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Allow users to see horizontal and vertical alignments while in view only mode.

Wise users open files in read-only mode when they don’t intend to change the file. ORD should promote good file practice to allow us to view geometry when we are in view only mode.
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Auto-rotate Annotation and Labels

Suggestion to allow annotation and labels to align with plan named boundaries and sheet file plan views. For example, consider a plan named boundaries shape around a horizontal curve. If you have a separate standalone annotation file, often times,...
about 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Draw Slope Direction Pattern Tool

We would really benefit from having the "Draw Slope Direction Pattern" tool available in OpenRoads Designer CE similar to what was included with InRoads. I understand that we have the capability to apply "side slope annotation" to corridors, but w...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 6 Future consideration

Text Favorite Use Dimension Style Setting

When a Text Favorite is set to "Active Settings" it looks at the file setting and is not reading active dimension style setting from the element template or the tool settings. According to MicroStation the Active Setting is set by the dimension st...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 1 Future consideration

Migration Utilities .exe's to be updated

Currently, the Migration Utilities suite of .exe files was created for 2020 R3 release of OpenRail Designer (ORD). In earlier versions of ORD, the linear and profile symbology were linked closely together, in later version of ORD (>2022) the sy...
over 2 years ago in Workspace 3 Will not implement

Improvements to Geometry Points

I think the geometry points tools could use some improvements. Specifically, the Equal Space Points tool. The equal space points tool should assign unique names to the points in the group instead of using the same name for all points. Geometry...
2 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Deed Boundary Tool Enhancement to Allow User to Establish Civil Rules on Created Shape/Boundary

Please consider adding a toggle to the Deed Boundary tool to create civil rules on the created shape, so this boundary can be a ruled boundary. The goal behind creating this as a ruled boundary is to give the user the option to update the created ...
about 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Allow Cross Section Navigator to work in read-only mode

The XS Navigator tool's full functionality is contingent upon users having file read/write access. This requirement seems excessive for reviewers who primarily need read-only access. I suggest revising the tool to accommodate reviewers with read-o...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Compound Curve with Spiral Segments Tool

A geometry tool is needed to easily create a Compound Horizontal Curve with Spiral segments. Having the ability to quickly compute a Spiral-Curve-Spiral-Curve-Spiral between two tangents would be greatly beneficial to the track design work we do. ...
about 2 years ago in Geometry / 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. ...
2 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration