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Draw Corridor Objects at perimeter of components

In past versions of the product the corridor, once processed, would take on the outer shape of the components shown as part of the corridor. For some reason, in recent versions, the corridor object is drawn at some odd shape, probably due to null ...
26 days ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

"Locking" Civil Cell Properties

One of the challenges with civil cells is that they make sense to the creator but not the downstream users. One of the reasons for this is because once placed, any of the civil rules can be edited, which can often break the civil cell. There shoul...
29 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Allow benching to target template components or points

End Conditions with benching cannot target components or points within the same template. If this was possible, this would be a time saving feature (i.e. no need to create alternate surfaces that don't automatically update when the corridor is cha...
about 1 month ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Finite Element Analysis for curved and skewed bridges

Curved and skewed bridges often contain challenging geometric features, such as deck corners, diaphragm/cross-frame connections to girders. In these areas, the software is frequently unable to generate a reliable mesh using only the basic mesh set...
about 2 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer Future consideration

Add ability to have the stripping component to follow the benching of the end condition

We'd like to have a feature for a stripping component to target the end condition especially when there is benching. Currently, the furthest that can be done is for one of the points of stripping component to target only a single point in the end ...
3 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Bridge Deck Rebar Modeling

It appears there isn’t a way to have the deck rebars associated with the concrete bridge deck. The deck rebars are created by drawing working lines in a 3D space within a copy of the deck. Changes in the deck geometry results in recreating the reb...
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Modeler Future consideration

Add Place Stepped Approach Slab tool or feature

Most DOT's require approach slabs to be stepped on wide skewed bridges. It'd be nice not to have to create a lot of units to do this or use 3D Cutting tools to achieve this. I'm not sure what would be the easiest solution since you'll need to plac...
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Modeler Future consideration

Fix defect with approach slab variable constraints on a skew.

Product will not allow me to change variable constraints on my approach slab template with my support line placed on a skew and the relative location is behind that support line. I can't use negative numbers from the support line and I can't used ...
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Modeler Future consideration

Add end condition alignment targeting in template component properties dialog

When opening the component properties dialog for an end condition, there is an option to select a feature definition. Currently, users can only target feature definitions under the Linear category and not the Alignment category.
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Horizontal Range Option for Loop Alignment Modeling Controls

When modeling a loop ramp (or any situation where the alignment doubles back on itself) point controls and target aliases have a tendency to find solutions that are technically correct across the infield but that are not the intended solution. For...
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration