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Ability to Have Item Types Dynamically Interact with Spreadsheet

We have built item types and a spreadsheet for title block management. It works, but with some issues that may be easy to solve. We are running excel spreadsheets for plan set management and looking to stream line the process. The spreadsheet has ...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to open OBD & OBM files without a WorkSpace/WorkSet.

Request: I would like to ask that the ability to open OBD & OBM files without a WorkSpace/WorkSet be allowed. ORD has this ability, OBD/OBM should too. Reason: Being able to open a file, especially a .dgnlib, without a WorkSpace/WorkSet is ver...
almost 2 years ago in Workspace 1 Planned

Allow population of annotations along Plan named boundary borders

Currently, profile named boundaries have the option to populate annotations using the named boundary border as a reference line. This is how the stations and elevations come in along the bottom of the boundary. Specifically in Indiana, we are aske...

Facilitate successive volume calculations

Currently the simple calculation between 2 3D models is summarized between 2 comboboxes with a visual choice in a list of 3D models. If we have 60 models it becomes very difficult to make choices because the palette disappears after each calculat...
almost 2 years ago in Analytics 2 Future consideration

GEOPAK-like Drainage Tools

I would like to see tools added to ORD that would mimic the Drainage Tools found in GEOPAK. Specifically, I would like to be able to visualize Drainage Patterns. I envision this be something that could be added to a Terrain Feature Definition, sim...
almost 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 2 Future consideration

There is no way to easily measure an area within a cross section.

In ORD when you attempt to measure the graphics within a XS View it appears that you get the surface area of the entire cut or fill volume. As a user, I need the specific end area for the element. Presently you have to trace the element with a mea...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Automatically adjust structure Hight to include pipe thickness

it would be more accurate to calculate the structure Height if when a pipe is connected to a structure that the bottom base slab was adjusted to be below the wall of the pipe. this would also make the 3D model look better.

Add regression report tool for reporting against a control alignment

In Bentley Rail Track you could run a "Regression" report via Tools - XML Re ports - Regression... This was an invaluable way of reporting existing cants, sixfoots, etc. with the figures generated in line with a 'Control Track'.
almost 3 years ago in Reports 1 Future consideration

Add "Make Active Profile" checkbox to all element profiles tools

Every command in the vertical group in the geometry tab should have a checkbox inside to automatically make it the active one. This way the user won't have to open the profile in a view and select it. Pretty simple and would save a lot of work..
8 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Regression: existing cant units

In the same way we introduced slew and lift/lower unites, we should be able to define cant units in the Design File Settings>Civil Formatting. And it should be use by the "Show Existing cant" capability we can set in the Preferences
over 1 year ago in Regression Analysis 0 Future consideration