Road Planning

card_1 provides a comprehensive solution for traffic route design. The road construction authorities in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia work with card_1 and use card_1 eView to create digital planning folders. Test it and see for yourself.

Put together your design criteria quickly and easily right at the start of the project. Use the wide range of options for preparing surveying data, creating digital terrain models and importing external data via one of the many interfaces available. Insert raster images into your project or use the integrated display of background maps based on the project location.

Everything is easy from the get go: achieve your goals quickly with the graphically interactive tools for designing alignments and vertical alignments. And particularly exciting: when designing with existing structures, alignments can be calculated automatically using point data. Vertical alignment approximation is available for surface elevation optimisation. In addition to the automatic calculation of vertical alignments, it’s easy to optimise existing infrastructure with the comprehensive range of tools we provide.

Routes can be designed using the conventional method of high-performance cross-section development. Alternatively, you can use the new card_1 Road Design: a set of pioneering tools based on smart infra-modeling technology with which traffic routes can be parameterised and designed in a largely automated manner in accordance with guidelines.

The most important features at a glance:

  • Logging and processing surveying data
  • Calculation of DTMs based on the existing data
  • Import and export of GIS data, ALKIS, raster images and much more
  • Processing point clouds
  • Graphically interactive alignment and vertical alignment design
  • Powerful cross-section development
  • Automatic determination of alignments and vertical alignments; vertical alignment optimisation for resurfacing with or without removing the existing surface
  • Automated, parameterized design of roads, cycle paths and pavements as a BIM-compatible 3D result model with automatic updating
  • Fast, guideline-compliant work in the model
  • Automatic design of 3D intersections according to RAL (German Guidelines for the Design of Rural Roads)
  • Creation of approaches and exits for (partially) grade-separated intersections
  • Construction kit for 3D design
  • Direct visualisation of planning and design using a large 3D symbol library
  • Automatic attribution of the resulting objects for the BIM workflow
  • Load class calculation according to RstO (German Guidelines for the Standardisation of Pavement Structures for Traffic Areas)
  • Proof of required and existing sight distances incl. driving simulation
  • Swept turning path proof with vehicles according to RBSV (German Guidelines for Design Test Vehicles and Swept Paths for Checking the Serviceability of Traffic Areas)
  • Bridge generator
  • Calculating quantities, calculations according to REB (German Guidelines for Electronic Calculation of Quantities), digital terrain model from designs
  • Flexible views: manually controllable windows for basemap, 3D view, cross section, profile and for user-defined sections
  • RAS-EW-compliant road drainage, RE-compliant integrated sewer profiles (RAS-EW: German Guidelines for the Design of Highways: Drainage)
  • Land acquisition register, land acquisition plans, ALB import, submission of land acquisition data via OKSTRA
  • Cost calculation according to AKVS and RAB-ING
  • Design catalogs
  • Automated creation of ready-to-submit designs and drawings, guideline-compliant professional symbols and signatures according to RE2012
  • Data exchange with SoundPLAN, GEOgraf, OpenStreetMap and many others
  • OKSTRA interface
  • BIM data exchange: IFC, BCF, CPIXML

Benefit from a new way of working which allows you to create and work directly with a 3D model. Changes to individual parameters trigger an automatic update, so that your model is always up to date. This is made possible by the intelligent so-called tech-objects. Tech-objects in card_1 enable the representation of structures in a high-quality, optimally structured project model. This simplifies and speeds up the design process. And with the journal, you can easily keep track of everything: all information relating to the model is presented here in a clear manner.

To ensure that there are no gaps in the model during the design phases, you can design bridges with the Bridge Generator module: bridge structures can be generated dynamically and parameterized while designing the route.

The universal tool: ConKit.

The term ConKit, short for Construction Kit, is not a simple "construction kit" in card_1, but above all a new way of working. In the future this tool will be the starting point from which you will be able to construct everything that you cannot create simply and in a controlled manner with just a few parameters using our powerful generators. In the field of road design, these include, for example:

  • Roadsides in situations where the standard solutions with embankments or cut slopes are not sufficient.
  • Roadsides in intersections with special solutions for slopes, footpaths, cycle paths and other details.
  • Redesigning the local open drainage and agricultural paths.
  • Special landscaping for junctions.
  • The connection between the route structures generated to any shaped bridges or other engineering structures.
  • Lanes, parking spaces, footpaths, green spaces and anything else needed for carparks and rest areas.
  • Special road markings.
  • Flexibly designed noise barriers.

Of course, creating a 3D model is not only useful for editing. Visualisations are increasingly required in the early planning phases. This is no problem with card_1. Your model can also be equipped with 3D symbols that ensure a realistic representation. The extensive symbol library offers you an enormous selection of traffic signs, furniture, vegetation and other highlights. Good to know: you can also easily import your own symbols and add them to your model. Besides visualisation, the specialist model generated by card_1 also meets the requirements for a BIM-compliant working method. This makes you  perfectly positioned for the future. The IFC and CPIXML exchange formats as well as issue management with the BCF format are also available for this.

card_1 also offers load class calculations according to the German guidelines RStO including printouts with a default layout. You can run required and existing sight distance checks and carry out a driving simulation using your model. The verification of swept turning paths is achieved using various calculation methods based on RBSV vehicles, special vehicles or old guidelines.

For approval planning, design catalogs can be created, issued and managed in accordance with RE 2012, including automatic number tracking in forms and drawings as well as drawing creation and adaptation.

A key factor in the planning of transport infrastructure is land acquisition. With card_1 you can log and manage land acquisition data and create RE-compliant directories and plans. With the automated functions for determining acquisition areas, attribution, numbering and area calculation, you are well equipped for these tasks.

As soon as the designs are complete, quantities must be determined and the resulting costs calculated. This is easy in card_1 system. You can transfer the REB-compliant bill of quantities directly to the AKVS/elKe Costs module, where you can complete cost calculations in accordance with the guidelines and output them in forms.

3D models may be beautiful, but outputting designs is still part of a planning office’s daily routine. Luckily, the effort required for RE-compliant drawing output is minimal. Using our templates, plans can be created quickly and easily and can be supplemented with our own drawing editing tools. You can export your drawings as DWG/DXF or import third-party drawing components in the same format. Exchanging project data is a vital part of professional road design. The OKSTRA format is still the first choice for this and is fully supported by card_1 both when importing and exporting data.

As you can see, the card_1 system provides you with the ideal planning environment throughout the entire planning cycle.