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Regression: add "Add to Complex" and "Remove from Complex" tools

In OpenRoads Designer regression workflows, teams rely heavily on Undo to remove a segment from the complex alignment being drawn when a solution does not work and they need to back up and start again. This is fragile and inefficient. A better wor...
4 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Future consideration

Add end condition alignment targeting in template component properties dialog

When opening the component properties dialog for an end condition, there is an option to select a feature definition. Currently, users can only target feature definitions under the Linear category and not the Alignment category.
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Define Cell Origin for Functional Components

Global Origin is hard coded to be the cell origin for functional components. If 3D geometry is created elsewhere in space, it must be moved near global origin and use global origin as the cell origin for a reference placement point. It would be us...
4 months ago in All Other 0 Needs review

No duplicate Feature Names in separate files that are referenced

As part of digital delivery workflows, when lines, points, drainage features, or similar items are placed in one file and then need to be used in a different file, the feature names that come in by default start over in the new file. This results ...
4 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Set Design Standards Toolbar (Add B-Spline warning in the Civil Message Center)

Once Design Standards are set on an Alignment, add a B-Spline warning to the civil message center. A few tools from the Geometry tab create B-Splines and many users assume those are Civil Elements. When alignments with B-Splines export to LandXML,...
4 months ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Option to use Composite Section in Negative Moment Regions in Leap Steel

In Leap Steel, including shear studs or not in the negative moment regions changes the results of the moment diagram for composite load cases. Not including shear studs in the negative moment regions decreases negative moment values and increases ...
4 months ago in All Other / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Infill grading tool

Provide a tool to quickly create infield gradings. When creating infield gradings, often we only to include part of a geometry element instead of the entire element. Because the terrain from element tool doesn't have the option to only import part...
about 4 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Option to display all cross sections in one model

Our designers would still like to display all cross sections generated by the Drawing Production tools in one model so that the designer can analyze them as they wish in one view rather than looking at them sheet to sheet or drawing model to drawi...
about 4 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 7 Future consideration

Need modeling of curved wing walls

Currently in OBM wingwalls can only be modeled straight (and skewed). We need to be able to model curved wing walls, i.e. on a horizontal curve.
about 4 years ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 1 Planned

Option to overwrite Saved views when reprocessing named boundaries to sheets

Allow a checkbox to choose to overwrite or replace existing saved views when re-processing a set of named boundaries for output to sheets. This will help to maintain order in the files and avoid excess unused items. If not creating another 'versio...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration