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Vertical Alignment Editor

Geometry connector for verticals, missing vertical geometry editor is an issue for Ramboll and other similar consultancies in Denmark
4 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 2 Needs review

Multiple alignment options

OpenRail now looks like it is behind the 12D Model, after removing good design functions in BRT. In OpenRail, it is hard to have multiple alignment options. For example, you can copy a horizontal design, it will carry a profile, but not cant desig...
about 2 months ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

WS wind speeds table for FDOT Sdg 2.4 (and combinations) are not updated as per 2025

There appears to be a discrepancy in wind load calculations—specifically, the gust factor of 0.85 remains different from AASHTO standards. However, the FDOT Structures Design Guidelines (SDG) 2025 now allow the use of AASHTO Article 3.8, which may...
4 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Tool to detect corrupt preference file

In ORD especially in Drainage and Utilities, corrupt preferences lead to inconsistent results. There is currently no way to detect a corrupt preference file so that it can be removed until a user notices a error in the design which is usually too ...
2 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Needs review

Sheet presentation of Drainage and Utilities nodes in plan view with annotation cells

When we initially stood up Storm and Sanitary, we had the center point presentation in plan view display a representative cell. I propose that we allow the placement through an element template of an annotative cell at the center of nodes to repre...
2 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Needs review

Create Turnout Profile

Currently, the workflow to achieve this is in general case (including canted track) where profile = lower rail elevation is : Create lower rail of branch line: horizontal offset create rails on main: create rails command Extend slope defined by ma...
2 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Remove length restriction in offset geometry command

Please remove the restriction that makes it impossible to make the offsetted element longer than the base element. It is normally the direction that is important and the length can be edited afterwards. Otherwise add an opportunity to remove the r...
4 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Verify Turnout

Use the Geometry Connector with start and end elements chosen as turnouts. The converged result gives a disconnection between the regression alignment and the turnout. You can only discover it by zooming in to the closest possible view. A "Verify ...
7 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Multiple linked speed schemes to each cant table

I would like to have the possibility to link multiple speed schemes/train categories to each cant table in a way that makes it possible to create a report that includes cant, cant deficiency, sudden changes etc, for all speed schemes in one place ...
10 months ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Ability to lock Survey features when reprocessing field book

I made a change to a specific feature and I want to somehow lock the specific feature so it does not change when the field book is reprocessed. Example If I set Terrain Model Attribute of a point to "Do Not Include" then It should stay as that eve...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Needs review