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Analyze Trace Slope Tool enhancements

A couple suggestions for this tool: 1) Be abl e to see the dynamic slope line without first placing a line. I have to click somewhere in my file for it to place the line in the 3 D model before I am able to see the line at all. After this line is...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Use File Open dialogues that allow user to paste a file folder address

OpenRoads uses different types of file open dialogues throughout the program. The first type allows the user to paste a file address directly into the navigation bar. The second type does not allow the user to paste the file address and forces the...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Command to locate the midpoint between 2 points ala MTP or M2P in C3D

A command where, once activated, would prompt the user to select the first point, then the second point, and then the user's cursor would snap to a location located exactly in between the two points. This could be done without drawing any unnecess...
8 months ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Split Drainage Node Baseline Reference into Station Reference and Offset Reference

Drainage nodes currently utilize an Elevation Reference and a Baseline Reference. It would be better to split the Baseline Reference into two separate references, 1) "Station Reference", and 2) "Offset Reference". In practice, this would allow a n...
8 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Already exists

Store vertical/horizontal alignment of low points

A tool existed in Geopak that could pick out the low point of a cross section to the left and right of centerline and construct horizontal and vertical alignments from that. This essentially automated the creation of a ditch profile along an entir...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Horizontal Slew On longsection

This tool currently only works on regression geometry. Sometimes I find myself needing to mix regression and standard geometry. once o make these complex the slews do not show on the long section and i find myself manually typing them in from the ...
about 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Creating pattern/hatch for cut/fill area in Cross-section

It seems that currently it is possible to hatch/pattern corridor template components using Feature Definition. However, it does not show when applied to cut/fill meshes. Would be great to have this as an enhancement
8 months ago in Drawing Production / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

The Feature Defintion toolbar - a proposal for improving this function

Feature Definition Toolbar A proposal for improving/expanding this feature Choosing Feature Definitions is a frequently used feature in OpenRoads Designer. Especially in urban projects, switching between pavement types, curbs, placing signs, s...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Please fix the Standards in OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition to not copy to the individual dgn files in the project.

On very large projects with hundreds of people working on the project and you need to change a standard you should not have to go thru all of the dgns in the project to update or purge old standards. Most of the time the standards evolve as the pr...

feature definition - browser all element that used a specific feature definition

Get a list of elements using a specific feature definition. Similar to level usage. This "select by graphic filter" filter only feature type that compose a terrain model.
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 5 Already exists