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OBM Bridge Wizard - Define CL of Bearing offset from Wizard for Abutments & Bents/Piers

Adding the ability to assign an offset length for the centerline of bearings within the bridge wizard. The program defaults to 9" from the working line of joint. Alabama uses 1'-0" as a standard at piers/bents and we have a standard range between ...
about 1 year ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Dgnlib standards units

Currently the advanced design file units in the dgnlib are controlling the units displayed in dialogs. This leads to separated Survey Foot vs International Foot vs Metric workspace dgnlibs. They do not adhere to the MicroStation working units like...
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Civil Labeler "Leader Line" Lock Perpendicular

When a Leader Line and/or Border Frame are used the leader line should be (or is most often desirable) perpendicular to the geometry instead the perpendicular location being based on the text justification. When a Border Frame is used it really lo...
about 2 years ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Import profile from element

We should be able to import profiles from elements. Because the profile drawing gives us usually like dwg file format, or like cad file format. if we draw an empty profile same dwg's profile scale on the screen, we can import dwg profiles very eas...
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

label contours

label contours from inroads. there are times we have to label elevated "graphic" lines (aka contours and or benches without having a terrain model). was very helpful in inroads)
over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 8 Already exists

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...
over 3 years ago in User Interface 0 Already exists

Copy Event Point List

The ability to copy an existing event point list in the Event Point List Dialog for Openroads. There are similar ideas for different products being requested.
about 1 year ago in Geometry / Import/Export / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Remove "Apply Classifications to Library" button from Template Tools or make it more difficult to accidentally misclick.

The button as it functions now, is able to edit whole library with one click. One unnoticed misclick can lead to losing hours of work. Could this function be hidden a bit? Maybe under a separate menu "Edit library" or it could have a pop-up explai...
over 2 years ago in OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add extra Coloum which shows Delta Value in Geometry Report at PC, PT, No Curve PI, SC and CS

Alerts users to the existence of "kinks" in horizontal alignments. These "kinks" are where the back and ahead tangents at PCs and PTs of curves are not on the same bearing. There is a small tolerance built in to eliminate rounding errors.
over 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Profile: Edit (move, rotate and scale) annotations in profile model

Currently in OpenRail, one cannot edit profile annotations. In profile, one can only select an annotation group, but after all the annotations are placed, they are fixed and cannot be moved, scaled or rotated. In contrast, this is possible when on...
over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration