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Adjust bearing vertically

In order for the place bearing tool to work for as many instances as possible, we either need to be able to adjust the bearing's vertical location due to shim plate placement on an individual basis or else allow for different cells to be used at t...
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Show external references in Target Aliasing

Ability to add a profile elements of an alignment as an external references when using the Target Aliasing command.
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

End Conditions automatically include an interval at the point in which cut/fill meet.

I'm surprised ORD doesn't automatically include an interval at the point in which cut slope becomes fill slope or vice verse. MX did a great job at this but without this function earthwork slopes aren't correct and give strange results. It's not p...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling 1 Future consideration

Overlap detection in Corridor Objects

I noticed that template ranges can overlap and there is no obvious indication that this is occurring. Ideally over lapping station ranges should highlight in red to draw attention to it.
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to use end condition exceptions on linear templates

Being able to use end condition exceptions for linear templates would be extremely beneficial for roadway designers. We often use end condition exceptions to turn off slopes in order to connect external features like ditches to the corridor. Not b...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

See Coordinates of Objects in Model Space

Say if I had pre-cast units (say rectangular for ease of the idea), you can see the coordinates of the 4 bottom corners (or other named points) of the pre-cast unit if I click on it. This would show up in model space view as shown: https://imgur.c...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Create a tool that constructs transitions between different types of rail sections

Sometimes in track design, one must use different types of rails, say 60kg and 50kg rails. One could weld them and grind them together but this is a crude method. In Sweden they use what is called a transition rail, which in principle contain a sm...
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Viewing Corridor Object and Dynamic Cross Section Tools in Read-Only

I sometimes have to look at another user's Corridor file to get additional details. If I reference in their file or open it read only, I'm not able to open up Corridor Objects to see what template they are using. It would be useful to allow me to ...
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Point Control/Parametric control grouping folders within Corridor Objects tool.

Be able to group Parametric Constraints and Point Controls in the corridor Object tool into folders. IE - Ditch Profiles -> Ditch 1, Ditch 2, Ditch 3
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Allow Assignment to Multiple Alternate Surfaces

There are often points in a template that should belong to multiple surfaces. For instance, we have a point in our rural templates that is part of the top mesh and should also belong to our aggregate shoulder alternate surface and our subgrade sur...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration