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ESRI ArcGIS import automatically handle unit conversions

We would like to see the ESRI ArcGIS import functionality enhanced to handle conversions on the fly without having to change the working units of the file. To provide context, we have a base DGN that has working and storage units for SVFT/SVIN. Th...
over 1 year ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Organize named boundaries

Allow user to organize named boundaries including moving boundaries between groups and re-ordering within group etc. This would be particularly useful for cross sections and creating end area volumes. Sometimes we have to retrospectively create ad...
11 months ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

START and END annotation for vertical alignment

I want to have the ability to annotate the Start/End of the Vertical Alignment (There is the ability to annotate the Start/End of a Line and the Start/Endof the Horizontal Alignment). There are many ways to annotate the start and end stations, how...
about 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Chevron Pavement Marking Tool

This tool would replace the old Geopak tool that created chevrons with minimal effort. It's certainly possible to create chevrons by hand with the current tools, but it takes significantly more time for what was a pretty quick task. I think the ol...
over 1 year ago in Geometry / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Create 3D Automatically should inherit elevations from civil points if you draw a civil line and snap to the points

For detail grade areas it would be nice to place points in plan view and snap lines to those points. The lines would have annotation groups assigned to them to label the slope and distance between the points. Grades could then easily be tweaked by...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Allow Annotation Groups to use "Place Text Along" from MicroStation

For a plan annotation group, the ability for annotation text on arcs/curves and spirals/transitions to be placed to follow the geometry centreline curvature. The present options only allow the text to be placed as a tangential/perpendicular straig...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Ability to switch the priority of other end conditions within the end condition editor as an override.

Currently there is no way to use end condition exceptions and as an override switch between other end conditions within a certain station range. A simple addition to the override feature where you could temporarily change the priorities of the end...
7 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

XSLT 2.0 Support - Civil Reports

Who would like to have more capable Civil Reports? Currently, OpenRoads Designer relies on the XSLT 1.0 Transformation Language for generating Civil Reports. This language was published in 1999, now 24 years ago. In 2009, a much more full-featured...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Export XS (Cross Section) to 2D lines

Export the XS sheet or drawing model to 2D lines. And have the ability to export some dynamic XS to 2D lines and PDF it.
8 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 2 Future consideration

Surface Template - "Process Corridor" similar tool

Just add the function to process the template again so it can be updated. This is a major issue when using surface templates with clipping boundaries. If I change the clipping boundary (a simple shape on the 2D model), I have to delete and reapply...
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration