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Improving flood protection in the Savinja Valley: Sustainable Approaches and Innovative Solutions

Project name: National spatial plan Ločica Letuš – Arrangement of the Savinja River to ensure flood protection…

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Did You Know? Autopath Includes a Variety of Bicycle Types

The Autopath program is most commonly used to verify the transportability of vehicles and all types of road design…

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New Bypass Road Project: Enhancing Urban Mobility and Living Spaces

The presented infrastructure project envisions the construction of a bypass road between Titova Street and Kremenca in…

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IFC Development:
From Idea to Industry Standard

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) started as a solution to one of the biggest challenges in construction: the lack of…

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What Is BIM?

Construction is one of the fields that is constantly evolving and changing. One of the most significant developments in…

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Do You Know the Difference Between Road Reconstruction and Rehabilitation?

Road maintenance and development are crucial aspects of infrastructure management, ensuring safe and efficient…

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Revolution on Tracks: The Continuous Evolution of Railway Vehicles

Railways have played a pivotal role in shaping human history, revolutionizing transportation and connectivity. The…

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High Capacity Vehicles: Environmental Problem or Solution?

In the ever-evolving landscape of transportation, High Capacity Vehicles (HCVs) emerge as formidable contenders for the…

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Innovative Approaches to Designing Flood Protection Measures: Bright Side of Extraordinary Floods in Slovenia in 2023

In early August 2023, Slovenia was hit by a period of heavy rainfall with recurring storms, strong downpours, and…

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Game-Changing Innovations:
Autopath 2024.1

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Autopath 2024.1, a landmark release that we believe will revolutionize your…

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New 3D BIM modelling methods for road and rail infrastructure

Matjaž Šajn, M. Sc. Civil Eng., CEO,  Leon Leban, Product Manager, Klemen Ozimek, Bs. Civil. Environ., Petra Tihole,…

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The Historical Evolution of Road Markings

For centuries, roads have played an exceedingly important role in the development of human civilization, as they have…

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IPSA | How CGS Labs software helped us design a rapid exit taxiway for Sarajevo International Airport

CGS Labs software is a trusted solution for many companies that want to enhance their project management and…

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Projection lines labeling options in the profile view band

For several years now, CGS Labs Civil Solutions (Plateia, Ferrovia, Aquaterra) has empowered users with the capability…

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AUTOPATH 2024 features a new package – Intralogistics

Looking to take your logistics and warehouse management game to the next level? You know how crucial it is to have…

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MT Projekt | The construction of a “Park & Ride” parking lot

Michał Gal is a talented and highly promising civil engineer from MT Projekt, who shared with us an innovative parking…

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Three clicks are all you need: say goodbye to manually connecting points to a polyline

The Polyline from Points tool is a highly efficient software tool that enables the quick creation of specialized…

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The Easiest Volume Calculation Guide You’ll Ever Need!

The Surface Volume Tool provides earthwork calculation values based on reference surfaces. This volume calculation is…

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AUTOPATH 2023.1 introduces Rear Steering Vehicles

The new version of AUTOPATH 2023.1 brings some practical functionalities and improvements. It supports rear steering…

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GRANOVA | First newly constructed railway line in Croatia in 52 years

Project name: New railway line Gradec – Sveti Ivan Žabno Location: Croatia Design team: Granova, a specialised project…

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GRANOVA | Analysis of Podsused – Tvornica – Samobor – Perivoj railway construction options

Based on the Transport Development Strategy, the Republic of Croatia has defined general objectives through which it…

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SIMM Engineering’s PLATEIA Experience

Foto: SIMM Engineering" My first experience with PLATEIA software goes back to the 90s. I worked on a project for a…

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VIAING’s experience using PLATEIA software on road infrastructure projects

Company VIAING was founded in 2012 by Riste Ristovski, a civil engineer, with more than 30 years of experience in…

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How to change the direction of the station?

A station control tool enables one or more station value definitions along the alignment. This tool is integrated…

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Traffic signs and directional signs with editable text

Did you know that AUTOSIGN software allows you to easily edit text and attributes of traffic or directional signs and…

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External Reference Surfaces

Alignments, points, polylines and other entities supported by CGS Labs solutions can be now projected/draped to…

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A new generation of Autopath software

In the latest release, our development team has proven once again, that they know how to think out of the box and they…

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Was the choice of the track gauge value a coincidence?

