What additional features does the Professional version offer for roads?

The Professional version (also referred to as Advanced in comparison tables) of tcpGPS unlocks a set of tools specifically designed for linear works such as roads and railways.

Below are the additional features it offers for this field:

1. Comprehensive Road Management

• Alignment and grade management: Allows you to work with horizontal and vertical alignments (axes and grades).

• Cross sections: Includes the ability to manage and view longitudinal and cross-section profile files for the project.

• Import of specific formats: You can load .eje, .ras, and .tra files (native to TcpMDT), as well as LandXML and IFC 4.3 files, automatically importing all contained routes, grades, and sections.

• Advanced visualization: Offers graphical views of the horizontal and vertical alignment, as well as detailed numerical DATA TABLES.

2. Specific Set Out for Linear Works

• Set Out by Station and Offset: Facilitates the location of points at a distance (positive or negative) from the road axis at a specific chainage point.

• Set Out by Station and Code: Allows you to SELECT specific vertices from cross sections (such as pavement edges, shoulders, curbs, or toe of slope) for direct set out.

• Unique points: Offers the option to automatically set out the points that define the geometry of the axis.

3. Slope Control

• Section checking: Performs verification of the actual ground conditions against the theoretical slope section designed for the road.

• Guidance information: Displays the current station, the Offset from the axis, and the elevation and movement up / down to reach the slope. necessary to reach the elevation of the theoretical slope.

4. Surface and Manual thickness Management

Although these are general features of the Professional version, they are essential for roads:

• Creation and analysis of digital models: Allows you to generate Surfaces from points and breaklines, as well as create Complete (Lines):.

• Volume calculation: Includes tools for calculating cut and fill volumes and Manual thickness.

• Quick profiles: Ability to Create Cross-Sections quickly at any point on a loaded Surface.