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Make it possible to apply various symbology on one alignment

Many times an alignment is partly existing and partly new or changed. In the drawings this should be shown with different symbology and annotation, something that is not easy in ORD. A tool that can do this would be very useful!
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Civil File Manager Tool Enhancement to Include Product Version Information on All .dgn Files

In 10.12.02.4, the Civil File Manager tool logs both the “Schema Version” and “Product Version” of a .dgn. However, the Civil File Manager tool appears to look at the schema that is in the .dgn file and then the product used to create that schema....
over 2 years ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Enable scaling of .3sm reality meshes attached via the Reality Mesh Attachments tool in ORD

In OpenRoads Designer 2025, .3SM reality meshes attached using the Reality Mesh Attachments tool cannot be scaled. Currently, users must rely on Transform Element or attach the .3SM as a reference to apply datum adjustment scaling. Users request n...
8 months ago in Modeling 0 Needs review

Do not upgrade reference files with Civil File Manager

When upgrading files with Civil File Manager, the tool also tries to upgrades reference files. We need the ability for the tool not to try updating the references.
about 1 year ago in All Other / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Standardized functionalities across similar dialog boxes

Introduce standardized functionalities across similar dialog boxes. For example, the Target Alias dialog allows you to directly select terrains whereas the Create Complex Terrain Model dialog has a button to use Selection Set. The dialogs should h...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Civil Labeler - Use cell for Border Frame

We would like an option to use a cell instead of the provided "Civil Shapes" for a border. Reasons for this need: Current shapes are not able to be seen by users not using Civil Product We may have a shape with ore complexity needed. Current shape...
over 3 years ago in Annotation 1 Future consideration

Internal Mass Calculation - ElemK should reduce stiffness but not mass

RM Bridge -- Incorrect Mass Internal Calculation, and Ultimate Moment Capacity Issue I am currently working on a model for the US17 Talmadge Bridge cable replacement and profile raise maintenance project. Two issues have come up that I would like ...
5 months ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Ability to add marks for the lowest points along ditches in plan

Ability to add marks for the lowest points along ditches in plan. Currently we can only annotate flow arrows. It can also work as vertical change in plan for ditch profiles.
about 4 years ago in Annotation / OpenRoads Designer 1 Planned

When creating a new point in a Survey field book using the “New Point” command, allow an option to hand-enter the coordinates.

When using the “New Point” command for a survey point, the user must screen-pick the coordinates. There are times when it would be extremely useful to hand-enter the Northing, Easting, Elevation.
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Calculate the area of survey chains if they are enclosed shapes

Survey chains (when enclosed) have a reported area value of zero. This is seen in the properties for the geometry, and also if you try to read the area through an item type using the expression This.GetElement().EnclosedArea. Our construction staf...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Future consideration