Bentley OpenRoads Training throughout UK
Cassidy Forsythe provides expert training in OpenRoads Designer - the leading platform for surveying, drainage, utilities, and highway design.
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key design areas
We aim help professionals master the tools that shape modern infrastructure.
Why It Matters
OpenRoads Designer is the industry standard for integrated design. Learning to use it effectively can save time, reduce errors, and deliver better project outcomes. Our training gives you the confidence to work faster and smarter.
Why Train With Us
Our courses are delivered by certified professionals with real-world experience. You’ll learn more than software functions—you’ll gain practical workflows and insider tips that make a measurable difference in your work.
What You’ll Learn
From interface basics to advanced highway design, drainage systems, and collaborative workflows, our courses cover every stage. Each module builds your skills step by step, ensuring a complete understanding of the platform.
Introduction to Openroads Designer
This course will provide the delegate with the basics skills to work within the MicroStation environment.
The course will take the form of live tutorials, during which time the delegates can take notes and ask questions, followed by hands-on practical exercises in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition.
Prices
This course is delivered in a classroom setting for up to 10 people, which costs £3995 + vat.
Location
The course can be delivered in your offices or you can come to our offices, whichever you prefer.
Before we start looking at the different functionalities in OpenRoads Designer it is important that you can navigate the MicroStation platform and that you are comfortable with the ribbon menus and how to access the various tools.
In this part of the course you will be provided with a completed model for you to practice the navigation and presentation of a model. These skills are essential before you move onto the following sections
This section of the course will show you how to create a terrain model in different ways, including importing from an external file and creating a terrain model from an imported cad file such as an AutoCAD dwg.
This section will also show you how to edit a terrain model and create a delta terrain model which would represent the underside of the topsoil strip on your site.
You’ll also learn how to analyse your terrain model including finding individual levels and applying contours.
We will also show you how to create ponds or bunds and how to calculate the volumes of the ponds or bunds.
This section of the course will show how to build horizontal and vertical alignments from individual elements which will be familiar to previous MX users such as fixed, free and floating elements, however previous knowledge of MX is not required.
You will also learn how to create offset elements from your horizontal design which retain their design intent, so that you maintain the relationship between your elements.
This part of the course will show you how to add corridors to your alignments and how to create and edit a template which can be applied to your alignment.
You will learn how to create the relationships between template points and how to test your template to ensure it works the way you expect.
You will also learn how to utilise components you have already created so that you never have to create a template twice.
Once you have finished your template creation you will learn how to clip out a corridor across a junction, removing components such as earthworks and kerbs across your junction.
This section of the will show you how to create the junction geometry and then how to create a terrain model covering the junction area.
You’ll also learn how to add surface and linear templates to create the pavement layers, kerbs, footways and earthworks slopes.
We will also show you how to create the corridor references to stop components being created across the junction.
We will show you how to design a roundabout using the Openroads Designer horizontal and vertical alignment tools.
We will demonstrate how the design is carried out to the Stockdale Method of roundabout design and how to design to CD 116 Geometric Design of Roundabouts.
The course will explain how to design each approach centre line so that adequate deflection is achieved and ensure that the carriageway is drained.
Once the design is complete, we will show you how to add surface templates to show the pavement layers and linear templates to show the kerbing.
In this section of course you will learn how to easily extract drawings from your model to any scale you choose.
You’ll also see how to add your own drawing border.
We will also show you how to create cross sections and long sections and how to change the annotation on the drawings to suit your company standards.
This section of the course will show you how to enhance your model with additional elements such as traffic signals, guardrails, lighting columns etc. which can be downloaded from the internet in other formats.
You will also learn how to model utilities so that underground services can be viewed for clash detection.
Once you have added elements into your model you will learn how to add additional properties to the elements for asset management purposes.
Designed for Your Success
What You’ll Learn
From interface basics to advanced highway design, drainage systems, and collaborative workflows, our courses cover every stage. Each module builds your skills step by step, ensuring a complete understanding of the platform.
Flexible Training Options
We offer training in formats that suit your schedule: live online sessions, classroom learning in London, or on-site delivery for teams. Whichever you choose, the quality and depth of learning stay the same.
Who It’s For
Our courses are ideal for civil engineers, surveyors, infrastructure teams, and contractors looking to streamline design processes and stay ahead in a competitive industry.