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IFC export using the current active View element symbology

The current IFC exporter only exports using the actual elements symbology and ignores Level Overrides, Reference level symbology changes, etc. This makes it very difficult to control, requiring users to actually physically edit the elements in the...
over 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

ESRI ArcGIS import automatically handle unit conversions

We would like to see the ESRI ArcGIS import functionality enhanced to handle conversions on the fly without having to change the working units of the file. To provide context, we have a base DGN that has working and storage units for SVFT/SVIN. Th...
over 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

LEAP BRIDGE CONCRETE: Multiple Truck Types when Autogenerating LL

Currently, when multiple trucks (e.g., HL93 and a Permit truck) are selected in the Auto-Generate Live Load tool, the software identifies the heaviest vehicle and applies it to every loaded lane. I am requesting an update that allows the software ...
6 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 1 Future consideration

Load DGNLIB files on demand

It would be very helpful if it were possible to load DGNLIB files on demand instead of automatically. One example of this is Sheet Seed DGNLIB files. We do not need those unless we are creating sheets, and creating sheets is a very, very small por...

Rapid Station-to-Station Advancement in Dynamic Cross Sections - ORD

InRoads SS2 roadway designer provided the function to click and hold the "next station" button to rapidly pan and fast forward through the corridor. OpenRoads Dynamic Cross Sections requires you to click and advance one station at a time which is ...
over 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Toggle On/Off Fields Civil Analyze Point Copy to Clipboard

Copy to Clipboard from Analyze Point is incredibly useful, but it would be nice to be able to toggle which data fields were copied to improve workflows from OpenRoads to other programs. For example, toggling off everything except for station and o...
3 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Support spaces for bearing input in geometry tools

The geometry tools should allow for spaces between degrees minutes and seconds (N78 34 22E). This format is supported in the Geometry Builder but not the other geometry tools and the inconsistence is frustrating. Currently you have to enter either...
almost 4 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Annotation of High and Low Points for Geometry and other Linears

For now, the annotation of High and Low Points is very limited:# only one Low Point is detected - multiple low points are ignored# its is a linear3D annotation, and snaps on the annotations are not ruled (this intent is to be able to place drainag...
9 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 0 Future consideration

dont have two different named boundary dialogs

this comes from CS0394270 the Microstation Named Boundary tool is still present in ORD. In the search ribbon if you type in Named Boundary and take the first option it opens the Microstation Named Boundary dialog and not the ORD one (so its missin...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Line and Curve Tables for both Alignments and Parcels

Need tools for creating Line and Curve tables with smarts. Geopak D&C had a tool for creating line and curve tables. Why doesn't OpenRoads have tools for this? Needs to be smart so that as changes are made to the geometry the data in the table...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration