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Deed Writer Reports

The ability to use native html attributes in Deed Writer XML report would be useful. Also, having it save out as something other than just a text file. All the other reports are xsl format that can be styled to look at particular way.
almost 2 years ago in OpenRoads Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Include Vertical High Point / Vertical Low Point of vertical curves to the list of "Vertical Cardinal Points" for corridor template drops

When you create your corridor, and ultimately move towards creating a terrain model, you would especially want the model to create the high points and low points correctly as this critically effects drainage design. However, the only way to force ...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Top Flange below Haunch for Steel Beams

I would be helpful in many chases to be able to set Huanch to be above Top Flange of Steel Beam, or even to set it in any place of Beams Hight.
9 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 3 Future consideration

Annotate invert and crown elevations of conduit anywhere along its length instead of just the start and end

We would like to be able to set up annotation groups to annotate the invert and/or crown elevations of a conduit along its length using set station intervals. Currently, there are only start/end invert/crown elevation text favorite fields.
about 1 year ago in Annotation / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Annotate element item type on cross sections and profiles

I want to be able to annotate the element item type properties attached to linear features displayed on cross sections and profiles using annotation groups. Currently any text favorites created from item types do not resolve to show the item type ...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Needs review

Eliminate the Utility Property Panel

We are now 10 years into OpenRoads. Why are we still faced with two property panels. One for MicroStation and one for Utility/drainage. The two property panels overlap in what is displayed. ELIMINATE the Utility Properties Panel so we can end the ...
about 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Planned

Enable the “Zoom” feature within the Survey Field Book

Within the Survey Field Book of ORD, the right-click context menu offers a “Zoom” option. This should, I presume, fit all the selected survey features into view. It doesn’t work but would be very useful if it did. (Please see the attached image)
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Add latitude and longitude values to Report Browser

The raw-xml is missing Latitude and Longitude information when creating reports. InRoads had this capability, but it appears to be missing from OpenRoads.

Improve warning message display when file contains more than 10 panels.

If you check the "Do not Show Again" box and press OK to the warning message in OpenRoads SignCAD 2023, then you can add additional panels to the file without the warning message displaying. However, closing and reopening the file will cause the m...
about 2 years ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Label all the points in a superelevation section with Civil Labeler

Superelevation is a tabular note that goes on the general info sheet with the super elevation diagram, so we usually just fill out the info in that tabular note. Designers just blow up the tabular note to add lines and make it work per project. If...
over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration