Creator Road Tools
and transportation visual simulation applications by using accurate and advanced
algorithms for synthetic road generation. These tools permit the placement of roads with automated attributes into a synthetic environment and then allow you to preview them in a unique pre-simulated "drive" mode in the modeling environment. Purchased as an add-on module for Creator or CreatorPro, Creator Road Tools meets the stringent requirements of driving simulations for the purpose of vehicle design, specialized driver training, entertainment, and accident re-enactment.
Also, parameters in Creator Road Tools conform to industry standards, thereby ensuring the reliable and predictable automatic projection of roads.
Parameters defined in Creator Road Tools describe the horizontal alignment of a road curve.
Spiral twist types
Variations of horizontal controls that define the way in which super elevation is distributed in spiral sections, including linear with length and linear with curve angle.
Vertical curve controls
Operating the same for curve sections and hill sections, the vertical profile is defined by these controls and by the elevations and slopes at the beginning and ending control points.
Vertical slope and center point controls
Duplicate complex 3D slopes using Entry Slope, Exit Slope, and Center Point.
Levels of Detail (LODs)
With automatic generation of up to nine levels-of-detail, permits the target platform to switch between more or less complex versions of a model.
Road definition tools
Use Road Width, Center to Left parameter, and Side Area for the effective representation of road attributes.
Texture application parameters
Allows users to specify what texture patterns (if any) are applied to the road surface and side areas and to control how the textures are applied.
Feature parameters
Enables users to assign name attributes, place features manually or automatically, and rotate features to align appropriately with current heading of the road.
Feature types
Controls whether more than one copy of a feature is placed in each LOD and also determines whether the feature is inserted as geometry or as an external reference.
Feature orientation flags
Preserve the orientation of the feature in a variety of capabilities, add 2D features to the database, and fix the drawing priority of the feature relative to the road.