Sodding

On top of the road surfaces (except carriageway and shoulder surfaces), sod (grass, turf, topsoil, plastering fill, etc.,) surfaces can be laid out.

• Sodding surfaces are not connected to the actual road design. In other words, it has no load-bearing function on the road.

• The sodding surface is linked to a user-specified road surface and has a constant depth across the entire surface.

• Use this function for illustrating topsoil, plastering fill, describing acoustic barriers, grass, turf, etc.

• For laying out sodding surfaces, the section is to be defined, and the depth of the sodding surface is to be defined.

  • The surface on which sodding is to be applied is selected by defining the depth of sodding on that column in the dialog box.

• The function can be disabled using Options - Combinations.

• Quantity Calculations - In quantity calculations, sodding is defined as embankment/fill material, but is not included in the ordinary soil profile.

  • Both the volume and area of sodding are calculated separately in the quantity calculation module.

  • The standard fill report can be used for projected volume.

Run the function from the following location of the floating window Road Model:

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Not available from Toolbar

MOUS_ICO Menu: Data > Cut and Fill Elements > Sodding

This function can also be activated from the Cross-sections viewer provided; a sodding surface already exists in the active cross-section of the viewer.

The dialog box Sodding to Road Surfaces will pop up.

• The buttons Insert and Delete are meant for rows in the table.

  • Select a row and use the button Insert to insert a new row. The new row will be inserted above the row selected.

  • Select a row and use the button Delete to delete the selected row.

Section

Sodding surfaces can be defined on a section basis. Define the section using the columns From and To. The section descriptions will be sorted on the profile in ascending order.

Material thickness

All road surfaces defined in the road model except the carriageway and shoulder surfaces can be used for sodding.

• All the road surfaces defined in the road model except the carriageway and shoulder surfaces are shown in the lower table from left to right.

• Internal (*.X) is also shown in the table by pointing to the cursor in the cell.

• The road surface on which sodding is to be laid is selected by defining the thickness of the sodding in that surface column.

• Select a section from the upper table and define the sodding thickness (meter).

• The sodding is laid out as an even layer over each individual surface so that the top surface will be parallel to the road surface.

Apply

Use this button to execute the function.

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