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OBM Place Bearing List Order Causing Item and Material Misclassification

The current order of OBM’s Place Bearing groups is creating significant confusion regarding which item group corresponds to the Bearing and Grout Pad/Bevel Plate. Because the group order changes depending on configuration, the same physical compon...
about 2 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler Planned

Need to be able to read the GEOPAK Drainage binary file and export to a spreadsheet – without having GEOPAK installed or running

Geopak is no longer supported by Bentley. At some point, Geopak will not be installed on our machines, but we may need to get the calculations that reside in the GDF file. We need a method that will allow us to extract the information we need from...
5 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / Import/Export / OpenRoads Designer Planned

Need bent plate connection plates for diaphragm and cross frames.

OBM does not currently allow for bent connection plates for diaphragms / cross frames. We need that ability to cover bridges skewed between 20 and 45 degrees.
12 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler Planned

Allow the road slope to exceed the gutter cross slope

My state agency commonly uses gutters with a 4% cross slope. The maximum superelevation rate is 7%. The gutter slope stays at 4% in this situation. Spread does not compute in this scenario because "A depressed gutter must have a Gutter Cross Slope...

ORD Drainage - new properties for gutter spread/depth at edge of grate (not center)

Ohio DOT likes to see the spread and depth at the edge of the grate. Currently the software reports on the spread and depth at the start and end of the gutter. Would like additional properties to also report the spread and depth at the edge of the...
about 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities Planned

Import .xtr files without losing any data

We receive the rail alignment in the form of a .xtr file. In the file itself it is possible to see that there is station, cant, construction and destruction phase, and turnout information, yet when I import it in OpenRail Designer only the alignem...
about 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer Planned

Tool to Convert a Survey Linear to a Civil Geometry Complex Element or a MicroStation Linestring

There should be a one button command to convert a Survey Linear to a Civil Geometry Complex Element, a MicroStation Linestring, or individual MicroStation lines (User picks what they want). There are ways to accomplish this process now but most in...
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey Planned

Change Display based on Either Properties, Display Styles, or Level Overrides

When Switching between state of a Structure Existing and Proposed, Removed, Etc. we need a way to keep the same Feature we should be able to Either Map to a property to choose the Level to Display or be able to overwrite the Level Via Display Style.
10 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Planned

OBM should support multi-model, 2D and 3D workflows similar to OpenRoads

Users currently need to always start with a 3D file in OBM unlike in ORD. Allow users to support the multi-model (2D and 3D) behavior similar to OpenRoads Designer. All decorations should be in the 2D file and all 3D objects in the 3D file. When s...
over 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler Planned

Support for Partial-Depth Deck Panels

This is a must have feature for precast bridges.
almost 3 years ago in OpenBridge Modeler Planned