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Vertical Alignment Editor

Geometry connector for verticals, missing vertical geometry editor is an issue for Ramboll and other similar consultancies in Denmark
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 2 Planned

Correct the 'Thematic Slopes Display Style' to provide a single colour per triangle when displaying terrain triangle slopes.

Some of the older designers will recall the display "Colour-Coded Slopes" within InRoads, where DTM triangles could be shaded a single colour based on their resultant grade. As per the laws of geometry, one triangle could only be assigned one colo...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Include the ability to use the slope of a terrain when placing a Geometry Point

This would be good for 3D modelling of any item that needs to slope the same as the design surface such as guard fence terminals. This is available within the Drainage and Utilities, but when using this it loads a lot of other information into the...
almost 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

ORD Drainage - Show actual Tc versus Tc Minimum

Many times a calculated Time of Concentration is less than the minimum used for Intensity. When this occurs in a system of drainage areas (catchments), it helps a designer AND a reviewer to see what the actual Time of Concentration is at a given p...

ORD Drainage - Separate CUlverts and Storm Sewer Pipes into Completely Separate Design Windows

Having to click 'Is Culvert' is just one more placve an error can take place in design. Creating spearate design windows for each of these elements will minimize this potential, and will make it easier for reviews as well.
about 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Bulk change Survey Feature

The ability to bulk change survey features of points. This would quick way to change features if features are in one standard to another.
over 3 years ago in Survey 0 Future consideration

Manage Annotations - Label - Text Divider Symbology control

Within OpenRail 2025 latest update, you have added the functionality to include label annotations, which at last allows for auto updating of leader lines to the annotative text. This is a great improvement and much needed. For certain clients, we ...
6 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Add .JXL file format

It would be nice if the Trimble Link Import op tion of ORD Survey would allow for .JXL file format to import.
over 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Future consideration

Use survey elements for point controls

If I have a survey element that represents some existing feature, I'd like the ability to use it as a point control when designing corridors.
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Station Offset Report

When working on Finish Grade Elevations, I have been utilizing the Station / Offset Tool in the OBM Geometry Report flow to capture my T-line points along Beam Lines and print the report for documentation. The bridge I am currently working on is o...
over 1 year ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration