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601 VOTE

Enhancing Named Boundaries: Updating Named Boundaries and Applying Geometry Rules

To enhance productivity and efficiency in live projects, we need dynamic Named Boundaries linked to Geometry. This includes the ability to update the shape or location of a named boundary after creating a sheet model, with the changes reflected in...
over 1 year ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 9 Future consideration

Copy Event Point List

The ability to copy an existing event point list in the Event Point List Dialog for Openroads. There are similar ideas for different products being requested.
2 days ago in Geometry / Import/Export / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Utility Overhead Conduits/Nodes

Current Limitations Currently, creating overhead conductors between two "Overhead Nodes" (e.g., utility poles) results in a straight-line conduit. In reality, these lines always exhibit a natural sag due to gravity and tension forces. To model sag...
4 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow Esri Shapefile Field Name to be longer than 10 characters

When exporting a drainage flex table in ESRI format, the default field names include names longer than 10 characters. This throws the error message: "The Esri Shapefile field name <Middle_Flow> for column <Flow (Middle)> cannot be long...
4 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration
125 VOTE

Add more Display Options for Placing Terrain Slope Labels at a Single Point on a Terrain

Currently, the only way to place a single point slope label on a terrain is using the "Analyze Point" tool which works ok, but there are no options at all for controlling the display of the label placed. We would like to have the ability to place ...
8 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Make the Drainage Catch Basin Grate Perimeter and Open Area variables reportable

Some DOTs require input of an exact values for catch basin grate open area for orifice flow and catch basin grate perimeter for weir flow. ORD would consider these as calculated values, not inputs. These are not ORD outputs and are hidden from the...
4 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Integration of OpenRoads Designer Civil Functions in Python

Add OpenRoads Designer Civil functions to Python integration allowing development of Python applications that can access/call the Civil Design processes within OpenRoads

Split Corridor Function

I propose to add the possibility of dividing corridors with the retention of all attributes and elements such as point controls, feature definitions, keystations, etc. It can be seen in the programme files that such an intention to introduce a fea...
3 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration
227 VOTE

Ability to define the slope of any points within the dynamic section using the measure tools

Having the ability to quickly check both existing and design crossfall/superelevation would increase efficiency within the program as there would be no requirement to run a template and report to evaluate existing cross slopes
over 2 years ago in Annotation / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration
215 VOTE

Ability to export and import all corridor objects such as point controls to enable rebuilding of corridors

I know parametric constraints can be exported but if a corridor becomes corrupt then being able to rebuild it from scratch easily would be useful. Similar to an input file in MX
over 2 years ago in Import/Export / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration