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AutoTURN: Vehicle Swept Path and Turning Simulations

Supported Autodesk Products: AutoTrack – Vehicle Turn Simulation and Swept Path Prediction for Road, Rail and Airports

Compatible / Supported Operating Systems:Windows 2000, XP, Vista / Windows Server 2000, 2003

Supported Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

AutoTURN is dynamic CAD-based software created for the transportation design professional. Get full control of analyzing and evaluating vehicle maneuvers for projects such as intersections, roundabouts, bus terminals, loading bays or any on- or off-street projects that may involve access, clearance, and maneuverability checks.

Take your design ideas to the next level of efficiency. With new features and improved functions, you’ll be simulating, analyzing, and visualizing your projects like never before!

At the core of AutoTURN lies the SmartPath Tools, with four interactive drive modes that make simulating forward and reverse vehicle maneuvers quickly and easily while incorporating the use of engineering algorithms that account for speed, superelevation, lateral friction and turn radii. AutoTURN’s unique features also include:

The Place Offset Simulation tool which allows you to create vehicle simulations consistently offset from a travel way edge such as a curb.
The Oversteer Corner Path tool which lets you create and evaluate oversteer scenarios.
The Generate Reverse Corner tool simplifies and significantly shortens the process of creating reverse vehicle maneuvers. AutoTURN is the most widely used software of its kind. Employed by government departments, top design firms, and educational institutions around the globe – no other vehicle turn analysis program holds such established acceptance.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

Ability to add in realistic vehicle plan views for simulation creation and animations.
SmartPath Tools that generate: Arc Path; Corner Path; Oversteer Corner Path; and Steer a Path to instantly calculate complex turning maneuvers.
Create swept path envelopes from user-defined vehicle shapes with chamfered corners or filleted radii.

Real-time, dynamically updated information (radius, steering and articulating angle values) of a selected vehicle turn radius during the designing and editing process.
Front and rear steering linkages give users ability to specify linkage ratios between front and rear wheels for special vehicle types.
Modify and edit drawn simulations using Path Control for alternate path options.
Define and hatch either the vehicle body or the vehicle’s outer swept path envelope for tracking during a turn simulation.
National design vehicle standard libraries for: US (AASHTO, Caltrans), Canada (TAC), Europe and Australia.