Road Material Surfaces

A material surface can be created for an existing material layer in a project.

The 2.5D meshing method is used to create the material surface.

To create a material surface:

To create a material surface:

1.	Select a material layer from the Navigator or the Inspector.
2.	Select Material Surface from ribbon bar.

Material Surface

Alternatively:

Alternatively:

1.	Select a material layer.
2.	Right-click to open the context menu and select Material Surface.

Material Surface

Material surface method:

Material surface method:

It is possible to select one out of three pre-defined methods for material surface generation.

The method can be selected in the Info & Settings > Infrastructure > Road tab.

Info & Settings

Infrastructure

Road

Each method adjusts the deflection angle parameters used to reproduce the material surface with respect to stringline shapes and angles between neighbouring stringlines. Use this setting to improve the quality of the material surface output.

Settings:

Settings:

Method 1
Method 2
Method 3