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Skewed template drop ends

Would be nice to be able to skew the end of a template range to match up with bridge abutments, cross roads, or other critical features, similar to how the geometry in OpenBridge can be skewed. This would allow cleaner corridor start and end geome...
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Slope top abutment cap between seat build-ups option

Some states require the top of the abutment cap to slope away from the backwall while the seat build-up remain level.
19 days ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Variable Cross slope by station outside of deck limits

Currently is you have a cross slope transition start or end outside the deck limits you have to calculate what the cross slope is at the deck limits. It would be helpful if you could just enter the start and stop station of the transition.
20 days ago in OpenBridge Modeler 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...
30 days ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Prompt user to detach item type when switching feature definition.

Scenario: feature definition A with pre-attached item A is assigned to an element, then the feature definition is changed to feature definition B which has item type B pre-attached, now the element has item type A and B which results in wrong repo...
20 days ago in Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Annotating and Labelling Intersecting Alignment Stationing in Cross Sections

Annotating and labeling cross sections within ORD is missing the functionality to label the stationing of intersecting alignments shown on roadway cross sections. While feature names (alignment names) and elevations of intersecting alignments can ...
about 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 4 Future consideration

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...
5 months ago in Annotation / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration
125 VOTE

Separate vertical alignment model from horizonal geometry

One of my biggest pain points about ORD is if the horizontal geometry is dropped or broken, the vertical is consequently lost as well. This creates significant rework from a design and plan production standpoint (connected named boundaries). One w...
over 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration
117 VOTE

Ability to Update Annotation Groups

Currently for drawing model annotation groups, if the user wants to update the annotation, they would need to remove the outdated annotation group, which would removal all annotation groups, and then reapply all annotation groups. It would be nice...
over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration

Annotate Slope of terrain between points in Cross Sections

Civil labeler only works for 3D linear features (points). It`s impossible to annotate the slope from the terrain between two points. If you try that, the whole terrain section is selected and the command fails. A great example is a cross section o...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration