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Enable 3D annotation from 2D annotation

It would be advantageous to be able to link 3D annotation to 2D annotation. In order to be able to create stationing as 3D text on an alignment in a 3D model, you currently need to do it manually. It would be desirable if you could link a 2D anno...
7 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Improve drawing annotation management

Sometimes we apply more than one drawing annotation to the same model. It would be good to have a model manager view with all the applied annotations group so that we can disable, remove or add. That way we could select what we want to remove inst...
10 months ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Profile projection tools for crossfall relative to Target element

In legacy software, we had the option to either project crossfall from one element to another relative/normal to the reference element or relative/normal to the target element. We do not seem to have this functionality in ORD currently (although t...
almost 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Surface Template - "Process Corridor" similar tool

Just add the function to process the template again so it can be updated. This is a major issue when using surface templates with clipping boundaries. If I change the clipping boundary (a simple shape on the 2D model), I have to delete and reapply...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Create KMZ files that allow geometry annotation on export.

This would allow annotation on Geometry to export to KMZ files. Currently you have to drop status on all text annotation on geometry to be able to see it in a KMZ file.
over 1 year ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Deed Writer Tool Enhancement to Add a Selection Set Capability to the Phrases Included Column of the Right of Way Dialog Box

Please consider adding a selection set capability to the Phrases Included column of the Right of Way Deed dialog box that opens when using the Deed Writer tool. This will help users more easily delete phrases from this column on a selection set ba...
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

XSLT 2.0 Support - Civil Reports

Who would like to have more capable Civil Reports? Currently, OpenRoads Designer relies on the XSLT 1.0 Transformation Language for generating Civil Reports. This language was published in 1999, now 24 years ago. In 2009, a much more full-featured...
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Ability to annotate the difference of slope for vertical curve (parabola)

Currently we can not annotate the grade difference on the profile parabola, We can use the Item types to build a expression to calculate the grade difference and then use the civil labeler, but this workflow works only if the profile is not comple...
4 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to define non-uniform cross section named boundaries

The ability to define the location and width of cross section named boundaries that are not uniform along the length of the project. For example, regular sections might be 500 feet wide but some areas require wider sections for ramps, side roads, ...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Create a Break Island Feature Type for Terrain Extraction

Much like the "Break Void" line where the elevation of the graphic is honored in the Terrain, a "Break Island" should also exist to prevent improper triangulation.
about 1 month ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenTunnel Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration