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Add "Set Feature Definition" Tool to the Feature Definition Tool Bar

The "Set Feature Definition" Tool should be added to the Feature Definition Tool Bar rather than having to go digging around to find it. It coincides with "Match Feature Definition" which is already part of the tool bar.
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 2 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.
8 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Collision-Free cross section annotation

​​There appears to be a feature in OpenRail and previously was in InRoads where you could specify in the Annotation Group to have the annotation shift if there was an overlap with another annotation but can't find the same feature in OpenRoads Des...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Quadrant Option for Bearing input in Geometry/Lines

Geometry/Lines requires you to enter the bearing value as S45d30'30"E which is way too many key strokes and unproductive. Geometry Builder allows us to enter the same bearing using the quadrant method (245.3030) which is much faster/easier and ali...
16 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Annotate invert and crown elevations of conduit anywhere along its length instead of just the start and end

We would like to be able to set up annotation groups to annotate the invert and/or crown elevations of a conduit along its length using set station intervals. Currently, there are only start/end invert/crown elevation text favorite fields.
about 1 month ago in Annotation / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Getting Vertical Alignment Properties from a Vertical Alignment Projection

In OpenRoads Designer, the user would like to be able to get the vertical alignment properties/information such as slope from the vertical alignment's projection through a text favorite or other command.
about 1 month ago in Annotation / Geometry / 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.
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Eliminate the Utility Property Panel

We are now 10 years into OpenRoads. Why are we still faced with two property panels. One for MicroStation and one for Utility/drainage. The two property panels overlap in what is displayed. ELIMINATE the Utility Properties Panel so we can end the ...
about 1 month ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 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...
7 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration