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Single Offset Partial/Entire Element creates complex elements with the ability to add/remove tapers

One of the factors prohibiting the use of civil geometry in plan production is that it can often feel cumbersome to implement design changes without 'breaking' your previous work. Let's say you have an intersection designed using civil geometry, a...
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Simplfy the Interface - How many "sizes" can there be?

Object Properties - Feature Definition of a pipe is top level, its description is a pick list of diameters (TxDOT), but Utilities Properties has three different locations. This complexity is unnecessary.
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Needs review

Automatically Highlight Text

When selecting text to be edited, the editing window will appear but the text does not get highlighted. The text has to be selected every time for changes. If all of the text being edited could be automatically highlighted like it is in the older ...
about 2 years ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Will not implement

Add Point Projection Interval Option to "Create 3D By Slope To Target" Tool

Currently when using the "Create 3D By Slope To Target" Tool, ORD seems to only project a point at every vertex of a 3D line string. This is fine when using the Geometry Tools to create 3D line strings since it creates a vertex point in 3D based o...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Turnout points for tounge position

In railway engineering, there is a growing demand for positioning of the tongue in turnouts. The proposal is to introduce a new point in the Feature Definition of turnouts, making it possible to specify the distance from point .1 to the Tongue. Su...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 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...
7 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Transverse PT for shell element segmental box girder

Introduction of Transverse PT for shell element segmental box girder.
over 1 year ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Clipping export of 3D models using Named Boundaries to separate dgns

When exporting a model to IFC it is possible to export the model splitting to Named Boundary Groups. This is very powerfull because you can split your model and the volume reports in smaller parts. It would also be good if you can split the dgn to...
about 2 years ago in Import/Export / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 1 Future consideration

Best Match Field Code Option

In ORD 10.11 and beyond the Best Match Field Code Option is now a drop-down of the following: Match exact: Feature Must equal an Alpha Code, only exact matches. For example if there is a Feature Definition with Alpha Code set to AP (Asphalt Paveme...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Contour Edit Mode

It would be useful to allow editing of contours after a terrain model is created. Call it "Contour Edit Mode" and allow users to massage contours in areas and preserve these edits similar to how ORD now remembers triangle edits in 10.12.
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 1 Future consideration