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Profile Symbology Setting

Currently OpenRail does not have the ability to assign profile symboligies for Turnouts with the Turnout Feature Definition.
almost 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 1 Future consideration

Element Annotation - White Space Management (manage modification) for Lines

The Element Annotation is incredibly powerful (and fast) but the lack of ability to move the leader (as you can with the civil labeler) is a critical issue. Please add the ability to "stick" or snap the line to the text when the text is moved. The...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Turnout Creation Wizard

Developing turnouts in the new software can be quite cumbersome. If there was a wizard that allowed users to input known common pieces of geometry in a more descriptive and graphical fashion, it would help significantly. When geometry elements are...
almost 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 3 Future consideration

Line and Curve Tables for both Alignments and Parcels

Need tools for creating Line and Curve tables with smarts. Geopak D&C had a tool for creating line and curve tables. Why doesn't OpenRoads have tools for this? Needs to be smart so that as changes are made to the geometry the data in the table...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Including OverBridges, Noise wall and Large Gantries for Sight distance analysis

For the sight distance analysis, it would be good to include more complex scenarios, like OverBridges, noisewalls, Large Signage Gantries etc. which cannot be included in composite design surfaces.

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

Ability to set the default printer independently from the Windows Default Printer

SignCAD doesn't remember user defined default printer user set in Print Settings.
about 1 year ago in OpenRoads SignCAD / User Interface 0 Future consideration

WS wind speeds table for FDOT Sdg 2.4 (and combinations) are not updated as per 2025

There appears to be a discrepancy in wind load calculations—specifically, the gust factor of 0.85 remains different from AASHTO standards. However, the FDOT Structures Design Guidelines (SDG) 2025 now allow the use of AASHTO Article 3.8, which may...
3 months ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Needs review

Configuration variable to control default path for .tiw files

When working in a fieldbook in survey, we want to set the default file path to a specific location for .tiw files. As it stands, ORD remembers the last location from which a .tiw was imported, but we want to set a file path for all users.
10 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey / Workspace 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