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Improved performance for 3d linestrings converted to Civil Geometry

When converting 3d linestrings to Civil Geometry, there is a significant impact on performance when undertaking some tasks. It is very common to receive survey data as a 3d linestring and then have to report against it but this can be extremely pa...
about 1 month ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Quantities of civil elements by named boundary

Long linear elements such as pavement marking and guardrail can be reported on by named boundaries if they are clipped according to the named boundary group. Summary of quantities on plans are often tabulated by sheet. The best methodology for thi...
4 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Node-Connected Pipe Flex Table - Pipe Angle

Currently the Node-Connect Pipe Flex Table can report -Pipe- Label, Description, Rise, Inverts (Start & Stop), and Size. It would be useful if the angle of each pipe could also be included. Often in design need to verify a minimum distance bet...
about 2 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Needs review

Native Terrain Contour Extraction tool in ORD similar to GeoPAK's Load DTM Features tool

OpenSite Designer currently displays terrain contours as dynamic, rule-based graphics that remain associated with the terrain model. While this workflow is suitable during design development, some users require permanent contour graphics during dr...
about 1 month ago in Drawing Production / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Allow for pipe centerline to be disabled

Summary: OpenRoads Designer currently does not allow administrators or users to turn off the centerline of a pipe without applying a workaround. This limitation forces administrators to rely on non‑ideal methods to prevent the pipe centerline from...
14 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 1 Already exists

Profile Annotation Group > Line > Orientation (for Match Lines)

There is not currently a way to define a profile match line using the Profile Annotation Group > Line settings. Lines drawn using this method are perpendicular to the vertical alignment. While that is appropriate for plan sheets, it is complete...
14 days ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Already exists

Allow Annotation group 'label' settings to work with D&U

A new annotation filter setting (Label) was introduced in OpenRoads 2025. This setting works well to place callouts for corridor components, however when drainage/utility features are selected, we run into issues as shown below. The callout does n...
7 months ago in Annotation / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Plan-Profile-Profile drawing/sheet creation with named boundaries

Plan-Profile[LT]-Profile[RT] (and Profile[LT]-Profile[RT]) sheet creation for LT/RT split/bifurcated profile grade lines has been requested more frequently by our internal designers and our consultant designers. We have a workflow that can accompl...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Greater flexibility to display vertical geometry on profile sheets

Currently, vertical geometry can ONLY be displayed within the profile model of its parent horizontal alignment. On complex roadway projects, this profile view often contains numerous overlapping elements, such as: Northbound and southbound PGLs ...
3 months ago in Drawing Production / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Finite Element Analysis for curved and skewed bridges

Curved and skewed bridges often contain challenging geometric features, such as deck corners, diaphragm/cross-frame connections to girders. In these areas, the software is frequently unable to generate a reliable mesh using only the basic mesh set...
3 months ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer 1 Future consideration