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Allow for pipe centerline to be disabled

Summary: OpenRoads Designer currently does not allow administrators or users to turn off the centerline of a pipe without applying a workaround. This limitation forces administrators to rely on non‑ideal methods to prevent the pipe centerline from...
22 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 1 Already exists

Profile Annotation Group > Line > Orientation (for Match Lines)

There is not currently a way to define a profile match line using the Profile Annotation Group > Line settings. Lines drawn using this method are perpendicular to the vertical alignment. While that is appropriate for plan sheets, it is complete...
22 days ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Already exists

SuperelevationToCSV.xsl does not export non-linear curve lengths

The Superelevation Report (SuperelevationToCSV.xsl) produces superelevation control lines without parabolic curves at transitions because the stylesheet is not coded to export Non-Linear Curve Lengths. Additionally, it is NOT currently possible fo...
2 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Reports / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

End Area Earthwork Corrections for Curvature

End Area Volumes are still a contractual requirement on projects. We need a tool to correct the earthwork calculations around curves like the GEOPAK “Centroid Adjustment” tool that did that correction and provided a summary of the centroid locatio...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Generate Geometry Points with Deed Boundary Tool

RIght of Way take tables are required with named points. The normal workflow is to create points then origin point persist snap those elements creating the shape of the deed boundary to the points. In this way the legal reports show the point name...
8 months ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Civil Labeler for 3D Cut in profile drawings

Enhancement for the Civil Labeling functionality to allow labels to be placed and displayed correctly on 3D cut elements within profile drawing models. Currently, Civil Labels do not recognize or annotate these 3D cuts, limiting the ability to doc...
24 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Provide the same Leica translator in OpenRoads Designer that was present as a Survey Add-in to InRoads V8i

Provide the same Leica translator in OpenRoads Designer that was present as a Survey Add-in to InRoads V8i, such that a choice of formats when exporting geometry is to export to the Leica DBX format. There is a gap issue in the process to export O...
6 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey 1 Planned

Transpose Element option to Create a Copy.

When using the Transpose tool, the software makes a copy of the element you are selecting to transpose, and that is the element that is reversed, leaving behind the original underneath. Most of the time I do not want a copy of the transposed eleme...

Add ability to use manually drawn pier cap templates extruded up/down station

OBM is limited in the cap shapes it can accommodate currently. It would be very helpful if we had the ability to draw cap shapes in the front elevation view and use those as templates, which OBM extrudes in the up/downstation direction. We would l...
8 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Planned

Annotate Cross Section Locations In Plan

We often want to show the location of cross section in plan which can be done using the named Boundary Lines but they need to be annotated so you know what each represents e.g. stations/chainages or section names such as letters etc. There is a wo...
over 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 6 Future consideration