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Can openrail consider to improve the edit horizontal element tool

There are quite a lot of situations we need to edit element lengths (shorten or lengthen) by fixing their stop ends, which can be done easily in BRT; However, I couldn't find similar tools in Openrail to solve it. Can Openrail improve the table ed...
5 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer 1 Future consideration

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...
almost 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Add better management tool/window for terrains sources elements

There is no effective panel for editing the terrain sources elements. The only available tools are the add/remove feature or the "Edit Terrain" tool with it's ""delete feature". All the above are extremely dependable on visual and clickable data. ...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain / User Interface 0 Future consideration

More options for customizing the behavior of the SignCAD backup file creation

When working with legacy .SGN files that were created in the 32bit version of OpenRoads SignCAD, the default behavior when opening these legacy files in the 64bit version of OpenRoads SignCAD 2023 is to append .BAK to the original legacy .SGN file...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Ability to have corridor/linear template pivot at end of alignment

Currently when developing a object that is at a skew, whether it be a road, bridge, culvert, or other detail modeling. If the start/end of the object is at a skew compared to the alignment that it is attached to, it is difficult to model. The user...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Superelevation lanes have start and end points by default in tangents

Currently if you place a superelevation lane on a tangent alignment, no points will show up in the superelevation editor. I would like that automatically even in tangent sections, the start and end points are placed in the superelevation editor so...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

Add Ability to Place Civil Label With View Independent Setting When Using Leader in Civil Labeler

I am needing to enable the View Independent setting in Civil Labeler on text favorites using leaders. For example, I am using text favorites in Civil Labeler (that require leaders) to annotate existing right-of-way and property lines information a...

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 2 years ago in Analytics / OpenRoads Designer 4 Future consideration

Ability to View Alignment Stationing in Plan View in ConceptStation

I am requesting an enhancement to allow the user to view alignment stationing in plan view in ConceptStation. Currently, alignment stationing can only be viewed from the profile model. This would be helpful when adding PI points or modifying horiz...
almost 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRoads ConceptStation 0 Future consideration

Automate the creation of plan-plan sheets with different views of the same station range.

We often do sheets where the same station range is shown, plan on top and bottom, but they have different information. For instance, the top plan view might be a staking overview where the bottom plan might be a jointing diagram. Both have the sam...
about 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 6 Future consideration