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Add "Make Active Profile" checkbox to all element profiles tools

Every command in the vertical group in the geometry tab should have a checkbox inside to automatically make it the active one. This way the user won't have to open the profile in a view and select it. Pretty simple and would save a lot of work..
7 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Linear Template - the BSplines warning is not helpful

When you place a Linear Template on a splined element a warning is generated which requires user interaction to dismiss: "Warning: The base geometry selected for this corridor contains B-Spline elements for the horizontal Transitions. Consider rec...
10 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Feature Definition Toolbar Title

This tool is called "Feature Definition Toolbar" from the tool icons/ribbon menus. The dialogue that pops up is called "Feature Definition Toggle Bar" I suggest changing the title on the dialogue to "Feature Definition Toolbar"
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Label all active points in Dynamic XS view

I imagine the interface would look similar to the template library, including the ability to turn off all point names, if desired. I'd still keep the head's up info when hovering on a point.
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Display profile rules in plan view

It's difficult to see which geometry elements are connected or ruled via persist snaps in the element profile. Add profile dynamic annotation and elevation dynamic fields to plan view. Add profile persist snap glyphs in plan view to show the conne...
7 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Make the Accudraw compass size smaller in profile view.

At the default size the Accudraw compass is huge when working in an exaggerated profile view. If I change it to a more useful size then it's tiny in plan view. Can you make it so the compass is a certain factor smaller in the profile view based on...
4 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Save dialogue window sizes

Many dialogue windows don't open up with the best proportions to see the data and they don't save the proportions after they have been edited. It gets tiring having to edit the proportions of dialogues to see the data as needed every single time I...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Template Editor UI overhaul

The template editor as it is feels like using a 25years old software interface. And I mean all of it: Design, interface, workflows, .. There is room for so much upgrade..Visual feedback of what we are creating, problems, suggestions Multi librarie...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Need to have an option for manual/automatic corridor processing

There is an existing option to deviate rules on a corridor. This is inconvenient and difficult to use because of the workflow associated this it: select A corridor -> deactivate rules, then select A corridor -> enable rules -> process (th...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Clarify X/Y when using Civil Analysis

suppose you use the Civil analysis tool to track the mainline horizontal alignment to a point at the edge of pavement. It can be confusing for users to know if X/Y displayed in the dialog represents the point selected (e.g. at the edge of pavement...
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration