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119 VOTE

Separate vertical alignment model from horizonal geometry

One of my biggest pain points about ORD is if the horizontal geometry is dropped or broken, the vertical is consequently lost as well. This creates significant rework from a design and plan production standpoint (connected named boundaries). One w...
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Annotating and Labelling Intersecting Alignment Stationing in Cross Sections

Annotating and labeling cross sections within ORD is missing the functionality to label the stationing of intersecting alignments shown on roadway cross sections. While feature names (alignment names) and elevations of intersecting alignments can ...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Future consideration

Civil Labeler closes

We would appreciate an enhancement that keeps Civil Labeler open when switching files or models. If we are labeling cross sections, it closes every time we switch to every individual xsec model.
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration
105 VOTE

Ability to Update Annotation Groups

Currently for drawing model annotation groups, if the user wants to update the annotation, they would need to remove the outdated annotation group, which would removal all annotation groups, and then reapply all annotation groups. It would be nice...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration
100 VOTE

Open API to programmatically create Feature Definitions and Feature Symbologies.

It would be extremely helpful, if we were able to programmatically create Feature Definitions and Feature Symbologies so that automation of the creation of new 'Custom Drainage Features' every time a drainage structure had a different bottom box (...
over 2 years ago in All Other / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration

Annotate element item type on cross sections and profiles

I want to be able to annotate the element item type properties attached to linear features displayed on cross sections and profiles using annotation groups. Currently any text favorites created from item types do not resolve to show the item type ...
9 days ago in Annotation / Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Needs review

Provide option to adjust the limits of the labeling tools.

Is there a way to dynamically adjust the limits of the labeling tools? The issue we're running into is that parallel facilities show annotation that seems skewed and might be interpreted as misleading. We understand that we can set up a set offset...
9 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to set up a profile annotation group to place a single annotation for a complex profile.

Ability to set up a profile annotation group to place a single annotation for a complex profile. When we go to Annotation group we don't have option to placing single annotation for the element.
9 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Cross Section alignment name without a profile point

I am asking for an enhancement for XSECTION ROAD name to be added for Cross Section Annotation purposes. I want to add the name of the alignment that the sections were cut from to each section even if it does not have an active profile to be secti...
9 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Apply annotation group text as graphic group for simpler management of data

Apply element annotation group text as graphic groups for simpler management of data so that users can turn on Graphic Group lock and use the delete tool to select one text element and it will delete all elements in the graphic group. So users cou...
9 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration