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Create corridor without vertical

Having the ability to create a corridor without needing a vertical can be helpful when a project involves widening. With widening, I wouldn't need a profile along the CL, but instead it would be along the EOP. Point controls can be used to attach ...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Dimension Element Tool: Dimensioning the arc length along with arc shape leader

The user needs a length dimension along with a leader shape that matches the measured arc. In the attached image, the white arc represents the length dimension along with the leader, which has the same shape as the measured arc (orange arc).
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to customized terrain check report with RMSE values and confidence percent in a excel out put.

This would be extremely helpful in final deliveries to clients reports, providing them with statistice they need.
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Update "Coordinate Grid" tool to allow more options

The "Coordinate Grid" tool needs to be updated to provide more options of the coordinate text placement allowing offsets & rotation etc. There should be, at a minimum, the same amount of control as we had with the InRoads tool "Place Coordinat...
about 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Numerical display for applied cant

Recommended that a when using the cross-section tool to view the applied cant along the alignment, the tool displays the cant as numerical value on the cross-section. The number should be generated automatically and displayed next the chainage...
about 2 years ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Vertical curves/kvalues to report direction as positive/negative

Handing of vertical curves in reports/table editor is always positive in the reports. Geometry exports are used by Construction Teams, as part of the Approved for Construction design pack. Horizontal curves have a handing convention - +ve = RH cur...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / Reports 1 Future consideration

Add a warning prompt before deleting a line if it has elements drawn in the profile view.

This warning would be useful to avoid loosing work done in profile views.
about 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Create Cut Fill Volumes from one element

Extension of the "Create Cut Fill Volumes" function with the ability to choose whether calculations will be performed for a selected element (similar to the function "Create Closed Mesh") or for all elements included in the model (just like it's b...
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Use GAGE instead of Center of Railhead for Template Placement when Creating Rails

The "Create Rails" tool utilizes the Rail Settings within the Design File. The gage lines are generated correctly based on the file settings, and so are the center of rail head lines, BUT these do not necessarily match the Template that is used to...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Define Station (similar to Internal Station) from defined alignment

It is often that alignment starting from a turnout is using mainline stationing at toe of the turnout. So it would be useful to have a method to define station at first or last point of Alignment-A from Alignment-B, and ruled.Maybe not limited to ...
about 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration