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    Ability to control segment length when triangulating.

    We are currently not able to change segment length when triangulating surface. In SS2, you can define a segment length when triangulating a surface, but we cannot find this option in the OpenRoads application. There is a Survey stroking variable, ...
    about 2 years ago in Survey / Terrain 0 Future consideration

    Lock stationing to an XY coordinate.

    As an MX user, we had the ability to lock stationing to an xy coordinate in an alignment. Please add this ability in ORD. An example use would be as follows: the user has a complex horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, and wants to append a ta...
    about 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

    UI: Move Terrain Labeling Tools from Terrain tab to Drawing Production tab.

    It is not clear that the Terrain Labeling tools are under Terrain when they are a Plans Production tool.
    almost 4 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

    Improve the dwg drawings for profile and XS

    A lot of time our employements ask for dwg XS, profile and plan drawings, I consider very useful a set of settings ti create them without issues.
    almost 4 years ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

    When exporting to the IFC, keep a different identification for each item.

    When exporting the IFC, each element is identified by a default value. For example, all solids come out with an identification as smartsolid. This makes it very difficult to search for an element in the model.
    over 1 year ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Needs review

    Separate bridge into multiple segments in separate files

    Develop a way to split up a bridge model into multiple smaller segments in separate dgn files to allow multiple designers to model simultaneously.
    over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

    Item Type Expression that References a Terrain

    Similar to the new Station/Offset Expressions, it would be great to query a terrain in an item type on an element and return the elevation. It would be used primarily for point cells, but I could also see it being useful for linework.
    almost 4 years ago in Annotation / Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 5 Future consideration

    Catchment Sub Areas need to be more accessible

    A catchment's subareas is ONLY accessible by opening the subareas collection. This limits the ability to streamline various workflows. At minimum sub areas need to be accessible from the following: Flex Tables - The current flex tables will only...
    about 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Planned

    Replace or swap master survey terrain without losing links or relationships

    Replace or swap master survey terrain without losing links or relationships to design elements or other corridors, DGNs etc. I use a complex terrain to achieve this now, it would be nice to have another option
    over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

    Selective update of annotations

    Sometimes it feels totally frustrating to work with annotations in ORD. The problem stems from the dynamic nature of ORD files. Say we have a track where we have done annotations and we took our time to specify their position and adjust them. We h...
    over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration