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Add Highlight tool in OpenRoads & OpenRail Designer

In OpenTunnel Designer there's "Highlight" & "Clear Highlight" tool in explorer panel which helps us to highlight any particular element in a huge dgn without turning off display levels of other elements. Please bring this to other civil produ...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Modify stirrups in columns or shafts - using different stirrup size or spacing.

Please feel free to reach if you have any questions for this request. My email address is jin.liu@greshamsmith.com Sometimes I want to modify stirrups in columns or shafts - using different stirrup size or spacing. I did auto design first then try...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 1 Future consideration

RM Bridge update to use the correct AASHTO reduction factor for reinforced/prestressed concrete based on tensile strain in reinforcing at ultimate limit state.

The current RM bridge ultimate capacity calculations allow for material reduction factors only, which are not used by AASHTO for reinforced and prestressed concrete. AASHTO concrete reduction factors for flexure and P-M capacities are based on the...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Use Annotation Groups to add Hatching / Pattern elements and Dimension Elements

We have several sheets where we want certain lines that have specific feature definitions to have a dimension on the plans. We also have several shapes that we always want to show hatching or patterns appearing on the plans. Right now we have to m...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Revise Limitation to LEAP/RC-Pier Wind Load Auto Generation Tool

I have brought the limitation to the Wind Load Auto Generation tool in the past, but this is becoming more important and an issue now, since I’ve been getting many comments from our clients and my coworkers on this. Currently, the wind load auto g...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Limit the types of models that can have coordinate systems

Would be nice if the non-indexed profile models and cross section models prevented users from being able to assign coordinate systems. Also would be nice if coordinate systems weren't able to be attached to sheet models either. Since coordinate sy...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 0 Future consideration

Add loading options in LEAP Concrete (Previously known as RCPIER)

Provide an option to enter girder properties for both the back span and fwd span if varying girder properties between back and fwd span When generating moments due to braking force, provide an option that distributes the moment divided by 10 and a...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Implement a SWITCH/CASE function for item type expressions.

A SWITCH/CASE function would be easier to use than having to nest multiple IF functions.
over 1 year ago in Item Types / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to automatically generate 3d linear features/Linestrings from OBM elements

Generation of 2d decorations and solids are insufficient for full coordination with road geometry teams and they regularly need to provide 3d linestring geometry as part of the roadway design for bridge barriers, wingwall edges for earthworks, etc...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Needs review

Anisotropic shell elements in RM Bridge

The implementation of FEM shell elements as a supplement to the beams in RM Bridge Enterprise, is a useful tool. Sometimes it will be useful to model the shell elements with different properties in the longitudinal direction compared to the transv...
9 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review