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Label PVRC from Annotation Definitions

This feature is missing from any option in vertical points of annotation definitions. This is a common civil feature and seems like something that should be in the product.
12 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Calculated Expressions for Text Favorites

When creating Report Definitions for item types, we have the option to create calculated columns that can use an expression, similar to an item type, to create a data column that looks the way we would want it in a standard report. It can combine ...
19 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow Item Types to be Exported to a ProjectWise Folder

Within the Item Types Import/Export tool, "Import From" and "Export To" lead directly to folders outside of ProjectWise. There is no option to import from or export to an excel file within ProjectWise.
21 days ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

selective Annotation for Multiple Profile Models

Currently, when adding element annotations to profiles, the prompt offers two options: Annotate all models Annotate only the active model This creates a challenge when a file contains multiple vertical alignments: Choosing all models appli...
29 days ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Relate trench quantities back to the conduit for reporting and take-off needs

NYSDOT is utilizing trenches on all of their utility and drainage pipes. They have a report they require that quantifies the components within the trench corridor per outgoing pipe from a node. If there was a way to generate an Item Type on the pi...
about 1 month ago in Item Types / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

ifc itwinexport Key-in with information

“I would like to be able to set the IFC version, file name, and schema mapping file in my "ifc itwinexport" key-in, so that I can start an automated process.
about 1 month ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Vertically Aligned Collision Free Cross Section Frame Annotation when Using Horizontal Text

Using OpenRail 2024 Vertical Frame Text significantly increases the height of Cross Sections, THUS causing more sheets. Would like the capability to have Horizontal Text in a frame, one row for Offset, one for Elevation. While this can be done, wh...
about 2 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Live Element Annotation in Drawing Models via Annotation Groups

There can be a lot of instances on a project where a detail in a section is not practical to model 3D, and the user feels compelled draw the element live in the drawing model. It would be great to capture live elements with annotation groups, as t...
about 2 months ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Patch Product More Often

I will use ORD as an example. I, along with many others, have chosen to remain on ORD 10.12 due to a constant string of issues with more current releases. Most recently, I tried to upgrade a project from 10.12 to 24. This resulted in my Text File ...

Make it possible to apply various symbology on one alignment

Many times an alignment is partly existing and partly new or changed. In the drawings this should be shown with different symbology and annotation, something that is not easy in ORD. A tool that can do this would be very useful!
about 2 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration