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Add Picklist for Alignments for Station/Offset Expressions

Need the ability to pick alignments that are in the file or referenced in the file when using the new station and offset item type expressions. Manually typing them in is currently the only option. The attached screen shot shows where this would b...
about 4 years ago in Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration

Resolve Alias Definition - fields in the Target column need two clicks to bring up the drop down

In Drawing Annotation - Resolve Alias Definition dialog, the fields in the Target column need to be double-clicked before the dropdown arrow shows up for selection. It would be great if the dropdown showed up straight away as it can confuse users ...
2 months ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow benching to target template components or points

End Conditions with benching cannot target components or points within the same template. If this was possible, this would be a time saving feature (i.e. no need to create alternate surfaces that don't automatically update when the corridor is cha...
2 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Add the ability to exchange tunnel templates in units of a tunnel corridor

It would increase the efficiency modelling a tunnel in OpenTunnel Designer once a not forseen change in the tunnel template occures not to model the tunnel again from scratch.
7 months ago in OpenTunnel Designer 0 Needs review

View station range overlap in corridors objects

in InRoads ss2 the interface would display the point control and parametric constraints with red or blue of there stationing used to control a point overlapped another entry or extended beyond the limit of the alignment. This was a helpful visual ...
12 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

New Survey Linear Name

The create new survey linear tool needs to have the ability to name the element and set the field code. Currently, you have to select the new linear and enter the name and field code in the properties after it's created.
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Future consideration

Allow Item Types to be Exported to a ProjectWise Folder

Within the Item Types Import/Export tool, "Import From" and "Export To" lead directly to folders outside of ProjectWise. There is no option to import from or export to an excel file within ProjectWise.
9 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add Multi-Units to a corridor with assigning a tunnel template

It would increase the efficiency having such a tool in OpenTunnel Designer. It would allow to store the tunnel template names in an xml / xlsx file to import these settings in a bulk - and not just assign the templates between every two reference ...
7 months ago in Import/Export / OpenTunnel Designer 0 Needs review

Including OverBridges, Noise wall and Large Gantries for Sight distance analysis

For the sight distance analysis, it would be good to include more complex scenarios, like OverBridges, noisewalls, Large Signage Gantries etc. which cannot be included in composite design surfaces.

Unable to report on Geometric Points direction relative to an Alignment.

In OpenRail Designer, unable to output the direction information when comparing geometry points to a baseline alignment. In Bentley Rail Track we were able to create clearance reports that included the direction. It appears OpenRailDesigner's repo...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer 2 Needs review