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Draggable geometry labels

When labels are generated from a horizontal or vertical alignment such as PI, PVI, PC, PVC, etc (perpendicular or parallel to the alignment based on the workspace settings), please make them draggable with the same interface as conventional MicroS...
23 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Planned

Add traverse adjustment tool for OpenRoads like Inroads V8i used.

A traverse adjustment tool would be useful when needing to balance the error of closure using the option of methods (the compass rule, the transit rule, and the crandall method)
23 days ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey 0 Needs review

Please add the welding detailing tool (detweld.mdl) to OBM.

Please add the welding detailing tool (detweld.mdl) to OBM. This is a very necessary tool for bridge detailing. Having the welding symbols available in OBM is more relevant than in ORD. Thanks!
23 days ago in Drawing Production 0 Future consideration

Target/Locate Buttons to Modify Corridor Object Stationing.

Add the Target/Locate button to the corridor objects dialog in order to change the stationing of point controls, parametric constraints etc. instead of ma manually entering station.
23 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add an Interval button to the Dynamic Cross Sections

Please add an interval setting to dynamic cross sections . This will allow users to control the interval in which to view cross sections. By default the interval matches the corridor density.
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 2 Future consideration

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...

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