I like how comprehensive the vehicle catalogue is. I like that I can drive the vehicle freehand or using CAD linework for the pathing. I also like that the software uses different colours to clarify what part of the vehicle is tracking where. This software is essential to intersection design, especially roadways with large commercial vehicles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there was more ability to create custom vehicles. If your vehicle is not in the database you have to contact transoft to create it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Provides an intuitive way of checking turning radii at various speeds for different design vehicles. Particularly useful when you're working with limited property where you need to keep the design tight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The corporate licensing method often is problematic for our company, with people spending hours with IT just trying to get AutoTURN to work. This may be partially an issue with our own network, but AutoTURN is definitely one of the most problematic programs our designers have to deal with as far as licenses. When it does work, I've had issues with it crashing Civil 3D. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ability to customize vehicles if you have a specific request from a client. I also like the built in database of all the current aashto vehicles so if you need a standard vehicle you can use it quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the function for making your own vehicle that it is hard to change specific properties without completely starting over. I also think the drive function could be improved. I often end up with paths that are not very smooth and could be improved if the drive function worked smoother. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-Software is recognized by all of the DOTs and Localities to do turning movement analysis and loading dock analysis

-Extremely easy to use

-Seamless integration within AutoCAD and Microstation

-Easy to create custom vehicles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-There's been virtually no enhancements or improvements to the software in the past 5 years.

-You have to create your vehicle turning path in the correct layer; once the turning path is created, it is not possible to change the layer of the AutoCAD block it creates and then turn that layer off in a viewport. This is extremely frustrating and annoying because you normally have to make sure each vehicle turning path is in a separate layer since you are typically analyzing multiple vehicles or different geometry alternatives.

-In order to get the AASHTO 2011 vehicle libraries, I had to purchase an upgraded version; it would've been nicer to have had just an option to buy that one vehicle library separately for a reduced cost.

-The base version of the software is missing just about every type of construction vehicle in case you wanted to analyze how a loader or haul truck would access an urban construction site.

-They should re-think the way you initially place a vehicle as it takes too many trial and error attempts to get the vehicle placed in just the right spot at the perfect rotation.

-Once you finish creating your turning movement, you can't use the vanilla AutoCAD MOVE command to move the created turning movement block and then come back and adjust the turn as doing so will move it back to the original location it was created in

-For some reason using AutoTURN in a CAD file will always result in the creation of a bunch of unpurgeable layers and blocks in your CAD file permanently even if you delete all of the file's AutoTURN created objects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are so many good things that I like it's hard to choose

You are able to:

Create your own vehicle

Run vehicles in reverse.

Drive the vehicle.

Create and animation for presentation to a client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The product is flexible and easy to use there is really nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a roadway designer, AutoTURN provides an easy and visual method to track vehicle paths as they maneuver through a user specified path. The preinstalled vehicle library is comprehensive and easy to edit for special circumstances if needed for your project.

AutoTURN software and commands are very smart and intuitive in that a user can effectively use the program quickly if they are already familiar with CAD software. The time spent learning the software is minimal and well worth the effort to confidently and effectively develop horizontal designs of intersections and civil sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vehicle paths are clearly displayed but additional visualization features would be nice. Users are able to define colors and linestyles of vehicles and vehicle paths, but 3-D renderings would be a nice feature.

I'm not sure if it is my hardware, but the active vehicle simulations can lag behind a little bit causing jumpy graphics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ability to enter a custom truck size and truck attribute date to match what is required from city to city. Most of the time this means a fire truck to guarantee our design provides access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In previous versions, you had to lead trucks around corners with your computer mouse and to some extent, this did not account for operator error. Newer versions have many more features and have made up for this shortfall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like it overall, this is a very useful tool for our Roadway Engineering projects, it is really helpful in Phase 1 designs and equally handy in Phase 2 Maintenance of Traffic Designs. We have been using this software for over ten years and I can't imagine how much work it would be to design the corner radii for intersections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The option to create a custom design vehicle is too complicated, sometimes the paths generated by the software are not accurate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

integration with microstation; there seem to be a lot of features and the ability to create custom vehicles is very helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes the clicking flow in order to make proper turning paths in CAD were cumbersome. editing turn paths were a bit difficult at times too especially if there are overlapping turn paths Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The turning movement analysis has allowed us to visualize operations at the intersection in order to set stop bar locations and curb return radii for complex intersections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Choosing the correct steering path can mislead users into being too conservative when setting intersection geometrics which can result in additional cost to the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.