Track gauge is the minimum distance between the inner edges of the rail heads and is measured at a distance of 0 to 14…

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TCS Elements Manager

»TCS elements manager« is a tool used for zooming to a specific cross-section or elements within the cross-section…

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Unusual road traffic signalling around the world

An interactive method for creating swept path analysis - Easy Drive The…

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Points report

Plateia, Ferrovia and Aquaterra offers several functionalities to export points into different file formats. Points…

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BIM pilot project Godovič

Can you imagine that more than a thousand experts are involved in one project and they are drawing the road on paper?…

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PNZ | Construction documentation for road Hrastnik – Zidani Most and road deviation Rimske Toplice – Zidani Most – Radeče

Project name: Construction documentation G2-108 Hrastnik – Zidani Most and road deviation G1-5 Rimske Toplice…

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VILNIAUS PLANAS | Reconstruction of streets and bicycle paths in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania

Vilniaus planas has been working hand-in-hand with Vilnius City Municipality for over 20 years. We are currently…

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CIP | State border railway line section Novi Sad – Subotica

Institute of Transportation CIP from Belgrade, Serbia used CGS Labs software FERROVIA to design a state border railway…

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Discover 2022.2

We are delighted to welcome you back to Autosign blog. There are exciting news coming up and we would like to share it…

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Welcome Autopath 2022.2

Hello, dear Autopath users. We have started the new year by developing new functionalities that are now included in the…

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Automated creation and editing of cross-sections

Macro feature automates the creation and editing of cross-sections, which significantly speeds up the designing…

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BIM is the key to successful railway projects

Railway infrastructure is a complex and multi-disciplinary engineering system that must be planned very carefully and…

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All-in-one

Warm welcome to this post, Today’s topic is one of the most interesting aspects that must be treated when targeting a…

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New version 2022.1, brings new enhancements

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new software version. Autopath 2022.1 incorporates a variety of…

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AUTOSIGN 2022.1 – Straight ahead

ATTENTION: This post includes extremely valuable news. WHAT We are delighted to announce the release of the newest…

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Strenk Management Consulting Uses Autopath for Expert Testimony

A recent case highlights how SMC relies on CGS Labs Autopath. SMC was hired to provide expert witness services for a…

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KUKA delivers industrial flexibility with Autopath

Designing and implementing paths for automated vehicles is a challenge. They must be able to navigate the work area (in…

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IFC – I feel curious

Kind welcome to this new post! No, we neither misunderstood the meaning of “IFC” nor decided to change its meaning.…

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Areas of application – Autosign

Warm welcome to this new post! Probably none of you is entirely aware of all the ways on which Autosign can be useful…

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Follow the signs – Autosign 2022 is out!

We are thrilled to welcome you to Autosign blog! From CGS Labs we have established this space to share information,…

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Autopath 2022 is available now!

We are introducing a new software version. Autopath 2022 includes exciting new enhancements and functionality that…

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Hello, Autopath 2021.1!

I am very pleased to announce that we have released Autopath 2021.1! This version brings some new features that help…

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Horizontal swept path Analysis

With Autopath, swept path analysis can be made simply by clicking on a polyline, 3D polyline, or alignment defining a…

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Path to win Tour de France

No words are needed! Slovenia celebrates a double victory at Toure de France! Autopath is Slovenian product…

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TRAFFIC CALMING – narrowing the streets

Traffic calming is a system of design and management strategies that aim to balance traffic on streets with other…

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An interactive method for creating swept path analysis

With Autopath various methods are available for creating horizontal and vertical swept path analysis. Interactive,…

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Vehicle libraries

To facilitate the swept path analysis process, Autopath already includes a list of predefined vehicle design libraries…

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Why Swept Path Analysis is useful – II

Have you ever wondered how wind farms are created? No, they do not grow on site. Every component of the windmill must…

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Why Swept Path Analysis is useful – I

Design software applications for a site or urban development sometimes need to prove that the plan layout can…

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Hello, Autopath 2021!

I am happy to inform you that we released Autopath 2021! The release brings some new functionality and support for the…

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What is Swept Path Analysis

Swept Path Analysis is the calculation and analysis of the movement and path of different parts of a vehicle when that…

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Google Maps Import

Autopath provides unique raster imagery and Elevation data (Earth Surface data) insertion options and Street View…

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Alm River flood risk mapping

Ingenieurbüro Neukirchen, a reputable consulting company from Vienna, Austria, has used the AQUATERRA-MIKE connection…

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