Drive Through

Drive Through

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Ribbon: Model Viewer > Analysis Tab > Drive Through

Introduction

Starting a drive through will change the 3D view and commence animation along a road. The designer is able to establish eye and target position relative to the road, as well as speed.

The Drive interface and typical display is shown, below:

Shown, above, is the target marker. This is represented by a yellow ball on screen.

Ribbon Tab and Navigation

This command forms part of the following tab:

Information on navigation in the Model Viewer 3D environment is available when reviewing the Model Viewer command help.

Details

Once the Drive command is selected, a separate tab is displayed, with command inputs as follows:

Road
Pick list to select the road to animate along

Chainage Chainage updates as drive commences. A value can be typed in here to zoom the 'eye' position to that chainage

Speed Type in a speed

Eye Height Type in an eye height, measured relative to the road

Eye Offset Type in a value for the offset, measured relative to the road

Target Height Type in a target height, measured relative to the road

Target Offset Type in a target offset, measured relative to the road

Target Distance Type in a distance to the target, measured relative to the eye position along the alignment

Reverse Direction Toggle to drive in the opposite direction to the alignment.

Show Target Toggle on to display a sphere representing the target

Record Video. The user can output an AVI file of the drive. When selected, the Create Video dialog will display. To begin processing of the video, users will be required to start the drive by pressing the Play button. To finish processing the video, users will be required to select the Play/Pause button from the Drive tab.

Play/Pause toggle

Close the drive mode


Road	Pick list to select the road to animate along
Chainage	Chainage updates as drive commences. A value can be typed in here to zoom the 'eye' position to that chainage
Speed	Type in a speed
Eye Height	Type in an eye height, measured relative to the road
Eye Offset	Type in a value for the offset, measured relative to the road
Target Height	Type in a target height, measured relative to the road
Target Offset	Type in a target offset, measured relative to the road
Target Distance	Type in a distance to the target, measured relative to the eye position along the alignment
Reverse Direction	Toggle to drive in the opposite direction to the alignment.
Show Target	Toggle on to display a sphere representing the target
	Record Video. The user can output an AVI file of the drive. When selected, the Create Video dialog will display. To begin processing of the video, users will be required to start the drive by pressing the Play button. To finish processing the video, users will be required to select the Play/Pause button from the Drive tab.
	Play/Pause toggle
	Close the drive mode