key and selecting 1 Project Config will allow you to configure the following items.

Pressing the <F2> CONF key and selecting 2 Road Config will allow you to configure the following items.

Pressing <F1> CONT from the Stake Begin screen takes you the stakeout pages.

Notice that there are four tabs which can be selected by the <F6> PAGE key.

General allows us to provide a point ID to begin storing measurements and to define our starting chainage and a chainage increment.

Stake gives us directions to our stakeout point.

Info provides offset and cut/fill information and is configurable under USER | <F2> CONF | Survey Settings... | Display Settings...

Plot shows our location in reference to the alignment.

Note: The CH+ key will increment the current chainage by the amount specified in the General page.

When you are finished with the current task, you can either press <SHIFT> <F6> QUIT to return to the main menu, or you can press the <ESC> key until you are at the level where you would like to branch. In our case, let's press the <ESC> key until we are back at the Road-Stake screen for task selection and then Select 5 Slope.

Press <F2> NEW to define a new slope task.

In our example we called it Right Catch Pt.

Press <F1> NEXT and we are prompted to select a layer and a view.

Note: In the example above we have selected the +++ layer which is the layer that contains all the alignments and was created by the Design to Field tool. We have selected a cross-section view and have indicated the station where we are going to begin.

It is important to enter a valid station close to where you will be starting so that the correct cross-section is displayed in the next step.

Press <F1> NEXT and you will be shown a cross-section at the specified station.

Select the correct slope by pressing the <F2> or <F3> keys.

Press <F1> NEXT to select the hinge and to specify an optional min/max chainage limit.

Press <F1> NEXT to enter the reference peg offset.

Note: This screen will only appear if the Slope Method has been specified as Reference Peg in the Road Config option under <F2> CONG in the Road Main screen. The distance should be entered as negative for left-side reference.

Press <F1> FINISH to go to the Stake Begin screen and stake out your slope.

2)How do I delete road jobs?

From the RoadRunner start screen, instead of selecting a project, tap the <F3> BROWS key.

Select the project which contains the road jobs you want to delete and press the <F3> EDIT key. Deleting the project will not delete the jobs which are attached to it.

Select the Jobs page with the <F6> PAGE key and move the cursor down to the Road Job field.

Press the Enter key to see a list of all road jobs, and then highlight the one you want to delete and press the <F4> DEL key.

Your road job is now history.

3) How can I display the actual elevation when I'm staking out?

In your RoadRunner project, select the task you want to perform.

Continue until you get to the Stake Begin screen and press the <F2> CONF key.

Select 2 Road Config

Use the <F6> PAGE key to select the Info&Plt page. Make sure the correct Info Type is visible and press the <F3> EDIT key.

Select the line where you would like to see the current height, and change it to the variable Act Height.

In our example the 4th line has been changed to Act Height, and will display the current height of the rover when the INFO page is selected in the RoadRunner stakeout task.

Press <F1> CONT twice to return to the Stake Begin screen.

Press <F1> CONT to begin the stakeout.

Press <F6> PAGE to select the Info screen. There you will see the actual (current) height displayed.

4) What do I do when I get the message that one or more layers have no centerline defined?

Thanks to Pierre Labbe for this information.

When exporting from LDD all the lines you want to export as stringlines have to be changed to alignments.

At this moment all of them will be treated as separate alignments. This LandXML file will contain no information about layers.

When converting such a LandXML file without layer information we automatically create layers. We create one layer for each alignment (using the alignment name) plus one layer that contains all alignments ("+++"). As there is no information in the LandXML which stringline of the layer is the centerline the user has to nominate it manually (by using the Edit Road Job functionality onboard).

As soon as the centerline is defined you can use it like any other road job, to stakeout slopes....

When you get the error message:

Press the <ESC> key until get back to the Road Main screen. Hightlight Edit Road Job and pres the <F1> CONT key.

Now select the Layer page with the <F6> PAGE key and highlight the +++ layer which contains all the stringlines, and then press the <F3> EDIT key.

Select the Lines page with the <F6> PAGE key, move the highlight to the alignment you want to be the centerline, and press the <F4> CENTR key and a CL will appear in the CL column.

Press <F1> STORE twice to return to the Road Main screen.

You can now go back to stakeout and create your task. When you select the +++ layer and press the <F1> NEXT key

you will be shown a screen with all the stringlines.