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Rename terrains, linear templates, surface templates and other elements by selecting from Explorer list>(right click) Properties

At the current OpenRoads version, we need to select the terrains at 3D view then click properties in order to rename. It would be better if it can be renamed just by selecting the terrain name from Explorer list>(right click) properties.
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

dont have two different named boundary dialogs

this comes from CS0394270 the Microstation Named Boundary tool is still present in ORD. In the search ribbon if you type in Named Boundary and take the first option it opens the Microstation Named Boundary dialog and not the ORD one (so its missin...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Bring back "Depends On" in the Properties

It is my understanding that this was removed in the 2024 version due to general confusion, but I'd like it to be added back. If it is made toggleable, it can be turned off by default to avoid the aforementioned confusion, and this allows those tha...
24 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Labels Every 100' and Ability to Pick Start Point

I created the Civil Label for the 100’ elevation along a geometric element, but I want to be able to pick where the labeling starts and not at the start of the geometric element. I want to establish a target to start the 1st label at a prompted cl...
24 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Support Multiple Leaders on Civil Labels

Currently, civil labels with leaders do not support multiple leaders. We often label similar elements with a single label and multiple leaders. The civil label could read the data from the first element and then allow us to place multiple arrows. ...
about 1 month ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to append, join, or combine individual alignments and have it hold the sub alignment stationing, which would create station equations

In Geopak, we had the ability to take individual alignments and create an overall alignment from a subset of alignments and it would hold the individual stationing for each alignment, creating station equations. There is no way to do this in ORD u...
almost 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration

Import Template drops and Point Controls

Be able to import/copy template drops and point controls from other files to a new openroads file.
7 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Use Analyze Point Tool in Sheet/Drawing Models

We need to be able to track alignment data to check sheet annotation. Would be very helpful to have an easy way to do this in sheets. Since an alignment or terrain would still need to be selected, the sheet scale shouldn't matter. This would work ...
about 2 years ago in Analytics / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to annotate models over a station range

Currently, the only way to update Annotation is to update ALL or one drawing model at a time. It would be very helpful to be able to select a station range to remove and then update in one action.
almost 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 2 Future consideration

Create Geometry Points in Geometry Builder

When creating parcels in Geometry Builder, I would like the option to have it automatically add COGO/Geometry Points at the PIs and on-alignment points as I place the elements.
about 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration