The image shown here is from an application delivered to the California Department of Transportation. The model includes a 2.5 mile section of Interstate 710 in Southern California. The simulation is being used to evaluate different alternatives for the planned beautification elements for the highway.

One of the challenges that the modeling team faced was managing the extensive amount of civil engineering data submitted by Caltrans. In addition, creating unique textures that accurately displayed a "weathered" look to paving elements and signs tested the creative abilities of the modelers.

The database was created with Multigen Creator and Road Tools. The custom Vega NT simulation runs on Windows NT based hardware.

Team: Gary Bush, Susan Nambe, Tom Dowgiallo, Bill Preskar, Matt Prichard, Robert Mingee and Gordon Tomlinson