PLOTTER APPLICATIONS IN HIGHWAY DESIGN

The value of the computer as a highway design tool is greatly enhanced when a plotter is added to the computer system and it becomes possible to produce plotted as well as printed output. Examples of computer generated plots are presented and the supporting computer programs considered. The following highway components are treated: (1)Detailed geometry; (2)property plat; (3)cross sections; (4)profiles; (5)contours; (6)perspectives; and (7)soil tests. Each program considered has been used in highway design and has been implemented on an IBM 1130 computer with an on-line drum plotter.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Till, W T
• Publication Date: 1979-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 239-249
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Technical Councils
  • Volume: 105
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Computer graphics; Computer programs; Data plotters; Graphics; Graphs; Highway design; Highway engineering; Highways; Mathematical models; Soil tests; Terrain
• Old TRIS Terms: Graphic methods; Highway systems; Terrain models
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00195250
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 1979 12:00AM