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Existing cant annotation on profile OR any regression point information on profile

Existing cant annotation is often, if not always, required on profile drawing. Actually we must project rails onto the profile, create aliases, to extract level differences between existing rails whereas the information is fully available from reg...
about 1 month ago in OpenRail Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Needs review

Create Existing CL from Rails or from regression line

Existing Center Line is critical information. We must be able to create such a line in an easy way without having to apply workaround, 3/4 steps workflow or MDL.It means H+V+existing cantIn the past we had a single box to check to create this exis...
about 1 month ago in OpenRail Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Needs review

Allow users to see horizontal and vertical alignments while in view only mode.

Wise users open files in read-only mode when they don’t intend to change the file. ORD should promote good file practice to allow us to view geometry when we are in view only mode.
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Deed Boundary Tool Enhancement to Allow User to Establish Civil Rules on Created Shape/Boundary

Please consider adding a toggle to the Deed Boundary tool to create civil rules on the created shape, so this boundary can be a ruled boundary. The goal behind creating this as a ruled boundary is to give the user the option to update the created ...
about 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Allow Cross Section Navigator to work in read-only mode

The XS Navigator tool's full functionality is contingent upon users having file read/write access. This requirement seems excessive for reviewers who primarily need read-only access. I suggest revising the tool to accommodate reviewers with read-o...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Auto-rotate Annotation and Labels

Suggestion to allow annotation and labels to align with plan named boundaries and sheet file plan views. For example, consider a plan named boundaries shape around a horizontal curve. If you have a separate standalone annotation file, often times,...
almost 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Add the ability to export an ORD surface to a HEC-RAS .tif surface.

In OpenRoads Designer 2023, under the Terrain tab, add the ability to export a ORD surface to a .tif file. The HEC-RAS RAS-Mapper can only use .tif surfaces.
22 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Draw Slope Direction Pattern Tool

We would really benefit from having the "Draw Slope Direction Pattern" tool available in OpenRoads Designer CE similar to what was included with InRoads. I understand that we have the capability to apply "side slope annotation" to corridors, but w...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 6 Future consideration

Text Favorite Use Dimension Style Setting

When a Text Favorite is set to "Active Settings" it looks at the file setting and is not reading active dimension style setting from the element template or the tool settings. According to MicroStation the Active Setting is set by the dimension st...

All-in-One Regression Tool

When performing regressions, we'd like a tool that functions similarly to the Corridor Objects tool: have multiple functionalities all in one dialog. If we could perform regressions and have access to things like offsets, status (use, ignore, fixe...
5 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Regression Analysis 2 Future consideration