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Terrain Breakline Priority

Ability to control breakline priority in a terrain. If two breaklines cross there is no way for the user to control which should control triangulation. You would need to create a dialog that could support this as other ideas have suggested. Civil ...
5 days ago in OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Already exists

Create (External) Clipped Terrain Model In Batches

Right now there is only a way to batch these clipped terrains with an internal clipping method
about 1 month ago in OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Area Reports for Height Range and Gradient Range

We would like to calculate and report area and volume in each height and gradient ranges. Any functions to report this? Or the only method is to create delta surface and analyze in excel and plot again on graph? Or is there any method to extract b...
2 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

import points from ASCII file with detla elevation

while importing point data we have option to import data as northing easting and elevationsuppose we have data that rock surface is ∆z below the existing ground so before importing point I should have option to select the existing surface so that ...
3 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Creating a fence to filter the elements to be considered for graphical filter

Currently, Graphical Filter will use all elements in the DGN to create the terrain based on the filter created. However, in certain cases, that might not be ideal as we may not need the entire terrain model to be created. As such, having the abili...

A tool to identify the actual XY coordinate location of a high or Low Point on a terrain

Currently we can Analyze Element to obtain the range high and range low for XYZ of a terrain, but that XY value does not reflect the coordinate of the actual range high/low Z, it just gives the highest/lowest XY in terms of the coordinate number. ...
5 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Allow clipped terrain to use the active terrain

In case the reference terrain needs to be re-done, this would allow to keep the clipped terrain and link it to the new active terrain.
5 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Complex Terrain - Rename "merge" and "append" to something more descriptive

Suggest renaming the "merge" and "append" functions when creating a complex terrain to something more descriptive of the action being performed. For instance, merge could be renamed to "overwrite" and append could be renamed to "use both". Users h...
5 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain / User Interface Future consideration

Upgrade Extract Contour tool to be more like Pass Through Contours tool from InRoads

The following idea is related to the survey tool gap analysis that is already being considered. The Extract Contour tool should be enhanced to place a graphic line at a specific elevation. Currently, you have to change the contour interval of my t...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey / Terrain Future consideration

Apply Surface Templates perpendicular to slope of a terrain

surface templates apply depth vertically, in many cases it is desired a true depth that is perpendicular to the terrain.
9 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration