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Terrain, road and sewer in one file.

From the surveyor’s point file through quantities and setting out to alignment, vertical profile, typical section and sewer long section.

For earthworks contractors who turn plans and point files into quantities, setting-out data and machine data, and for engineering offices with small municipal road and sewer projects.

02Plan and profileM 1:500A1

Sheets from the example projects, plotted with Linework. A click opens the whole sheet.

Survey and terrain

  • Read points

    The surveyor’s point files (PNEZD, PENZD, CSV). Every code gets a layer, codes become breaklines on request, and the terrain is built in the same step.

    survey
  • Grid coordinates

    Gauss-Krüger to ETRS89/UTM and back through the BeTA2007 grid or an NTv2 state grid. A Helmert transformation fits site coordinates to control points. Large coordinates stay exact to the millimetre.

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  • Terrain from what you have

    From points and breaklines, from the states’ 1 m elevation models (GeoTIFF or XYZ) or from the spot heights and contours of a PDF plan. A check finds duplicate points and outliers.

    terraindtmterraincheckcontourlabel
05Typical cross-sectionsM 1:50A1
06Cross-sections along the roadM 1:200A1

Earthworks and quantities

  • Pit, formation, trench

    A pit or formation at its level with slopes, a pipe trench with bedding, pipe zone and backfill. Linework warns about too little cover and vertical walls above 1.25 m.

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  • Quantities with a record

    Topsoil, cut, fill, bulking and lorry loads as a table or CSV, plus the prism list (the method of REB 22.013) and soil classes.

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  • Setting out and machine control

    Setting-out points in grid coordinates as CSV, with station and offset to the alignment. The planned terrain goes out as a LandXML triangulation and as DXF, per layer if you like.

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  • Design versus as-built

    As-built points against the planned terrain: green within 3 cm, red beyond, as a table.

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07Bridge over the MühlbachM 1:100A1
03Sewer long section, waste waterM 1:500/50A1

Roads

  • Alignment and profile

    An alignment of straights, arcs and clothoids, a profile with vertical curves, both editable afterwards, also from LandXML and OKSTRA.

    alignmentgradient
  • Typical section and corridor

    The typical section is assembled from parts (lane, kerb, footway, verge, swale, slope) with your pavement layers. From it comes the 3D road body, across a bridge too.

    roadsectioncorridorcrossslope
  • Long section, cross-sections, sheet layout

    A long section with bands, cross-sections with cut and fill, plan-and-profile sheets laid out along the alignment with rotated viewports.

    longsectioncrosssectionsalignmentsheets
  • Layer quantities and level book

    Layers in square and cubic metres, kerb and channel in metres, and per station the axis level and every edge with offset and level.

    roadquantitieslevelbook
  • Check the alignment

    Radii, clothoids, gradients, crests, sags and stopping sight against limits you supply. Swept paths along a line, in reverse too.

    alignmentchecksweptpath
10Sewer hydraulics–A1

Sewers

  • A network of manholes and reaches

    Cover levels from the road or terrain, inverts with fall and minimum cover, drops. Reach and manhole lists, numbering in the direction of flow.

    sewerheightsnetlistnumber
  • Sewer long section

    With bands for ground, station, cover, invert, manhole depth, reach, length, diameter and fall.

    longsection
  • House connections and gullies

    A junction on the reach, a pipe with fall to the plot boundary, and the list of house connections.

    houseconnection
  • Trench and hydraulics

    Excavation, shoring area, bedding and backfill per reach. Hydraulics by the time-of-flow method with utilisation and a record, for small networks.

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Formats

In

CSV (PNEZD, PENZD)LandXML 1.2OKSTRA-XMLISYBAU-XMLDGM1 (GeoTIFF, XYZ)DWG, DXFPDFGeoJSON, Shapefile, GeoPackageALKIS (NAS)WMS

Out

LandXML 1.2ISYBAU-XML (2017, 2024)GAEB X31CSVDXF, DWGPDF, PDF/A

All formats and what they carry

What is still missing

  • Limits and tables from guidelines are not built in. You supply pavement build-ups, alignment limits, roughness and rainfall values.
  • The German REB data types and the makers’ machine control formats are missing. LandXML and DXF go out.
  • Hydraulics covers small networks by the time-of-flow method. Surcharge and flooding verification stays with specialist software.
  • Junctions and roundabouts do not exist as parts. The bridge is a solid in the corridor, not a structure with analysis.
  • Heights are not converted between height systems. The sewer long section does not show crossings with other utilities yet.

In the examples

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Product
FrameMind Linework
Version
0.19.2
Date
13 November 2026
Platform
macOS, Apple silicon
Windows
in preparation
Price
free

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