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Functionality Needed for Plotting Crossing Elements on long Profiles

User need functionality added back into OpenRoads that allows for crossing drainage, utilities, structures and roadways to be displayed on profiles. User know that 3D cuts are the recommended workflow for this, but they do not work when you have a...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Batch create CIP Concrete Box

The main line consists primarily of CIP variable XS simple box girders. We are struggling with the limitations of the Bridge Wizard and hope to see these pain points addressed in the next update. Pier/Substructure: The Bridge Wizard does not suppo...
6 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Complex Terrain - Rename "merge" and "append" to something more descriptive

Suggest renaming the "merge" and "append" functions when creating a complex terrain to something more descriptive of the action being performed. For instance, merge could be renamed to "overwrite" and append could be renamed to "use both". Users h...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Variable for location of GENIO export mapping xml file

Many organizations like ours have a consistent and comprehensive export mapping scheme required for GENIO exports. Currently users need to copy a standard XML settings file and put it in their user prefs folder to get them correctly mapped for exp...
almost 4 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Design profile view needs to allow annotation of projected geometry element annotation

External geometry projected into the design profile needs to be annotated to better inform what / where they are and assist in design processes like matching instantaneous grade
almost 4 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Retain or be able to re-associate references when "One DGN Per Sheet" used to facilitate ProjectWise Integration

Many companies/DOT's use ProjectWise Explorer Client which will apply attributes such as sheet number and total sheets to sheet models via tags. The only way to apply this on multiple sheets is to use the "One DGN Per Sheet" option. If a reference...

Survey Control Code Template

Need the ability to add a predefined template to control codes. For example, I can create curb and gutter templates that would generate the needed linears at the correct horizontal and vertical values.
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Annotate station of any alignment/feature in cross section

Loss of functionality from SS4 which had the ability to annotate "Station" or "Feature Station". I am cutting sections for a divided roadway and wishes to annotation the station of each centerline feature in his cross sections. Currently th...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Custom Linestyles Drawn in a Profile View do not scale

When Drawing a Custom Linestyle in a Profile view. The linestyle is scaled with the vertical exaggeration. This makes the linestyle unreadable, and therefore cannot have custom linestyles in profile view unless re-drawn in the drawing model, which...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Surface Template better UI

After creation, no 2D handle is created or anything similar. It can only be selected/edited through the 3D model. This tool is amazing, but it is in dire need of some major improvements.
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration