COMPONENT ROADS FOR ALL MODELS So, you’ve created a detailed component road with multiple lanes, striping, shoulders, curbs, sidewalks, decorations… THE WORKS! But now you need to use the same component road style in a new model. What do you do? You have two options in this scenario: 1) export the component road style to a JSON file that you can import into another model; or 2) copy the component road source files to InfraWorks’ ProgramData directory and make them available to all models without having to export to a JSON file first.
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Option 1 On the Style palette, click on the Component tab and navigate to the Custom folder (this is where any component roads you’ve created in the current model are stored). Click the Save icon to export the current catalog to a JSON file that you can import into another model or share with another InfraWorks user (see Figure 2). Figure 1
Option 2
If you don’t want to import a JSON file every time you create a new model, you can copy the component road source files to InfraWorks’ ProgramData folder and they’ll be available for every new model as well as every existing model you have. When you save a custom component road assembly, its definition and preview image are saved to the project directory in a folder labeled “Custom” (similar to the Custom catalog folder in Option 1). Within that folder will be two files associated with your custom roadway style—a .PNG (the thumbnail preview of the road) and a .ACITEM file (this is the actual roadway definition and tells InfraWorks which components to use). To find these files, browse to the following location: C:\Users\<User Name>\Documents\Autodesk InfraWorks Models\Autodesk 360\<model number>\<model name>.files\ unver\Content\Styles\Component\Custom Then copy them to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\InfraWorks\ LocalLibrary\Styles\Component\Assembly Every project (new and existing) will now be able to use your custom roadway style. No need to export/import JSON files. Your custom component road style will not appear in the Custom folder, but will instead be located with the other default styles that install with InfraWorks.
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A custom barrier style makes quick work of creating steps in InfraWorks (Figure 3). Simply duplicate an existing barrier style, www.augiworld.com 11