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Contact (3rd) Rail tools

It would be great to have a set of tools to model a contact (third) rail - this is used by many transit systems as a traction power source for trains. There are enough nuances to the design of this rail that it warrants a dedicated tool with the a...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Analyze point

It would be extremely useful to have Analyze Point on every tab by default. That tool gets utilized a lot to evaluate all kinds of civil geometry.
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 2 Future consideration

Key Station with civil rule

Key stations can now solely be places with a station input. In many cases the location of your Key Stations depends on the position of other elements, like geometry for example. Being able to give key stations a civil rule - like the Persist Snap ...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Already exists

Finished Grade Elevations on Approach Slabs

I don't believe we can select the limits of the approach slabs when running the deck elevations report. Many DOTs require slab elevations to be reported on the approach slabs in addition to the bridge decks - adding this functionality would be gre...
8 months ago in Geometry / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 1 Already exists

Turnout points for tounge position

In railway engineering, there is a growing demand for positioning of the tongue in turnouts. The proposal is to introduce a new point in the Feature Definition of turnouts, making it possible to specify the distance from point .1 to the Tongue. Su...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Future consideration

Ability to Annotate Sweep Angle in Vertical In Plan Annotation

Currently the Sweep Angle can not be annotated using the Vertical in Plan annotation group. Please add the Sweep Angle in the Vertical in Plan annotations.
8 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Best Match Field Code Option

In ORD 10.11 and beyond the Best Match Field Code Option is now a drop-down of the following: Match exact: Feature Must equal an Alpha Code, only exact matches. For example if there is a Feature Definition with Alpha Code set to AP (Asphalt Paveme...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Ability to superscript and underline the decimal digits for spot elevation annotation

Currently it is not possible to format only the decimal digits of the annotation. The user wants to annotate the spot elevation in a custom format where the decimal units are having superscript and the underline. The option from DIN Dimensioning o...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to turn on and off geometry and switches by track

Currently OpenRail Designer allows to turn on and off geometry according to FD. However, there are cases where it is more useful to turn on and off tracks by track name, rather by FD. This could help the process of creating drawings faster. Simila...
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Open .sgn files in multiple windows

In the older version of SignCAD (32-bit) the .sgn files can be opened in multiple windows, but the newer 64-bit versions do not allow it anymore, by design. If you have to create multiple signs with similar specs it is more convenient to have thes...
8 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD / Signs 0 Future consideration