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3D cut-in profile to carry the same line symbology present in the XS named boundaries

User expecting to be 3D cut should mimic the display style of the 3D view. Currently, the limitation is that a cross-section in ORD can only be cut between two lines, and not along a complex element. It should go inside the display style and let y...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Enhancement to Navigate the Field Book from the Plan View

There is currently not a way to navigate the field book from the plan view. Being able to select an element (point feature or linear feature) in a survey model’s plan view and have the location of the element within the Survey tab (under the Explo...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Save Feature Override Name

Currently when turning off a feature override name, the name reverts back to the point name. It would be nice to have the feature override name save, when turned off so that the user can toggle the override off and on without needing to retype the...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Export to SHP file should automatically handle unit conversions

Users expecting an enhancement for export to SHP file function should export the data without having to change the units and handle the conversion on the fly from the selected working units if they differ from the dataset. To provide context: The ...

Inherit survey point name and code to regression point

When we import survey points into Survey and create a field book, we get the name and code for the point. However, if we want to use the survey points directly from the Field Book in Survey to use as regression points, we don't get the name and co...
2 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Future consideration

Enhancement to Introduce the Remapping Capability on Terrain Model’s Source Path

There is currently not a way to remap the terrain model’s source path in ORD. This capability is needed to be able to push survey data updates via rewriting a .tin file to then update from source (sourcing back to the rewritten .tin file with surv...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Drawing Model Optional

Creation of the drawing Model is Optional in sheet production in MicroStation. I believe this should be true for civil Plan as well. We should be able to create a drawing seed that does not have the option ON for creating drawing. Most of the Plan...

Export to IFC/Export to SHP/Export Geometry to reprojected coordinate system

Part of our design process includes exporting Geometry lines to XML and exporting both IFC and SHP files. These assets get loaded into our GIS system. However, during the design process, we design off of a modified coordinate system, and our GIS s...
23 days ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Modify the LLS part when placing a turnout.

Currently one could add an LLS part on a turnout. Unfortunately this is a standard value. Sometimes, when creating a horizontal geometry, it is necessary to ''shorten'' the LLS part (aka to place a fewer amount of long sleepers that a standard LLS...
23 days ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

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...
23 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review