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Show Slopes in Properties

Request to add the slope of an element in the properties tab. Why is it useful? Allows designers to check slopes at a glance without using dimensioning tools. Slope in relation to the global origin would be helpful for typical sections. However, i...
5 months ago in Item Types / OpenBridge Designer / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenTunnel Designer Future consideration

Integration of OpenRoads Designer Civil Functions in Python

Add OpenRoads Designer Civil functions to Python integration allowing development of Python applications that can access/call the Civil Design processes within OpenRoads

Refine Column Tab in Substructure Template UI

The Columns tab in the Substructure Template UI is not user friendly for more than 1 column. The program seems to be doing too much to try to assist user entry, but it ends up causing the window to become glitchy and less functional. Ideally, a us...
10 days ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / User Interface Needs review

Consider LRFD 10th edition stability check Art 6.7.4.2.2

This is a newly introduced article, for checking girder stability during construction stages when the section is non-composite.
about 1 month ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer Future consideration

More flexibility in Cross Section annotation groups

Summary: Administrators need the ability to apply multiple precision formats within a single cross‑section annotation group. Current limitations prevent annotations from displaying ratios or percentages with mixed precision based on whether values...

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
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Ability to annotate models over a station range

Currently, the only way to update Annotation is to update ALL or one drawing model at a time. It would be very helpful to be able to select a station range to remove and then update in one action.
almost 4 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Haunched (angled) deck soffit at outside edges extending to top flange of girder

Our bridges are designed with a haunched (or angled) soffit at the outside edges of the deck. These extend from the outside edge of the deck down to the top of the outside girder flange. Right now, this can be fudged in a deck template on a straig...
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler Planned

Transpose Element option to Create a Copy.

When using the Transpose tool, the software makes a copy of the element you are selecting to transpose, and that is the element that is reversed, leaving behind the original underneath. Most of the time I do not want a copy of the transposed eleme...

RM Bridge -- Line integral results not matching with FEM shells results

Integration of Gauss points results for line integrals seem to give less shell transversal moment results comparing to what is obtain in FEM shell results.
23 days ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer Needs review