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Horizontal and vertical geometry - edit vertical elevations/profile in plan view, improve geometry snap rules/constraints.

We have used the horizontal and vertical geometry tools to create terrain models for site design of rest areas. We have found this to be very inefficient and time consuming. For example, the rest areas typically have sidewalks that vary in width, ...
almost 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

In OpenRoads Designer Explorer, add a feature list for terrain features, similar to the new "point filter" dialog.

Currently features that make up a terrain can be viewed, added, or removed graphically. Would like to be able to see all terrain features in a table or list view, similar to point filter list. In addition, be able to add and remove or temporarily ...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Adding a toggle option to control superelevation section automatic recalculation

Providing a toggle to control the automatic recalculation of superelevation values when the alignment it is dependent on is revised will help limit re-work needed to customize the superelevation values for a project. Exporting and reimporting supe...
7 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

Ability to use Revit/external models as Openroads design entities

The need to incorporate structural designs/external format files(Revit/Tekla/AutoCAD/Civil3d/12d) as 'design' items to enable interface connections from a single source without manual rework/recalculation on every external revision. this would als...
almost 2 years ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to Rearrange the Point Order of Template Components

While using the display rules to switch between the two components. If the components are created in different point order the mesh created does not resolve correctly. For example. One component is created clockwise and other anticlockwise order o...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Already exists

Ability to speficy background color for active View

Being aware of what view is active is fundamental in ORD workflows. For now, active/inactive is shown with a light color difference in title bar and cannot be changed.I'd like to be able to specify hihglight color as I can specify active window co...

Squeeze Characters

Users need the ability to squeeze letters and spacing word by word in order to get long words to fit on custom signs.
7 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 1 Planned

Place a sanitary pipe that follows a terrain at a specific depth of cover.

It appears that the software currently doesn’t allow sanitary conduit FDs to follow a slope even when the FD is set to depth of cover. it would be nice to tell the program to follow a given depth under the terrain, so I can see the pipe slope vary...
about 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities 9 Already exists

Import multiple DGN references simultaneously

A way to reference in multiple DGNs simultaneously. At the moment if I bring in 50 DGNs I have to click OK 50 times. There should be a way to apply reference settings to all and select reference all with one click.
almost 2 years ago in OpenRoads Designer 2 Already exists

View Control - Customize Window Layout

Using the long right-click View Control menu I would like the ability to custmomize the different View windows to utilitze a 2nd monitor. I know you can edit an XML file to contol where the different views open, but I have not been able to "progra...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration