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Draw Clear Zone Tool in Plan/3d

Draw Clear Zone tool in Plan/3D that reads from AASHTOW roadside design tables for offsets and slopes from the model.
over 1 year ago in Analytics / OpenRoads Designer 4 Future consideration

Allow negative surface depth for Overlay Components

It is helpful to have corridor overlay components that follow the surface for the bottom option, and follow a set distance above the surface for the top option. This was achievable in PowerGeopak SS10 by inputting a negative number for the surface...
over 1 year ago in Modeling 0

Use Cells for creation of sleepers

Support use of cell definitions for sleeper placements. Long sleeper sets placed at turnout locations, have variable width so these will still be using existing box shaped sleepers but normal sleepers will be using the cell based definitions. This...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Update Element Information Description - ORD

Geometry>Standards>Set Element Information This tool seems to lend itself to recording and reviewing an alignment layout and design process and having it live in the dgn file vs an auxillary notepad or spreadsheet. As the design progresses i...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Reattach Corridor on linear templates

Reattach corridor was recently disabled for linear templates and the only way to edit such corridor is to create new one from the scratch.
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Retain or be able to re-associate references when "One DGN Per Sheet" used to facilitate ProjectWise Integration

Many companies/DOT's use ProjectWise Explorer Client which will apply attributes such as sheet number and total sheets to sheet models via tags. The only way to apply this on multiple sheets is to use the "One DGN Per Sheet" option. If a reference...
about 1 year ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Bring back the “NE=” key-in command.

U.S. surveyors traditionally work in Northing & Easting, in that order. When working with Microstation V8i, AND with Inroads loaded, the user could perform precision drafting by using the “NE= “ key-in to enter the exact northing/easting coord...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 4 Future consideration

Add an option to include "Profile" when offsetting Geometry

There should be an option to include the Profile when offsetting geometry if desired. Currently we need to offset the geometry and then copy the profile. It would be much more intuitive if there was an option to just include the profile when initi...
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Name Changing Per Drainage Structure

When naming nodes, we usually associate that node name with the conduit, drainage area, and gutter name. But, if we have to update the node name (ex: 0401 to 0405), then we have to change all the other names manually. User is looking for possibili...
about 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration

Turnout Creation Wizard

Developing turnouts in the new software can be quite cumbersome. If there was a wizard that allowed users to input known common pieces of geometry in a more descriptive and graphical fashion, it would help significantly. When geometry elements are...
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 3 Future consideration