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Allow assignment of VBA Macros by Feature Definition instead of by Alpha Code

In InRoads, multiple alpha codes assigned to a single Feature all shared the same custom codes and other survey settings. Having to duplicate any VBA Feature Macros to every alternative Alpha Codes complicates maintenance and is a source of uninte...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Adding Japanese Cubic Parabola

OpenRail Designer seems to have Japanese Sine spiral type added from the formula used in Power RailTrack. However, there seems to be nothing similar to Japanese Cubic Parabola, which is based on a different formula from Japanese Sine.
8 months ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Element Annotation - Add view horizontal

Add in the ability place element annotation at view horizontal
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration

Civil Labeler - add ability to use from explorer

Civil Labeler is powerful, but the labeler menu is super annoying (table tree defaults to closed). Just like civil cells can be added through explorer, it seems like civil labeler could be done the same way
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Element Annotation - include "secondary" in addition to "override"

Most alignments we use have 2 defaults or less - having to hunt and peck through the override tree is time consuming
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add By Linear Element option to Analyze Catchment (by Terrain Model) tool

Be able to select a linear element (eg. edge of road pavement) that the Analyze Catchment tool computes catchment areas from a terrain model for. The tool currently only has a Use Fence option which can still take a long time. If one can narrow it...
about 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to drag and drop Point and Component Feature Definitions

We are able to drag and drop within the Active Template in the Components section to add or remove a child. We would like it to expand the ability to Point and Component Feature Definitions as well as Alternate Surfaces and Parametric Constraints....
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Variable for Location Preference After Moving Annotation Text

A configuration variable (or dgnlib setting), to control the 'Location' setting of Annotation Text is desired. Images of the setting included. Currently the Location setting for annotation text can be set to Default, Relative or Fixed; Default is ...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Add Reporting Capabilities to OpenRoads: Design Criteria

Managers are requesting a report output from OpenRoads that shows any/all Design Criteria used to generate the model (corridor)...things like Sight Distance, Design Standards, Decisions/Assumptions, Non-Conformance, etc. These managers have 20+ ye...
about 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Exporting reports to excel now prompted to save the file first, rather than it exporting directly into a new excel window.

Reporting tools are critical to our workflows to validate and document designs. Please consider reverting to exporting directly to Excel without having to save first - as this added step appears to be causing the issue, and only adds time to the w...
8 months ago in Reports 0