Course Details
CAD in Transportation Structures
Academic Year 2025/26
VNC002 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction into the problems. 2-D programming systems.
- 2. Basic characteristics of programming products from firms Intergraph, Bentley and AutoDesk. 3-D programming systems.
- 3. Basic characteristics of programming products from firms Intergraph, Bentley and AutoDesk.
- 4. Scanning and filtration of data. Vectorisation of mapping data.
- 5. Digital model of terrain, input, formation, depiction.
- 6. Design of a horizontal alignment, stationing, significant points, description, free alignment of the line, equalisation.
- 7. Longitudinal profile, vertical alignment.
- 8. Methods of terrain equalisation, characteristic cross sections and slopes.
- 9. Pitching and super elevation – methods.
- 10. Methods of line structure design, cubage, records, imports and exports,
- 11. Definition of a route, modeller, depiction, crossing design, design and layout of turnouts. CAD software InRoad/InRail, MxRoad/MxRail.
- 12. Introduction into modelling problems of constructions.
- 13. Basic characteristics of programming products for calculations of FEM, basic phases of a model design. Basic types of tasks.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
The following exercises are practiced teaching tasks:
- 1. Digital model of terrain, input, formation, depiction.
- 2. Design of a horizontal alignment, stationing, significant points, description, free alignment of the line, equalisation.
- 3. Longitudinal profile, vertical alignment.
- 4. Methods of terrain equalisation, characteristic cross sections and slopes.
- 5. Pitching and super elevation – methods.
- 6. Methods of line structure design, cubage, records, imports and exports,
- 7. Definition of way, modeler of the way, view.
- 8. Expanding of the way, climbing lanes.
- 9. Location of switches.
- 10. Settlement (regression) direction and height points, curvature diagram.
- 11. Creating excavation, landfill, etc. in a digital model.
- 12. Solving basic geodetic tasks (methods of alignment)