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Snap to specific chainage in Plan

In PRT it was possible to snap a smart line to a specific chainage in plan by using the key-in 'SO=xxx'. In OpenRail the closest tool I can find is Civil Accudraw with station-offset toggled on, but I have found that often CivilAccudraw does not w...
almost 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Already exists

Create crossections from a text file

We receive hand note with measurements along the track and at time we need to draw hundreds of crossection. Previously in BRT SS2
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer 2 Needs review

Dimension display for skewed slopes

Would like to be able to have slope dimensions show a suffix of (SK) when showing skewed slopes or be able to define it to display with dual dimensions. The dual dimensions would show the actual plotted skewed slope 5.74:1(SK) and the designed slo...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Include Civil Labels in Pen Table Element Selection Criteria

A client requires background fill in certain annotation notes, which is controlled by a pen table definition. Civil Labels are not included as a selectable Element Selection Criteria Type in the pen table dialog. Text background is insufficient fo...
almost 3 years ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Civil Expression value option for Increasing

Currently there are values for StationStart and StationEnd, which is dependent on the direction of the line being drawn. I am proposing an additional option to report the beginning and ending of stationing with respect to the alignment (smallest t...
over 1 year ago in Item Types / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to add "lock points" in the geometries with higher priority than the usual rules

An option to add "geometry lock points" in the geometries with higher priority than the usual rules would be really useful to make the geometry behave as you wish. As an example it could be the center point of a radius so that the radius keeps it ...
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Add Elevation Mode "3D Element" as an option when placing points

We need to have the ability to place points by snapping to 3D elements (ORD Geometry & Regular Microstation Linework) This is how we give set out points to contractors for grading work. The only way to do this currently, is to choose Elevation...
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Support for LEAP

I would like to see an upgrade and continued support for LEAP Bridge Concrete and LEAP Bridge Steel. Most recent updates I have seen are from 2020 and with the ever increasing demand for Model Based Design it will be imperative to upgrade and prov...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Already exists

Improved Interoperability Between OBM > LBC/LBS

I would like to see an improvement to the interoperability - Once you "Send To [LEAP]" the bridge model from OBM you are no longer able to modify the bridge in OBM and UPDATE the existing .lbcx file you are working in. I understand that significan...
almost 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Already exists

Allow for different shaft fixity in one model

A column on drilled shafts can have different fixity locations for different load cases. Suggest allowing analysis of the same bridge with different fixities rather then needing to create multiple models with varying fixities for simplicity.
over 1 year ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration