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Set Item Types and their attributes in the Template Library

Currently item types and their attributes would need to be programmed into to read a component or selected manually after an element is displayed. If the templates in the template library had the ability to set these selections and values ahead of...
over 2 years ago in Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 4 Future consideration

Annotate station of any alignment/feature in cross section

Loss of functionality from SS4 which had the ability to annotate "Station" or "Feature Station". I am cutting sections for a divided roadway and wishes to annotation the station of each centerline feature in his cross sections. Currently th...
3 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Modify the LLS part when placing a turnout.

Currently one could add an LLS part on a turnout. Unfortunately this is a standard value. Sometimes, when creating a horizontal geometry, it is necessary to ''shorten'' the LLS part (aka to place a fewer amount of long sleepers that a standard LLS...
3 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Create a tool that constructs transitions between different types of rail sections

Sometimes in track design, one must use different types of rails, say 60kg and 50kg rails. One could weld them and grind them together but this is a crude method. In Sweden they use what is called a transition rail, which in principle contain a sm...
3 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Need a solution for moving Civil Cell dgnlib from Survey Foot to International Foot

As agencies transition from using the survey foot to the international foot, their workspaces in OpenRoads need to be thoroughly reviewed and updated. A critical component of these workspaces is civil cells. However, civil cells do not scale corre...
6 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Infill grading tool

Provide a tool to quickly create infield gradings. When creating infield gradings, often we only to include part of a geometry element instead of the entire element. Because the terrain from element tool doesn't have the option to only import part...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Show Projected 3D Cuts when using the Project Run Tool

If we project the profile runs to centerline, we lose the ability to show the utility crossings generated by the 3D cut at the pipe centerline. We can add a 3D cut at the road centerline, but often the crossing utilities are not in the same locati...
over 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Add Thinning option to the LandXML Terrain Import

We need the ability to add thinning option to the LandXML Terrain Import like when we import Terrain from Point Cloud, and it gives you the options to filter the points using the TIN or TILE method.
over 1 year ago in Import/Export / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Horizontal Geometry tool similar to the Site Layout

Site Layout has two geometry elements really easy to use: the polygon and the drivepath. I want them to be on the horizontal geometry tab in a simplified way, with no site layout objects options (side, slopes, max elev, ...). Just the geometry and...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to modify 'Rational Method Frequency Adjustment Factor' for a specific catchment or range of catchments.

Currently there is only an option to add Rational Method Frequency Adjustment Factors for the entire storm, which affects all catchments. Our GDOT standards require modification of the factor for only C values less than 0.6.
over 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration