Note: It is assumed that all wheels will remain in contact with the road. In order to do this some wheels will rise and some will fall. The extent of this movement is not controllable by the user.
Caution: Vertical Clearance mode uses default values for vehicle ground clearance and overall height that are unlikely to match your requirements. In order to generate useful results you
must obtain and enter the accurate height and ground clearance.
- Select
Vertical Clearance from the
Autodesk Vehicle Tracking menu or click the
Vertical Clearance button on the
Vehicle Tracking toolbar.
- If you have a default vehicle set up, then Vertical Clearance uses this vehicle. If you want to use a different vehicle, see
To Change your Selected Vehicle. Otherwise…
- If you have a path pre-selected then Vertical Clearance uses the current vehicle and position. Otherwise…
- The Library Explorer is displayed for you to select a vehicle. Select a vehicle and click
Proceed. For help on how to select a vehicle, see
To Select a Vehicle to Drive.
- Pick an AutoCAD polyline (which may be 2D, 3D, splined, curve-fitted or contain straight and/or arc segments) or spline (2D, non-closed, non-periodic splines only) or MicroStation complex chain.
The vehicle follows the line starting at the end closest to the point picked. Closing segments of closed polylines are ignored.
The swept path is generated and the path redrawn.
Vehicle Tracking detects when the vertical clearance envelope cuts the vertical alignment and places a warning symbol at these locations.