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Ability to Import Cant from Excel/CSV

The ability to import Cant values from an Excel Spreadsheet, CSV file, etc.
about 4 years ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Plan Annotation by station range

It would be useful to have the ability to annotate only part of the horizontal alignment. There are situations where we need to have several different annotation groups along the alignment.
over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Revise Limitation to LEAP/RC-Pier Wind Load Auto Generation Tool

I have brought the limitation to the Wind Load Auto Generation tool in the past, but this is becoming more important and an issue now, since I’ve been getting many comments from our clients and my coworkers on this. Currently, the wind load auto g...
over 2 years ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Existing Cant

Currently in ORD existing cant can only either be viewed graphically in the curvature diagram or from within the cant editor. Current workflows to annotate existing cant in profile require the projection of both left and right rails in the vertica...
almost 3 years ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Label PVRC from Annotation Definitions

This feature is missing from any option in vertical points of annotation definitions. This is a common civil feature and seems like something that should be in the product.
9 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Infill grading tool

Provide a tool to quickly create infield gradings. When creating infield gradings, often we only to include part of a geometry element instead of the entire element. Because the terrain from element tool doesn't have the option to only import part...
about 4 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Option to display all cross sections in one model

Our designers would still like to display all cross sections generated by the Drawing Production tools in one model so that the designer can analyze them as they wish in one view rather than looking at them sheet to sheet or drawing model to drawi...
about 4 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 7 Future consideration

Multiple Vehicle Cross-Section Outlines

Unlike BRT, ORD does not allow defining different cross-section outlines for the front, middle, and rear of a vehicle. This capability is critical for accurate clearance assessments, especially for vehicles with varying geometry (e.g., tapered cab...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Inside Rail Pivot for Swept Envelope

In railway design, the standard practice is to pivot at the inside (low) rail when applying cant and generating swept envelopes. Currently, OpenRail Designer does not provide an option for this; users must create complex templates with point contr...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Need modeling of curved wing walls

Currently in OBM wingwalls can only be modeled straight (and skewed). We need to be able to model curved wing walls, i.e. on a horizontal curve.
about 4 years ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 1 Planned