Driveway

The Driveway subassembly inserts links to create a driveway with a detached sidewalk. The driveway and curb and gutter is based on APWA Standard Plans for Public Works Construction, 2012 edition.

You should verify that the dimensions used match your interpretation of the standard plan.

Full Curb:

Min Curb:

Plan:

Attachment

The attachment point is at the lip, back of curb, or flowline/surface on the curb and gutter.

Input Parameters

Note: All dimensions are in meters or feet unless otherwise noted. All slopes are in run-over-rise form (for example, 4 : 1) unless indicated as a percent slope with a “%” sign.

Parameter

Description

Type

Default

Side Specifies which side to place the subassembly Left / Right Right
Curb Type Specifies the curb to be used A1-6 / A1-8 / A2-6 / A2-8 / A3-6 / A3-8 / B1-6 / B2-6 / B3-6 A2-6
Attach Point Specifies where the curb attach point is Lip / BackCurb / Flowline/Surface Lip
Base Depth Depth to subbase at the flange point. Use zero if there is no subbase. Numeric, positive

0.5 ft

0.15 m

Curb Face at Low Height of curb face at the lowest point of the driveway Numeric, positive

0.083 ft

0.025 m

Driveway Type Type of driveway Type A / Type B Type B
Driveway Thickness Thickness of driveway Numeric, positive

0.5 ft

0.15 m

Sidewalk Thickness Thickness of sidewalk Numeric, positive

0.5 ft

0.15 m

Sidewalk Width Width of sidewalk Numeric, positive

4 ft

1.2 m

Sidewalk Grade Grade of sidewalk Numeric 2%
Y Value Wing distance measured along the curb Numeric, positive

4 ft

1.2 m

X Value Width of driveway ramp Numeric, positive

3 ft

1 m

Target Parameters

This section lists the parameters in this subassembly that can be mapped to one or more target objects. For more information, see To Specify Corridor Targets.

Parameter

Description

Status

Top of Curb Used to determine the driveway state to build the driveway. The following object types can be used as targets for specifying the elevation: profiles, 3D polylines, feature lines, or survey figures. Required

Runtime Logical Assignments

The curb and gutter, and driveway dimensions.

Output Parameters

None.

Behavior

The initial point is set at the attachment point. The curb and gutter shape is then built. The top of curb is adjusted based on the top of curb profile.

The type of driveway is determined by the user parameters. The top of curb elevation target cannot make the top of curb higher than the curb height, nor lower than the curb face at the low location. A higher top of curb elevation results in the maximum curb height. A lower top of curb elevation results in an elevation above the flowline/surface plus the curb face at low input parameter.

For Type A:

The driveway is integral with the sidewalk for its entire length. The slope of the driveway is based on the full curb height and the sidewalk grade for a distance of the X value.

For Type B:

The driveway is not integral with the sidewalk for its entire length. For a distance Y, measured along the curb, the driveway has a triangular wing shape. The distance for the driveway is based on the proportional curb height and the X and Y input parameters.

Sidewalk:

The sidewalk location is built from the input parameters assuming a full curb height along the driveway length.

Layout Mode Operation

In layout mode, this subassembly draws the full height curb and sidewalk.

Point, Link, and Shape Codes

The following table lists the point, link, and shape codes for this subassembly that have codes assigned to them. Point, link, or shape codes for this subassembly that do not have codes assigned are not included in this table.

Point, Link, or Shape

Code

Description

P1 BackCurb Back of curb
P2 TopCurb Top of curb
P3 FinishSurface Finish surface or flowline
P4 Flange Gutter flange
P10 Driveway_Outside Sidewalk_Inside Outside of driveway inside of sidewalk
P11 Sidewalk_Outside Outside of sidewalk
L1-L3, L6 Top, Curb Top of curb
L4 Driveway, Top Top of driveway
L5 Sidewalk, Top Top of sidewalk
L8 CurbBottom, Datum Bottom of curb
L9, L15, L21 SubBase, Datum Bottom of subbase
L14 Driveway_Sub Bottom of driveway concrete
L17 Sidewalk_Sub Bottom of sidewalk
S1 Curb Concrete curb area
S2, S4, S6 SubBase Subbase
S3 Driveway Concrete driveway area
S5 Sidewalk Concrete sidewalk area

Coding Diagram