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Turnout points for tounge position

In railway engineering, there is a growing demand for positioning of the tongue in turnouts. The proposal is to introduce a new point in the Feature Definition of turnouts, making it possible to specify the distance from point .1 to the Tongue. Su...
11 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Future consideration

Add option to create Mass Haul Diagram from End Area Volumes.

Currently the Mass Haul Diagram volumes are generated from 3D mesh volumes and the End Area Volumes report calculates the volumes from the cross section areas. Hence there is a difference between the Mass Ordinate values between the two reports. I...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Best Match Field Code Option

In ORD 10.11 and beyond the Best Match Field Code Option is now a drop-down of the following: Match exact: Feature Must equal an Alpha Code, only exact matches. For example if there is a Feature Definition with Alpha Code set to AP (Asphalt Paveme...
11 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Open profile from profile view

While I am in a profile view, I would like to be able to open a new profile from a different horizontal without having to activate the 2D view. It is a small thing but would be nice.
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 4 Already exists

Linking multiple cant alignments with a dependency into a referenced container model

My company plans to undertake large route alignments, but broken down into smaller alignment sections for different contract areas. Currently, we are 'stitching' the smaller sections into a routewide federated model by using Single Offset Entire E...
over 2 years ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer 2 Future consideration

Place a line between two imported points

OpenRoads should have a Command that place a line between two imported points (.asc, .crv, .txt file) V8i does have a command that will place a line between two imported points. After importing the points into the drawing, you click on the "line c...
almost 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Already exists

Use File Open dialogues that allow user to paste a file folder address

OpenRoads uses different types of file open dialogues throughout the program. The first type allows the user to paste a file address directly into the navigation bar. The second type does not allow the user to paste the file address and forces the...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Copy Lines Drawn in Profile Window to Other Profile Window

In order to correctly design Crossovers, profile information needs to be sketched out between profile windows. This is very difficult without the ability to draw lines in a profile window and then copy them to a profile window for another alignment.
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer 2 Future consideration

The Feature Defintion toolbar - a proposal for improving this function

Feature Definition Toolbar A proposal for improving/expanding this feature Choosing Feature Definitions is a frequently used feature in OpenRoads Designer. Especially in urban projects, switching between pavement types, curbs, placing signs, s...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Easy civil cell for turnout edition

Create an Easy civil cell for turn-out edition and turn-out annotation
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration