Access to full Backstage menus prior to opening a file
There may be times when a user would like to utilitze the Tools, Civil Tools, etc. or change user prefs, configuration variables, etc. Currernty you have to open a file before you can access the Backstage.
over 2 years ago
in User Interface
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Future consideration
Buttons in Level Display that stores and restores the status of levels
Once stored, it will keep track of which levels are turned on and off at the time of pressing stored. Then pressing restore will return the levels back to what they were. This would be useful if you needed to turn off some levels but want to retur...
Switching between referenced OBD models from an ORD file (after attachment).
If multiple bridge options are required, placing these options within the same dgn, but in separate models is a good practice. However, from ORD trying to change which OBD model is viewed (after it's been attached) does not work. It can be reattac...
Allow pasting Excel tables in Design Standard Tables
One of the features that I think would improve the software is the ability to paste Design Standards Tables from Excel into the software. This would save a lot of time and effort for users who need to adjust these values frequently, especially whe...
When multiple profiles are drawn in one alignment or civil feature, the user has to hunt for which one is set active. If they are close to each other and/or the same feature definition this is quite tedious! It would be helpful if there was a way ...
In GeoPak, the Active Chain Control tool was very useful for selecting a particular chain or alignment and having the location information (station, offset, etc.) be display in a dialogue box. The location information would live track with the loc...
Automatically calculate values when inputting into property fields
When inputting numbers into property fields, ORD can automatically calculate them for you. Example: Survey field team shoots the top of casting elevation of a manhole at 500ft, then shoots again for a bottom invert of the manhole but only leaves a...
Have Dynamic Settings built into Create Template window instead of opening from tools menu.
It would be nice to have the dynamic settings options built into the create template window instead of having to open them from the tools menu every time you open the window to create/edit templates. There is plenty of empty space below the templa...