Inroads FAQ - Pavement Blocks Q. How do I get Inroads to put a pavement block on my cross section? A. You can accomplish this through a little manipulation of your template. Load your project’s template library, then choose Define Template located on the Design Roadway Palette. Edit the template(s) that you will be using for your roadway. If you have not already done so, add an active layer to represent the bottom of the subgrade - this shows the depth of pavement. Make sure that this subgrade information is on the backbone of your template. Also set the superelevation range points and pivot points on the backbone. Now edit the left cut. Input a segment with a .001 master unit Width and a 10,000 % Slope and add it. Vertical surfaces in DTMs are not supported by Inroads. By using a extremely high slope segment, you can get near vertical results and get around the no vertical surface rule. Repeat the addition of this small near vertical segment to the right cut, left fill, and right fill. Save the template file before close out of Define Template. Now choose Roadway Modeler off of the Design Roadway Palette. Choose Setup>Roadway. The Subgrade Intercept should be on "first layer". This makes Inroads extend the subgrade layer until it intercepts the first layer. Therefore the near vertical segment is taken to the first layer and creates a pavement block. Note: While you are in Setup>Roadway, if you are using superelevation be sure to toggle on Superelevate all Layers and then the pavement block will superelevate. If any mistakes or problems are found with the Design Web pages, contact Jeremy Wooldridge.