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Road Designer

available · open it and run the bundled example

See the product page for access and evaluation requirements.

Turn alignment and terrain inputs into road drawings, earthworks calculations and downloadable DXF, XLSX and PDF files.

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Road Designer produces vertical profiles, earthworks calculations and drawing outputs from alignment and terrain inputs. It reports implemented REFT checks for engineering review. The interface and drawing annotations are in French.

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Road Designer's completed-job panel: DXF, XLSX, PDF Plan and PDF cross-section downloads, above a REFT warning reading 'Tangente droite trop courte entre PVI #1 et #2: 49.0 m < 50.0 m (min REFT)'.
Bundled sample output: four downloadable files and a warning for a 49.0 m tangent against the implemented 50.0 m minimum. Captured from rd.beam-stack.com
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Long profile preview: terrain line in green against the optimized red line, plotted from PK 0 to about PK 2600 between elevations 760 and 800 metres.
Vertical profile: terrain and optimised design profile. This preview is not dimensioned or to scale; use the DXF and PDF outputs for detailed review. Captured from rd.beam-stack.com
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Brückner mass-haul curve in purple, cumulative volume in cubic metres against chainage from PK 0 to PK 2600.
Brückner — cumulative earthwork volume along the alignment, from the same run. Captured from rd.beam-stack.com
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Plan view of the road alignment in projected coordinates, easting about -478500 to -476500, northing about 191000 to 191500.
Tracé en plan — the alignment in projected coordinates. Captured from rd.beam-stack.com

What it does

  • Vertical profile optimization with REFT minima checked and any breach reported explicitly
  • Earthworks volumes and a Brückner mass-haul diagram computed from the terrain model
  • Four deliverables per run: DXF, XLSX, PDF plan sheet and PDF cross-sections

Interoperability

What this product reads and writes, and where each format stands.

DXFwritesimplementedplan sheets and cross-sections
Excel (XLSX)writesimplementedREFT earthworks workbook
PDFwritesimplementedtitle-blocked plan and cross-section sheets
TXT / CSVreadsimplementedalignment file and terrain point cloud
LandXMLreads + writesplanned

Technical details

  • Reported rule checks — The bundled sample reports a 49.0 m tangent against the implemented 50.0 m minimum. The output identifies the measured value, threshold and location for review.

    implemented

  • Drawings and calculation outputs — Successful sample runs produce DXF drawings, an XLSX earthworks workbook, a PDF plan sheet and PDF cross-sections. Drawing title blocks use the project information entered in the application.

    implemented

  • Road design inputs — Inputs include the road category, carriageway width, sampling interval and vertical-profile constraints.

    implemented

  • Evaluate with the sample — A sample alignment and terrain dataset are available to evaluate the workflow before preparing project data.

    implemented

Limitations

Current limitations and evaluation requirements.

  • Preview drawings are not dimensioned or to scale. Use the exported DXF and PDF files for detailed review.
  • Drawings export as DXF; native DWG export is not available.
  • The interface is in French. Engineering outputs require review against the project requirements and applicable standards.
  • Source code is available under the Beamstack Community License. Consult the licence for permitted uses and conditions.