Vehicle Tracking - File size:
- 260 MB
- Date added:
- Apr 16, 2024 | Last update check: 1 minute ago
- Licence:
- Trial | Buy Now
- Runs on:
- Windows 10 64-bit / 11 See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information
Vehicle Tracking is an AutoCAD-based analysis software that allows you to create vehicle swept path analysis, parking layouts and roundabout designs. It is important to analyze vehicle maneuvers in transportation and site design projects and then incorporate throughout the entire design process. Vehicle Tracking allows you to easily create vehicle sweeps with different types of vehicle and translate your 3D design elements into an animated vehicle path output.
Vehicle Tracking enables engineers, designers and planners to predictably evaluate the movements of steered vehicles, light rail vehicles and aircraft. Everything that has wheels can be analyzed. Additionally, numerous parking standards are available to assist in quickly determining the best parking layout solution. Vehicle Tracking can help an engineer working on a transportation project, a designer laying out a site plan, or an architect designing a campus facility. They can explore alternative design solutions with the production of multiple layout options that adapt automatically to the dynamic 3D model in Civil 3D.
AutoCAD-based. Vehicle Tracking is an application running on the top of AutoCAD. As it requires a host application to run, you have to install AutoCAD, or AutoCAD-based applications including Civil 3D, before you install Vehicle Tracking. The best use of Vehicle Tracking is on the top of Civil 3D (Civil 3D is based on AutoCAD) but you can use it with any software that is one of the AutoCAD verticals. If you’re doing your road layout design in AutoCAD, firstly look at Civil 3D, then look at Vehicle Tracking. Autodesk Vehicle Tracking is part of the AEC Collection.
Modules. Vehicle Tracking has three core modules:
- Swept path analysis (vehicle swept path). A swept path represents the extents (or envelope) of a vehicle body or any other part of the structure of the vehicle, swept along its path by all sides. With Vehicle Tracking, you can create swept paths to determine the full extent of the area required for any given vehicle to safely maneuver, not just the paths of the wheels. You have a design and you want to test if a specific vehicle can drive on that design. This is not only applicable for road projects, it’s applicable for everything that has wheels. You can do analysis of hospital beds to see if they can turn into a specific room.
- Parking layout design (to create parking lots). Using the parking lot tools within Vehicle Tracking you can optimize the layout as well as maintain a geometric standard that you can set with respect to bay width, driving aisles, and handicap spaces. Editing options are available.
- Roundabout design (2D and 3D). Vehicle Tracking has powerful features to simplify preliminary layout of roundabout geometry. Editing options are also available, and as you make changes to the layout, you will see the dynamic nature of the objects as well as the adherence to design standards. Using the geometrically constrained roundabout object make sit viable to explore multiple design solution.
AutoTrack. Vehicle Tracking was formerly known as AutoTrack software developed by Savoy Computing. AutoTrack was the world’s first swept path analysis software and it was acquired by Autodesk in 2013.
What’s new in version 2025:
- Security update: Zlib updated to version 1.3.1.
- Support for .NET 8 platform.
Gallery
Vehicle Tracking ribbon tab in AutoCAD. ©ASCENT
Vehicle Tracking ribbon tab in Civil 3D. ©ASCENT
Swept Path Analysis: Vehicle Library Explorer dialog. ©ASCENT
Swept Path Analysis: AutoDrive dialog. ©ASCENT
Parking layout design: Parking Standard Explorer dialog. ©ASCENT
Parking layout design: Parking Row Properties dialog. ©ASCENT
Parking layout design: Parking Bay Properties dialog. ©ASCENT
Roundabout design: Roundabout Standard Explorer dialog. ©ASCENT
Roundabout design: New Roundabout Details. ©ASCENT
Roundabout design in Civil 3D. ©ASCENT