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Add Dynamics / Rules to Meshes produced by Create Closed Mesh Tool

Currently the Create Closed Mesh Tool produces static meshes which do not update when base elements change. When any of the base elements change, the existing meshes need to be deleted and created from scratch. We would like to see the following i...
over 2 years ago in Modeling 0 Future consideration

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 Constra...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Use Cells for creation of sleepers

Support use of cell definitions for sleeper placements. Long sleeper sets placed at turnout locations, have variable width so these will still be using existing box shaped sleepers but normal sleepers will be using the cell based definitions. This...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to have corridor/linear template pivot at end of alignment

Currently when developing a object that is at a skew, whether it be a road, bridge, culvert, or other detail modeling. If the start/end of the object is at a skew compared to the alignment that it is attached to, it is difficult to model. The user...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Cross Section Navigator - Alignment Associations

A user asked, "Why is it that upon closing cross cross-section navigator, users have to re-associate an alignment, pick a viewport to display the dynamic cross sections, and then data point inside this viewport to get the Cross Section Navigator p...
3 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Visible final contour labels in corridor

After the corridor is created, it is possible to see the final contours. However, the contour elevation labels are not shown unless a proposed surface is created. Why is that so? I believe it would be beneficial to toggle on/off contour elevation ...
8 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to Synchronize ITL to a Master ITL

Either add ability for multiple users to be in the same ITL and save the information. At the moment we run a separate ITL for segments of a project which leads to slight differences to similar items. It is cumbersome to use the template library or...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Merge/Unmerge End Condition (EC) Components

In ORD, In the Template window, would be beneficial to be able to create EC components made up a series of template points and "break" them into separate components and then merge them back together.
about 2 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Being able to delete more than one point at a time within template creation.

Currently, you can click the delete components within templates and draw a line through any component(s) to delete it(them). It would be nice to have a similar function to delete points by encircling them so you do not have to delete them using th...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Allow flow arrow density adjustment similar to contour lines

All the current products anchor their surface data in triangles, and allow different types of visualizations to happen. For instance, you can choose to show major and minor contours as needed, and they do not change the way the triangles actually ...
7 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration