Designing 3D Scenes with RoadRunner

Course Details

This one-day course provides hands-on experience with designing 3D scenes for simulating and testing automated driving systems. You'll learn ways to create road networks and insert customized markings, signs and signals, as well as vegetation, buildings, and other 3D models. You will apply these techniques to reconstruct a real-world scene based on map data and export the scene into common formats used by automated driving simulators.

Topics include:

Navigating and examining RoadRunner scenes using camera controls
Creating and customizing roads, lanes, and junctions
Defining surfaces and adding elements of the scene, such as road signs, trees, and buildings
Reconstructing geo-specific scenes based on geographic information system (GIS) assets, such as aerial images, lidar point clouds, and elevation data
Importing and exporting scenes in the OpenDRIVE^® format

Day 1 of 1

Working with the User Interface

Objective: Navigate the RoadRunner interface and maneuver inside a scene.

Navigating the RoadRunner interface and layout
Maneuvering inside a RoadRunner scene using camera controls
Selecting and moving objects in a scene
Measuring distance between scene elements

Roads

Objective: Create, connect, and customize road segments and road networks.

Creating, chopping, and joining road segments
Modifying road shape and vertical and cross-section profile
Changing road superelevation and speed limits
Creating on-ramps, off-ramps, and road splits

Lanes

Objective: Create and modify lanes, lane markings, and other road stencil markings.

Adding driving lanes, curbs, sidewalks, and parking spaces
Customizing lane properties, such as width and travel direction
Adding, editing, and customizing lane markings
Saving road styles with customized lanes for reuse

Junctions

Objective: Connect roads through junctions, add traffic lights, and define allowed vehicle maneuvers.

Creating and customizing junctions
Defining a set of maneuvers in a junction, such as permitted turns
Signalizing a junction by inserting traffic lights
Adding crosswalks for pedestrians

Terrains and Props

Objective: Add surfaces and 3D props, such as trees and buildings.

Creating a surface of a specific material, such as grass, asphalt, or sand
Adding props such as traffic signs, buildings, and trees
Adding groups of props along a road or within a surface, such as a group of trees
Customizing text and symbols on traffic signs
Importing custom props made in other object-modeling tools