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Eliminate the Utility Property Panel

We are now 10 years into OpenRoads. Why are we still faced with two property panels. One for MicroStation and one for Utility/drainage. The two property panels overlap in what is displayed. ELIMINATE the Utility Properties Panel so we can end the ...
4 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add traverse adjustment tool for OpenRoads like Inroads V8i used.

A traverse adjustment tool would be useful when needing to balance the error of closure using the option of methods (the compass rule, the transit rule, and the crandall method)
4 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey 0 Needs review

Please add the welding detailing tool (detweld.mdl) to OBM.

Please add the welding detailing tool (detweld.mdl) to OBM. This is a very necessary tool for bridge detailing. Having the welding symbols available in OBM is more relevant than in ORD. Thanks!
4 months ago in Drawing Production 1 Future consideration

Integrate Civil File Manager with ProjectWise Explorer

Integrate Civil File Manager with ProjectWise Explorer so exporting and other workarounds are not needed. The ability to create a new version would also be nice.

Annotate component quantities on cross sections

We need the ability to annotate component quantities on cross sections like you can the cut/fill volumes. Information could be pulled from the Quantities Report by Named Boundary.
almost 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Civil Labeler - Fill Shape

Need the ability to flood/fill the shape of the border selected (hexagon, rectangle, etc.) so there are no gaps / white space between text field and border.
almost 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Profile Symbology Setting

Currently OpenRail does not have the ability to assign profile symboligies for Turnouts with the Turnout Feature Definition.
about 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 1 Future consideration

Improve and simplify the named boundary drawing/sheet seed creation workflow

The way it is now, It's just too complex to create and custum the seeds for each client. Too many files, too many things to control and in too many folders/.cgf. You have to create many seeds with different specifics for each sheet size/scale/plan...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Support IFC Alignment 4.3

OpenRoads/OpenRail Designer support the import/export for IFC alignment 4.3.x. It seems that OpenRoads/OpenRail Designer can only import/export IFC alignment 4.1 https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php/IFC_-_Industry_Foundation_Classes/IFC_alignment
7 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Line and Curve Tables for both Alignments and Parcels

Need tools for creating Line and Curve tables with smarts. Geopak D&C had a tool for creating line and curve tables. Why doesn't OpenRoads have tools for this? Needs to be smart so that as changes are made to the geometry the data in the table...
almost 2 years ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration