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)