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• OpenRoads Designer Overview

  OpenRoads Designer Overview Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 30 Minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn some introductory basics to get you started into OpenRoads Designer. If you are new to OpenRoads Designer you’ll want to complete this course prior to starting into the other fundamentals courses.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course will teach you how to:
  Start a Work Session
  Navigate the User Interface and Access Tools
  Setup your Work Environment
  Work with Civil Features
  Get Additional Help and Training on OpenRoads Designer

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Microstation Fundamentals

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Survey Data Fundamentals

  Survey Data Fundamentals Introduction
  (Course Duration: 90 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to work with survey data in OpenRoads Designer. This course will cover basic tools and processes to get you started in processing and preparing your survey design files. This is a fundamentals course for new users and its purpose is to provide a foundation that you can build upon.

  AIA (USA) Accredited Course:
  Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
  ORD100 Survey Data Fundamentals – Earn AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits.
   
  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Survey Basics
  Import Survey Data from ascii point file
  Edit survey point and linear features
  Add point and linear features into a Field Book
  Create a Terrain model from Field Books
  Annotate and Report Survey Data
  Export Survey Data

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Microstation Basics

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Terrain Model Fundamentals

  Creating and Modifying Terrain Models Fundamentals
  (Course Duration: 25 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course you will learn the fundamentals of creating Terrain Models in OpenRoads Designer. There are many methods that can be employed to create Terrain Models, this course will cover some of the most commonly used ones.
  AIA (USA) Accredited Course:
  Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
  ORD110 Terrain Model Fundamentals – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Create a Terrain Model from Points
  Add Breaklines to a Terrain Model
  Create a Terrain Model from Contour Lines
  Create a Terrain Model from a File
  Create a Terrain Model from a Point Cloud
  Create a Terrain Model using OpenRoads Concept Station

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  None

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Design Alignments and Profiles Fundamentals

  Design Alignments and Profiles Fundamentals
  (Course Duration: 35 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course you will learn the fundamental tools to create, edit, and annotate civil geometry in OpenRoads Designer. Horizontal and Vertical geometry are required to create a 3D model, or corridor, for a road design. The horizontal geometry is used to layout the alignment and is the parent feature for the vertical geometry, or design profile. In this course we’ll address a few common tools and approaches to get you started with the layout and grading of your alignments and profiles.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Create Geometry Design File
  Create Design Alignments
  Edit Design Alignments
  Label/Annotate Alignments
  Getting Started with Profiles
  Create Design Profiles
  Edit Design Profiles

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Microstation Basics

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Corridor Modeling Fundamentals

  Corridor Modeling Fundamentals Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 60 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course you will learn the basics of corridor modeling including the common workflow, tools and concepts to get started in OpenRoads Designer. Corridor models bring together the alignment, profile, and templates to create a detailed 3D model used for finish grade construction and quantity reporting. You can use many tools and techniques to model your corridors and this course will establish the foundation that you can build on to model even the most complex corridors.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Create a corridor model
  Add template drops to a corridor
  View corridor models
  Edit corridor templates
  Use point controls to override templates
  Use parametric constraints to override templates
  Use end condition exceptions to change daylight slopes
  Calculate and assign superelevation to a corridor
  Calculate and report earthwork and material quantities
  Create and export corridor surfaces

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  OpenRoads Designer Overview

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Pad Grading Fundamentals

  Pad Grading Fundamentals Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 50 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn the how to use rule-based design to grade a small site that includes a building pad, parking pad, and access road. Using rule-based design allows you to create relationships with grading features to automate updates as changes occur. This includes setting pad elevations relative to a surface, creating a design profile at a given slope from another civil feature, and anchoring a design profile to an intersection of civil features. As the grading evolves you can analyze earthwork volumes and make interactive refinements to achieve a cost effective grading solution. This course will follow a typical design workflow that you can apply to your design products, regardless of whether you leverage the rule-based approach. The content in this course is also applicable to OpenSite and OpenRail Designer.

