Ability to have multiple superstructure types in one bridge definition. For example, steel main spans with concrete approach spans is currently defined as 3 bridges
Many bridges have approach spans that are smaller in length to the main spans. For example, a bridge that crosses over a railroad ROW may have prestressed concrete in the approach spans and a continuous steel bridge over the railroad, then the end...
End Conditions automatically include an interval at the point in which cut/fill meet.
I'm surprised ORD doesn't automatically include an interval at the point in which cut slope becomes fill slope or vice verse. MX did a great job at this but without this function earthwork slopes aren't correct and give strange results. It's not p...
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Future consideration
Analyze Point improvement to display slope in a vertical radius.
It is often necessary to check the slope in a specific point/section of a vertical curve, but this cannot be done right now with the "Analyze Point" tool. No matter where on the alignment I click the slope that displays is the slope of the first v...
I noticed that template ranges can overlap and there is no obvious indication that this is occurring. Ideally over lapping station ranges should highlight in red to draw attention to it.
There needs to be a better way to understand the relationships between elements and reference files that are created by snap rules and constraints.
This improvement would use graphic symbols (construction elements) to represent constraint relationships in plan view. For horizontal elements that are snapped, there are the snap glyphs that show that there is a relationship, but there is not a w...
ONE DIALOG BOX TO MAKE SETUP. SO YOU CAN SET ANNOTION GROUP, FEATURE SYMOLOGIES, FEATURE DEFINITIONS, ELEMENT TEMPLATE AND SET LEVEL OF TEXT FOR AUTOMATIC ANNOTATIONS. REALLY CUMBERSOME TO HAVE TO GO TO SO MANY OTHER PLACES TO SETUP FOR ONE CODE
We use a federated workflow where our geometry is in separate files, and each corridor is in a single file. We also use the left-center-right modeling concept where pavement corridors are in separate files from grading/end condition files. In this...
You can name an element if drawn 1 at a time with tangents and arcs. But if you use Complex by PI you can't go back and name your elements to make it easier to report on your geometry.