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The roadway design pages are for the guidance of design engineers, technicians, and inspection personnel engaged in roadway design, plan preparation, and construction for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). It is prepared to encourage uniform application of designs and standard details in plan preparation of roadways and other related facilities.

General instructions for WisDOT standard roadway design files

Each of these files is a self-extracting compressed file containing one or more standard roadway design CAiCE data files. The extracted files are intended for use in CAiCE Visual Transportation 10. Visual Transportation 10 is not supported on Windows 95/98/ME. You must be running Windows NT 4, 2000, or XP.

If you are using Netscape as your Web browser, click on a file to start the download process. Then, in File Manager or Explorer, double-click on the downloaded file to start the extraction process. If you are using Internet Explorer as your Web browser, click on a file to start the extraction process directly. The files will extract into the TEMP directory by default. You will have the option of extracting the files into any directory you choose by overtyping the target path. These files must be located in the correct directories as described below to be used by CAiCE.

These files are intended for use in CAiCE Visual Transportation 10. Install location values surrounded by % indicate a CAiCE system variable. Detailed descriptions of executable files can be found in the Readme.txt file within each *.exe file

File name	Install location	Description
kc_autoload.exe	%KCTABLES%\user\toolboxes\autoload	WisDOT survey toolbox
kc_caice.exe	%CAICE%	Font and color tables
kc_cell.exe	%KCTABLES%\cell	Topographic cell libraries
kc_dgn.exe	%KCTABLES%\dgn	MicroStation conversion tables
kc_ewclass.exe	%KCTABLES%\ewclass	Earthwork classification tables
kc_flexfmt.exe	%KCTABLES%\flexfmt	Text format translator tables
kc_ftb.exe	%KCTABLES%\ftb	Feature tables that control point and line symbology
kc_gml.exe	%KCGMLDIR%	Geometric Modeling Language (GML) fragment files
kc_inifiles.exe	%KCTABLES%\inifiles	.ini files that control program and project settings
kc_masks.exe	%KCTABLES%\masks	Sheet mask files
kc_optfiles.exe	%KCTABLES%\optfiles	.opt Option files
kc_seed.exe	%KCTABLES%\seed	MicroStation seed files
kc_super.exe	%KCTABLES%\super	Super elevation transition and runoff tables
kc_table.exe	%KCTABLES%\table	Tables that control alignment, profile, and other settings
kc_tugboats.exe	%CAICE%\tugboats	Tugboat automation macros
kc_vbalib.exe	%KCVBALIB%	Fragments and custom macros
kc_vrfrags.exe	%KCVRDIR%	Fragment files

Disclaimer: Although the material in the roadway design Web pages has been tested by the Roadway Development Section, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as to the accuracy of the material in these pages, nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty, and responsibility is not assumed by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in connection therewith.

Note: MicroStation and IPLOT are registered trademarks of Bentley Systems Incorporated. CAiCE is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Incorporated. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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