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Turn OFF ORD snap by default

Turn off snap for ORD. Having the snap rule on by default causes so many problems for new users. Rules are created all over the place causing crashes and unnecessary processing.
7 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Multiple Objects Properties Color Change Option

When selecting multiple elements, it would be nice to have the color to be changed in the "Multiple Objects Properties" dialogue box. It makes you change each text string separately and takes a lot of extra clicks!
7 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Add Relationship Tree View to simplify understanding why circular references happen

Given that ORD is capable of recognising when it is creating a circular relationship reference, it would be very useful to have something like a geometry relationships "tree" we can view to understand the links between elements which would immense...
about 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 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.

Make it easier to find Point Control referenced element.

I needed to update one point control but I had no idea where I could find the line (plan element) that was used in the point control. The point I could find in the template or by hoving the mouse over the corridor, but the line (plan element) that...
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Ability to Analyze Elevations in Dynamic Cross Section

Users would like the ability to quickly place a point in the dynamic section view to pull elevation information. It would be nice to have that text remain in place as you move from section to section, similar to the cut/fill volumes between sectio...
about 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Copy an alignments from file to file with H+V+Cant+Turnout

Actually H+V+Cant can be only achieved through XML export/import.Turnouts are lost. It could help and simplify to have a command to copy an alignment from a file to another. Similary than what is happening when creating a civil cell, it would be g...
10 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Annotate the Dynamic Cross Section View

As a Designer I want the ability to annotate point elevations and dimensions like we are able to in the drawing model cross-section so that checking the model during design before cutting sheets helps us.
over 1 year ago in Annotation / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Column Bar Patterns

It would be very helpful if there was a way to save column rebar patterns, specifically the "general" format patterns so they can be shared across different models without having to manually input every bar repeatedly. The superstructure design so...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Add custom POIs under PS beam design module (Suprestructure/Conspan)

In OpenBridge Concrete, we cannot add points of interest as we can in the Steel edition. This limitation may lead to the software reporting incorrect minimum rating results. For instance, stirrup spacing is typically entered manually, starting clo...
3 months ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review