To explore the status of GIS and CAD interoperability in the transportation field, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored a peer exchange on April 16-17, 2013, in Annapolis, Maryland. In order to better link the information that traditionally resides in these respective computing environments, agencies are currently pursuing various approaches at increasing the interoperability of GIS and CAD data and applications.
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The formats and tools associated with each computing environment are different and often separate however, GIS and CAD complement each other by encompassing the full range of scales at which a transportation agency conducts its business. In the transportation sector, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have long been used for planning and landscape-scale analysis, while computer-aided design (CAD) systems support the design and engineering functions of transportation delivery.
Efforts at increased collaboration, streamlined business processes and decisionmaking, and comprehensive asset management all require a greater flow of data and information among agency functions. In response, agencies are working to remove the administrative and departmental silos that have traditionally emerged around their business functions, particularly in regards to data and information. In addition, the most recent transportation legislation, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century (MAP-21), issued new requirements related to asset and performance management. In an era of tightened budgets, transportation agencies (“agencies”) have greater incentive to make their operations more efficient. The time they kindly provided was vital in preparing the case studies and reviewing this final report. The Volpe Center project team wishes to thank the staff members from several organizations nationwide, each listed in Appendix A, for providing their experiences, insights, and editorial review. The project team included Alisa Fine of the Volpe Center's Organizational Performance Division, Benjamin Cotton of the Volpe Center's Transportation Planning Division, and Jaimye Bartak of Cambridge Systematics. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, prepared this report for the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Planning. APPENDIX D: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.APPENDIX A: LIST OF INTERVIEW AND PEER EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS.New Mexico Department of Transportation.Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.Research and Innovative Technology Administration Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Organizational Performance and Transportation Planning Divisions (this is not copy!)(in perspective viewport) create target camera using the curent view.THE INTEROPERABILITY OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNĪND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN TRANSPORTATIONĬase Studies of Select Transportation Agencies September 2013 Prepared for: Polygon Count (displayed at upper left of viewport for selected object). Select hidden objects in select from scene dialog by name to unhide those objects.Ĭenter active viewport to the mouse's position.Īdaptive degradation, shows objects as boxes, speed up viewport drawing in complex scenesĬhange active viewport to "Perspective" view. Rotate selected object (does not Select). If you have more than 1 camera in your scene, this will toggle between cameras.ĭisable view (prevents view from updating used when editing very large scenes to improve performance) 3DS Max is not case insensitiveĬhange active viewport to "Camera" view (there must be at least 1 camera in your scene for this command to work). A does not toggle Angle Snap but a does.īe aware this chart is unaccurate in that respect. Description (all these letters should be lowercase) e.g.