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Civil Dependency Mangement

1. Background One of the greatest strengths of OpenRoads Designer is its parametric modeling philosophy, particularly the template system inherited and continuously developed from earlier Bentley civil products such as InRoads and GEOPAK. The ITL ...
2 days ago in Help and Documentation 0 Future consideration
760 VOTE

Enhancing Named Boundaries: Updating Named Boundaries and Applying Geometry Rules

To enhance productivity and efficiency in live projects, we need dynamic Named Boundaries linked to Geometry. This includes the ability to update the shape or location of a named boundary after creating a sheet model, with the changes reflected in...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 13 Future consideration

Profile Annotation.Parabola Sight Distance editable

The formula for the Text Favorite "Profile Annotation.Parabola Sight Distance" appears to be hard-coded into the software. When SSD is not restricted by the curve (A < 1.75%), the output is listed as "INF'". Is it possible to make this output e...
29 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Cross Section drawing/sheet models should honor level On/Off from 3D models without refresh

Summary: When users turn levels off in the Default 3D models, that display state does not carry into cross section drawing/sheet models without opening them more than once. This creates unexpected sheet output where items that are intentionally hi...
4 months ago in Drawing Production / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Option to export closed components as solids without additional preparatory steps

Closed components in the template are currently saved as meshes when exported to, for example, DWG format, unless an additional manual operation has been performed beforehand to convert the meshes to solids. I would like to have an option to perfo...
4 days ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Modify Civil Label Settings After Placement

I am looking for a tool to modify the label settings after a civil label has been placed. In SS10, we had plan view labeler which could choose your style, delineator, and leader before placing and then after it has been placed it there was an edit...
6 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Import SignCAD Labels as Editable ORD Multi-line Text

Issue Currently, when SignCAD signs are imported into ORD, labels and dimension text do not import as standard editable ORD text. Instead, the text is brought in as individual characters. This makes simple annotation edits difficult and time-consu...
about 2 months ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to add lines and points to drainage cells (2D/3D)

Revised Justification for DU Cell Enhancements If Drainage and Utility (DU) cells could incorporate linear and point features, these elements could be utilized as break lines within graphical filters for terrain modeling. Additionally, such featur...
5 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration
140 VOTE

Add more Display Options for Placing Terrain Slope Labels at a Single Point on a Terrain

Currently, the only way to place a single point slope label on a terrain is using the "Analyze Point" tool which works ok, but there are no options at all for controlling the display of the label placed. We would like to have the ability to place ...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Improved performance for 3d linestrings converted to Civil Geometry

When converting 3d linestrings to Civil Geometry, there is a significant impact on performance when undertaking some tasks. It is very common to receive survey data as a 3d linestring and then have to report against it but this can be extremely pa...
17 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration