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Settings from Design Model should sync all 8 views in the view group

The saved view reference setting "Settings from Design Model" synchronizes the level display (and other settings) from view 1 in the reference file to ALL views in the master file. One efficient method of producing plans is to have a different lev...
3 days ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

DGN Library Import/Export Tools

To consolidate or create new dgnlib for all settings such as, Level Element Template Text Styles Dimension Styles Text Favorite Annotation Group/Annotation Definition Feature Symbology Feature Definition Check Text Favorite in new dgnlib for Annot...
8 days ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

"Export to IFC" exports the active model, not the default one.

The "Export to IFC" tool only exports the default model, not the active one. This is a big problem with OR since in most cases, the default model is the 2D. So we have to have the 3D reference turned on for it to export our objects. We end up with...
16 days ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Cross Section Navigator - Alignment Associations

A user asked, "Why is it that upon closing cross cross-section navigator, users have to re-associate an alignment, pick a viewport to display the dynamic cross sections, and then data point inside this viewport to get the Cross Section Navigator p...
18 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Cross Section Navigator - Default Beginning Station

A user has expressed the desire for the cross-section navigator to default to the beginning station of the associated alignment. Currently, ORD appears to remember the last station that was given focus or where cross-section navigator tools were u...
18 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

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...
24 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Add a right click option in the Feature Definition dialogue for "Set Active"

When navigating through all the feature definitions it would be handy to have an option to set the feature to the active definition being used. It's easier many times to navigate through the OpenRoads Standards list to find features than using the...
28 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Profile by Intersection Point [New Command]

This command would allow for a profile to be generated for horizontal geometry with at least two intersecting points. Steps Involved: 1 -Locate Element to Profile [Main Element] 2 -Locate Element Which Intersect (Multiple Selections possible but a...
about 1 month ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Support IFC Alignment 4.3

OpenRoads/OpenRail Designer support the import/export for IFC alignment 4.3.x. It seems that OpenRoads/OpenRail Designer can only import/export IFC alignment 4.1 https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php/IFC_-_Industry_Foundation_Classes/IFC_alignment
about 1 month ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Make the Accudraw compass size smaller in profile view.

At the default size the Accudraw compass is huge when working in an exaggerated profile view. If I change it to a more useful size then it's tiny in plan view. Can you make it so the compass is a certain factor smaller in the profile view based on...
about 1 month ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration