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N.N. Esfahani
OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten GmbH, Munich, Germany
Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
R. Balder
OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten GmbH, Munich, Germany
R.J. Scherer
Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
ABSTRACT: Using computer programs, Intelligent Road Design attempts to establish a connection between
two points through an economical path. Born around 30 years ago, Computer Aided Design (CAD) can provide
rapid evaluation of alternative alignments, optimization techniques for road planners and powerful search tools for
a large number of alternative alignments. Geospatial Information System (GIS) with its spatio-temporal analysis
tools is an extremely helpful solution in the very early steps of alignment planning, especially for long railway
projects. Therefore Road and Railway (Rd & Rl) Design is a suitable area of help for GIS design applications,
as such projects start with topographic maps and map analysis methods. When used together effectively, CAD
and GIS fulfill the prerequisites for streamlining decision making and reducing inefficiencies in the design and
execution of critical operations.
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
The commonly used method in the Road & Railway
(Rd & Rl) economic design process is to minimize
total cost, or to maximize the total net benefit asso-
ciated with the alternatives, as well as to minimize
the planning time. This serves to avoid duplication of
effort and parallel planning and as a result to prevent
Figure 1. Proportion of GIS, CAD and BIM in an infras-
corrections and re-planning. The general design task tructure planning process.
for the layout of an Rd & Rl is to find the techni-
cally feasible alternative alignment layouts between
two points and to select the best one for further assess- costs varying from 10% to 30% depending on
ment. The design parameters of the alignment (design the complexity of the design parameters involved.
speed, minimal radius of curves, maximum slope) and OBERMEYER consultants applied the model in the
information about the terrain (land cover, elevation, 700 km Algerian High Plateau Railway Project in
geology) are given (Road Design Manual published 2006 and also introduced a low-level integration of
by Design Standards Unit). GIS/CAD which nevertheless improved the efficiency
Thus, as shown in Figure 1, the design task invari- of the design task and reduced the planning costs
ably entails a permanent transfer of data, which is (Nejatbakhsh et al, 2011). The integration means that
performed manually in today’s common design pro- the vertical design is carried out based on the landscape
cesses. This leads to a long feedback operation which theory and the combination of horizontal and vertical
can be speeded up if modeled as alignment planning alignment configurations ensures best Rd & Rl design.
packages.
The Optimum Road Design Model (IRAD, 2010)
1.2 Objectives
shows how the integration of GIS/CAD in infrastruc-
ture design can constitute an effective case of 3D The main objective of this paper is to illustrate the
optimization. It causes a reduction of total project feasibility of an optimization approach for Rd & Rl
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alignment using GIS methods to improve computa-
tional efficiency, quality of solutions and rapidity of
evaluation methods. To achieve same, this work inves-
tigates the integration of CAD and GIS for Rd & Rl
Design and then suggests a GIS-based concept to assist
Rd & Rl Design through a new Rd & Rl/GIS kernel.
2 STATE OF ART
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Figure 3. Integration of Standards for Infra.
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Figure 7. Domain Integration Approach, extending existing
kernel.
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a very basic role in the completion of IFC Road as a
long-term issue.
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CAD and GIS (Integration and Beyond)
http://cadngis.blogspot.com
4.2 Websites Integrated Research Application & Development (Optimum
Road Design Model)
BuildingSMART International home of openBIM
http://irad.com.np
http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/
LandXML,
http://www.landxml.org/
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