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Contact (3rd) Rail tools

It would be great to have a set of tools to model a contact (third) rail - this is used by many transit systems as a traction power source for trains. There are enough nuances to the design of this rail that it warrants a dedicated tool with the a...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Create Cut Fill Volumes from one element

Extension of the "Create Cut Fill Volumes" function with the ability to choose whether calculations will be performed for a selected element (similar to the function "Create Closed Mesh") or for all elements included in the model (just like it's b...
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Key Station with civil rule

Key stations can now solely be places with a station input. In many cases the location of your Key Stations depends on the position of other elements, like geometry for example. Being able to give key stations a civil rule - like the Persist Snap ...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Already exists

Set a view target point with the 3D Drive Through Tool

Ability to set a target point that the tool fixes on when driving down the alignment.
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Feature Definition parameter - Show feature in plan, profile, XS

When we create a features, we want to see them sometimes in 2D, sometimes in 3D, sometimes in profiles, sometimes in cross sections. It would be nice to have a simply parameter "Draw/show in 2D", "Draw/show in 3D", "Draw/show in Profile", "Draw/sh...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Incorporate an ORD roadway designer window & file (.ord)

I'll be honest, the implementation ORD's strength is the software's weakest point. Being able to visually see the model in the 2D default model theoretically sounds great but the execution is costing too much time and money on medium to large scal...
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Will not implement

Create a Reference Link to a Project Template LIbrary File

Users would like the ability to maintain a link to the project template library, so that each time they don't have to browse and locate the .itl file. Because users store the file at different locations in ProjectWise, maintaining a link from the ...
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer 9 Already exists

Create 3D cut volumes with a variable cut offset

So far Openrail designer contains a tool called create 3D cut for profiles. It is very useful when one wants to show cuts from a 3D section across the track. However one can choose only a specific distance from track. There are cases (for example ...
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

3D Clip in Corridor Clip

Very useful in Rock Tunnel Connections, It should work similar to Mesh Subtract in MicroStation, but should be a part of the Corridor information, like todays Corridor Clip is.
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 4 Future consideration

Sorting and Grouping of Corridors and Linear Templates

Currently Corridors and Linear Templates are very poorly sorted in Explorer. These need to at least be sorted alphabetically to allow users to easily find the Corridor/Linear template they are looking for. Our major projects have dozens and dozens...
about 2 years ago in Modeling 0 Future consideration