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Store vertical/horizontal alignment of low points

A tool existed in Geopak that could pick out the low point of a cross section to the left and right of centerline and construct horizontal and vertical alignments from that. This essentially automated the creation of a ditch profile along an entir...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

The Feature Defintion toolbar - a proposal for improving this function

Feature Definition Toolbar A proposal for improving/expanding this feature Choosing Feature Definitions is a frequently used feature in OpenRoads Designer. Especially in urban projects, switching between pavement types, curbs, placing signs, s...
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Template Creation window access ProjectWise datasource to load xml template libraries from another project

Provide a ProjectWise datasource connection to the OBM Template Creation window to open a "Select Document" dialog. The OBM Template Creation window is unable to OPEN another XML from ProjectWise - Open dialog is currently limited to Windows File ...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Make haunch self-weight a staged load

Currently, in LEAP Steel, haunch self-weight is a system-generated load in the initial stage, so LEAP applies the load over the whole bridge. I recommend changing it to be a staged load like the deck slab self-weights, since haunches are poured co...
over 1 year ago in Analytics / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Annotations of values from different scenarios

DOTs require annotation of HGLs for different return period in same label. For now, this is not possible, values such as HGLs are relative to the active scenario.We need a way to be able to annotate Drainage & Utility fields from different sce...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities 0 Future consideration

Include ability to model curtain wall under end bent

Please include ability to model curtain wall under end bent, similar to backwall. This curtain wall is a great tool when working on projects when new fill required to place is not significant enough to just an independent retaining wall but is sig...
about 2 years ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Create 3D cut volumes with a variable cut offset

So far Openrail designer contains a tool called create 3D cut for profiles. It is very useful when one wants to show cuts from a 3D section across the track. However one can choose only a specific distance from track. There are cases (for example ...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Dynamic Settings should use Accudraw like interface rather than HS, DL, XY etc keyins

Accudraw intelligently interprets direction from the last input point. There would be no need to enter + or - on slopes as you move the cursor and lock in direction/distances. The keins would not be necessary if the template editor functioned simi...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

XML from Design Input Report for corridors should provide list of corridor attachments (and file and model the element is in)

Corridor design input report provides much of what we need to reconstruct the corridor, but not a list of linework listed in the corridor attachments.
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Rail Crossing Annotation - missing Cell Rotation method

Creating an Annotation Group for the Crossings --> Annotate with CellPlacement - Rotation Option: here is missing the option, that we have for the turnouts, to place the cell "Element Aligned"...Because of this you need to create 2 different an...
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration