AUTOPATH 2023.1 introduces Rear Steering Vehicles

Rear steering vehicles supported

Rear steering vehicle support has been added to the Autopath swept path analysis options. Forklifts and harvesters use rear steering, which is now supported and swept path analysis can be made for these types of vehicles.

Horizontal analysis enhancements

The horizontal analysis now includes a UI option to select the vehicle’s front or back axis to follow the selected polyline/path. Additional custom offset and analysis report options are available in the analysis Animation UI / Settings options. When the rear steering vehicles are being used, the back-axis option is disabled automatically.

New and updated vehicle libraries

• Spierings cranes
• Bicycle (updated)
• Auckland 2016 (updated)
• Auckland 2022 (updated)
• Australia_2018 (updated)
• Canada TAC 2017 (updated)
• Emergency AASHTO (updated)
• Articulated crane Terex Franna (updated)
• Sports car (updated)

New libraries of vehicles with rear steering have been added. These include new forklift vehicle libraries and a harvester’s library:

• Forklift Jungheinrich (rear steering)
• Forklifts Toyota (rear steering)
• Harvesters (rear steering)

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