  AIA (USA) Accredited Course:
  Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
  ORD200 Pad Grading Fundamentals – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Grade Building and Parking Pads using rule-based design
  Create a Proposed Terrain from Elements
  Grade an Access Road using rule-based design
  Add Exterior Grading via Linear Templates
  Adjust and Refine Rule-Based Grading
  Calculate earthwork volumes
  Validate Terrain models
  Apply Surface Templates
  Create Complex Terrain

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have completed the following:
  OpenRoads Designer Overview course

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Pond Grading Fundamentals

  Pond Grading Fundamentals Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 37 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to use Open Designer products to grade a detention pond. This course will follow a typical detention pond workflow and demonstrate commonly used grading tools that will prepare you for open space grading on your projects. Rule-based design methodology will be used to grade the entire detention pond based on the pond’s water elevation. You will learn how to create a custom linear template for the pond grading, and how to create a terrain from the grading features. After the pond is graded earthwork volumes will be analyzed and the pond storage capacity determined. At the conclusion of this course, a complex terrain will be created to merge the pond design into the existing ground.

  AIA (USA) Accredited Course:
  Eagle Point Software AIA CE Provider Number 404109445.
  ORD201 Pond Grading Fundamentals – Earn 1 AIA (USA) LU. This course is eligible for AIA Continuing Education Credits. 

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Establish the design profile for the water surface elevation
  Create a linear template for basin and berm grading
  Apply a linear template to the pond elevation feature
  Create a terrain model from pond grading features
  Analyze pond volumes
  Create composite pond terrain model

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should complete or have the knowledge equivalency in the following courses:
  OpenRoads Designer Overview
  Creating and Modifying Terrain Model Fundamentals

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Subsurface Utilities Fundamentals

  Subsurface Utilities Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 90 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course you will learn the basic skills required to layout, analyze and design a drainage network using subsurface utilities in OpenRoads Designer. The Subsurface Utilities in OpenRoads Designer can be used to model various subsurface utilities, and includes tools for analysis and design of storm and sanitary sewer systems. This fundamentals course will cover the basic tools for getting started in subsurface utilities, including the common layout tools that you can used for any type of underground utility. The focus for this course will be aimed at a storm sewer layout and design, however, much of the workflow and tools are applicable for other utility types.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Place and Edit Nodes
  Place and Edit Conduits
  Add Catchments to Nodes
  Create Profile Runs
  Analyze and Design a Storm System
  Label Nodes and Conduits
  Create Tables and Reports

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Complete the OpenRoads Designer Overview course.
  General knowledge and understanding of drainage design.

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Cross Section Drawings and Sheets Fundamentals

  Cross Section Drawings and Sheets Fundamentals Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 30 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn the fundamentals for creating cross section drawings in OpenRoads Designer. The process for creating cross section drawings and sheets is easy and intuitive, assuming your system’s OpenRoads configuration includes all the standards and settings that are required. This course provides an overview of the configuration that is required to make this process easy and covers the workflow and tools that you can use to create cross sections for your project design files. This is a fundamentals course designed to give you a foundation that you can build upon.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Create Section Drawings and Sheets Overview
  Create Cross Sections Design File
  Create Cross Section Drawings and Sheets
  View Cross Section Drawings and Sheets
  Label Cross Section Drawing Models
  Update Cross Section Annotations

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Completed OpenRoads Designer fundamentals for alignments, corridors, and terrains.

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.

• Plan and Profile Sheet Fundamentals

  Plan and Profile Sheet Fundamentals Course Introduction
  (Course Duration: 30 minutes)

  Course Description
  In this course, you will learn how to create plan over plan, and plan over profile sheets in OpenRoads Designer. You will learn the process, tools, and elements that are created and assembled to produce plan and profile sheets. You will become familiar with Named Boundaries and learn the core setup and standards underlying the drawing production tools in OpenRoads. This is a fundamentals course and is intended to serve as a foundation for your understanding and learning on how to create plan and profile sheets.

  Course Objectives
  The material presented in this course teach you how to:
  Create Plan Only Sheets
  Create Plan and Profile Sheets
  Label Plan and Profile Sheets
  Manage and Plot Plan and Profile Sheets.

  Course Prerequisites
  To participate in this training course, you should have the following:
  Complete the OpenRoads Designer Overview course

  Tips:
  Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
  Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
  Go Full Screen when watching videos.