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Bridge drainage system

OpenBridge does not seem to have a dedicated functionality for drainage system. I have seen solution in OpenBuildings, it looks quite decent. Just to clarify, when I refer to a drainage system, I mean elements like drip pipes, scuppers, vertical p...
about 1 year ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Annotation of distance between points along an alignment

A tool that makes it possible to annotate the distance between two points along an alignment or between points on two different alignments, but parallel to one alignment is my wish. It would be useful, so you don´t need to annotate or write down t...
about 1 year ago in Annotation 0 Future consideration

Adjust Sight Visibility Tool to local markets

Hi, We are struggling with sight visibiloty analysis, because currently available methods covers only some of regional standards, like for example Italian, Australian, French or AASHTO. Equation used for that strandards is probably hardcoded somew...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 1 Future consideration

Improve Geometry Builder interface

Often Surveyors are responsible for generating exi sting alignments from limited data (in plans or collected in field.) We have identified that using the Geometry Builder can be a "wo rkaround" but it is clunky and there are more steps involved th...
over 2 years ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Updating XS annotation group w/o resetting annotation placement

The XS annotation group will place annotations in text conflicting locations. Once the user resolves the text conflicts there is a chance that the annotations may have to be revised when the model is updated. Therefore, it would be helpful if ther...
11 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Have both turnouts as ''free'' when calculating a crossover

When calculating a crossover geometry (2 turnouts+geometry in between) it could be beneficial if both turnouts (beginning and end) could be set as free. This would be beneficial in cases when two tracks are not totall parallel and the only option ...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Future consideration

Expand range options of Horizontal Feature Constraints

Horizontal feature constraints are a huge benefit to streamlining corridor modeling and tying design intent to civil geometry. The range options (-, 0, +) are pretty limited and often trigger components to behave improperly. Adding more options to...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Reference Terrain model on Civil Cell

I would like to create civil cells that utilize our existing ground terrain model from the survey. Right now, when creating the civil cell, I can't select the existing ground terrain model as a reference. This is problematic as some of the element...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to Analyze Elevations in Dynamic Cross Section

Users would like the ability to quickly place a point in the dynamic section view to pull elevation information. It would be nice to have that text remain in place as you move from section to section, similar to the cut/fill volumes between sectio...
about 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Alternate Surface Drop-Down List

To avoid mistakes from typing in a wrong Name of Alternate Surfaces (AltSurf) when building your Civil Template, it would be nice to have the ability to choose an existing Name of AltSurf from a dropdown-list. The dropdown-list would show existing...
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration