Highway Design Lab

Catalog description

This lab offering provides students with an introduction to MicroStation, which is a computer aided drafting and design course used primarily by federal and state departments of transportation (DOT). Open Roads, is a 3D software that uses MicroStation as an operating platform. Open roads is also commonly used by DOT agencies. MicroStation/Open Roads is analogous to AutoCAD/Civil3D. Students, after completing this course, will be able to successfully utilize the civil geometry tools to create geometry for roadway projects.