Roadway template automation

Describe a roadway section.
Generate a CAD template.

Describe a roadway section. DraftLayer generates an editable CAD roadway template you can preview, download, and refine in OpenRoads Designer.

Try the demo See how it works

The workflow

Three steps. No manual drafting.

DraftLayer is designed to move repetitive roadway template setup out of the drafting queue and into a guided review workflow.

Input

Upload a typical section PDF, or type a plain-language description of the cross-section.

Extract

DraftLayer identifies the major roadway elements, and correctly constrains the components to build your interactive roadway template.

Download

Preview the generated template before export. Download the ITL file for an editable corridor-ready template.

Component library

DraftLayer component library

DraftLayer currently recognizes the following standard roadway components. The preview demo shows how those elements become a clean roadway section. More components will be added over time.

Travel lanes Paved shoulders Unpaved shoulders Curbs & gutter Sidewalks Buffers & bike lanes Divided roadways Undivided roadways Guardrails Roadside ditches Cut slopes Fill slopes Variable-width elements

Input modes

Works however you work

Whether you're digitizing an existing drawing or designing from scratch, DraftLayer is being shaped around the way roadway sections are actually described.

Describe it in plain language

Designing from scratch? Type the cross-section the way you'd describe it to a colleague — lane widths, slopes, curb types, medians — and DraftLayer shows the template taking shape.

Upload a drawing

Future image input will let teams upload a roadway section drawing and review a generated template preview.