Access to full Backstage menus prior to opening a file
There may be times when a user would like to utilitze the Tools, Civil Tools, etc. or change user prefs, configuration variables, etc. Currernty you have to open a file before you can access the Backstage.
about 2 years ago
in User Interface
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Future consideration
Profile Grid Annotation - Place as Point Cell versus Graphic Cell
Currently, when a profile is annotated along
the grid, the text is placed as a Graphic Annotation Cell. For right to left profiles, the easiest fix is to create Annotation Gro
ups and Definitions that basically annotate the text backwards. Then, ...
Create multiple field books w/o terrain connecting
The ability to create multiple field books without
the terrain connecting to each. This would be necessary when surveying multiple sites for one given road project. Currently, this
is done by importing the data and then going to the survey setti...
Allow pasting Excel tables in Design Standard Tables
One of the features that I think would improve the software is the ability to paste Design Standards Tables from Excel into the software. This would save a lot of time and effort for users who need to adjust these values frequently, especially whe...
Provide an option to quickly apply combined horizontal and vertical constraints to geometry elements. Where geometry lines (breaklines) intersect, they need to share a common elevation. The current process requires creating profile intersection po...
When a Leader Line and/or Border Frame are used the leader line should be (or is most often desirable) perpendicular to the geometry instead the perpendicular location being based on the text justification. When a Border Frame is used it really lo...
Create multiple long sections/profiles in the same model space
When creating profiles/long sections for track vertical geometry, ORD creates an individual sheet view and model view for each sheet. This creates a large amount of work when trying to bulk annotate or export long sections for drafting. It would b...