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Load Temporary Library ProjectWise Integration

When working in Projectwise projects, the "Load Temporary Library" ONLY allows us to select files from the server. It would be great if it would allow us to choose files from ProjectWise to temporarily load too.
almost 4 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

option to have the Named Boundaries "Show the Create Drawing Dialog" toggle stay on

As a designer it would be great to have an option to have the tool active as the default. There are very few instances where I would create sheets without this active. I know the other designers in our department operate the same way as well.
about 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Annotate invert and crown elevations of conduit anywhere along its length instead of just the start and end

We would like to be able to set up annotation groups to annotate the invert and/or crown elevations of a conduit along its length using set station intervals. Currently, there are only start/end invert/crown elevation text favorite fields.
12 months ago in Annotation / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Annotate element item type on cross sections and profiles

I want to be able to annotate the element item type properties attached to linear features displayed on cross sections and profiles using annotation groups. Currently any text favorites created from item types do not resolve to show the item type ...
12 months ago in Annotation / Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Needs review

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 ...

External Flow Utility Properties for Manholes

Catch basins have the following flow types that can be added: additional subsurface flow (cfs), known flow (cfs), additional carryover flow (cfs), external CA (acres), and external Tc (min). Manholes only have the option of known flow. Known flows...
over 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities 1 Future consideration

Add comprehensive training (on demand with dataset preferred) for generative components in OpenRail

Generative components is a great tool, but there no training available for it. The tool is not known and not being widely used because many if not most users do not know it exists and what to do with it. Transitioning to BIM/ iModel tools and elev...
4 months ago in Functional Areas 0 Will not implement

Template Library Alternate Surface Name List

Ability to populate Alternate Surface into a predefined list and defined Feature Definition like the Point Name List.
almost 4 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Set Item Types and their attributes in the Template Library

Currently item types and their attributes would need to be programmed into to read a component or selected manually after an element is displayed. If the templates in the template library had the ability to set these selections and values ahead of...
almost 4 years ago in Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 7 Future consideration

Enhancement to Group/Join Multiple Nodes in a Structure Node to Match Existing Survey Data

There is currently not a way to join/group multiple nodes to a structure node to match existing survey data. This node join/group capability is needed to match XYZ surveyed invert points (from field collection) and be able to use the Extract from ...
over 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities 0 Future consideration