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Secondary Alignment End Condition Tie-ins

I’d like to propose an enhancement to how end conditions are resolved when secondary alignments are in use. Currently, when a secondary alignment is applied, end condition tie-in points are only solved at corridor intervals and linearly interpolat...
7 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Use Active Feature Definition

In the Feature Definition Toolbar, there is a button to "Use Active Feature Definition" This should be enabled by default. When a users selects a feature definition from the list, they expect that is what will be used for civil elements.
about 1 year ago in User Interface 0 Will not implement

Persist Snaps icon

Persist Snaps and Rule Icon in the Feature Definition Tool Bar looks very similar to Keypoint Snap icon in Snap Mode toolbar. Change the icon for Persist Snaps and Rule to include a ruler symbol with a snap point.
about 1 year ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Lock stationing to an XY coordinate.

As an MX user, we had the ability to lock stationing to an xy coordinate in an alignment. Please add this ability in ORD. An example use would be as follows: the user has a complex horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, and wants to append a ta...
about 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

When exporting to the IFC, keep a different identification for each item.

When exporting the IFC, each element is identified by a default value. For example, all solids come out with an identification as smartsolid. This makes it very difficult to search for an element in the model.
over 1 year ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Needs review

Add more rebar level options in ProConcrete Placement Tools

ProConcrete dialogs for footings, beams, etc. only allow all rebar created with the dialog to be set to the same level regardless of rebar label, type, or function. Realistically, it is more helpful to have rebar with different functions to be pla...
7 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Nodes for multiple barrel conduits

The ability to place a conduit with multiple barrels is very useful. However, there are often scenarios where we are placing a single node on each of the multiple barrels. For example, if I have a twin pipe, we'll often place separate flared-end s...
7 months ago in Drainage and Utilities 0 Future consideration

Separate bridge into multiple segments in separate files

Develop a way to split up a bridge model into multiple smaller segments in separate dgn files to allow multiple designers to model simultaneously.
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Item Type Expression that References a Terrain

Similar to the new Station/Offset Expressions, it would be great to query a terrain in an item type on an element and return the elevation. It would be used primarily for point cells, but I could also see it being useful for linework.
almost 4 years ago in Annotation / Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 5 Future consideration

Replace or swap master survey terrain without losing links or relationships

Replace or swap master survey terrain without losing links or relationships to design elements or other corridors, DGNs etc. I use a complex terrain to achieve this now, it would be nice to have another option
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration