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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 20, 2022

Productivity enhancements to Corridor Objects dialog

There are currently some things needed to be added to the Corridor Object dialog to help communicate design intent a bit better to users (especially with Parametric Constraints):

The lack of information as to the rules linked to Parametric Constraints and the need to "hunt" though objects to see what is being applied reduces efficiencies in the use of this.

Some proposed enhancements include:

  1. Adding a snap rule symbol (if station entry is ruled) next the Start and End Station fields in the Parametric Constraints section of Corridor Objects (and the other sections, like ECE, Point Controls, Template Drop and Key Stations) – see example attached

  2. On selection of a specific Start or End Station that has a rule, the snap location is highlighted with a graphical snap symbol in the model (that only displays when the field is selected) - perhaps a zoom to option may be helpful

  3. Append an entry counter to the Corridor Objects section titles to summarize number of entries in each section to avoid the user having to look through one by one – see example below

  4. Integration of the Target Alias dialog into this dialog - perhaps that only displayed the current aliases and a "Change" button initiated by the user listed all Targets (so as to not reduce performance of the dialog)

  5. Seeing that the undo command produces varying results, some users have also asked for a “Confirm Point Control delete”, “Confirm Parametric Constraint delete” etc. dialog when deleting corridor object entries

  6. Likewise, we have many users erroneously changing values using up/down keys and then losing track of what's changed so many of our users have requested removal of the up/down key changing drop down values in Corridor Objects.

Civil Product Used OpenRoads Designer, OpenRail Designer
  • Guest
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    Feb 29, 2024

    5 and 6 are my biggest issues with the Corridor Objects toolbox. The "Delete button" being next to the "Add New" inevitably leads to users miss-clicking and deleting constraints. A simple "undo" has proven to not always work, and has crashed the program several times for me. A dialogue asking for the confirmation when deleting would be beneficial.


    To add to #6 I have had constraints change several when I have the Corridor Objects open, and I scroll to move down my list of constraints, or when I scroll to zoom in/ out within my drawing. The scroll wheel is set to scroll through constraint labels, but I've never met anyone who used them that way in the bucket. Everyone clicks on the drop down arrow, and selects them individually. If scrolling through constraint labels could be disabled that would be great. I know this happens, because the last click was within the tool, but I'd rather it not zoom, or do anything at all than blindly change constraints.