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Add traverse adjustment tool for OpenRoads like Inroads V8i used.

A traverse adjustment tool would be useful when needing to balance the error of closure using the option of methods (the compass rule, the transit rule, and the crandall method)
17 days ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey 0 Needs review

Please add the welding detailing tool (detweld.mdl) to OBM.

Please add the welding detailing tool (detweld.mdl) to OBM. This is a very necessary tool for bridge detailing. Having the welding symbols available in OBM is more relevant than in ORD. Thanks!
17 days ago in Drawing Production 0 Future consideration

Target/Locate Buttons to Modify Corridor Object Stationing.

Add the Target/Locate button to the corridor objects dialog in order to change the stationing of point controls, parametric constraints etc. instead of ma manually entering station.
17 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Transpose Element option to Create a Copy.

When using the Transpose tool, the software makes a copy of the element you are selecting to transpose, and that is the element that is reversed, leaving behind the original underneath. Most of the time I do not want a copy of the transposed eleme...

Collision-Free cross section annotation

​​There appears to be a feature in OpenRail and previously was in InRoads where you could specify in the Annotation Group to have the annotation shift if there was an overlap with another annotation but can't find the same feature in OpenRoads Des...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Annotate Rock and Undercut in XS

When you create earthwork, there is a way to create an additional quantities for rock excavation and unsuitable material. We are wanting to be able to run the earthwork EAV report to have those quantities in EAV format, and then be able to annotat...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Seperating the "add point control/parametric constraint" and "delete point control/parametric constraint" buttons within the corridor objects tool.

Many times a day I accidently delete a point control or parametric constraint when I'm trying to add. The buttons are extremely close, is there a way to move the delete button further away?
8 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Need Named Boundaries or Multi-Point Cross Sections that can turn for secondary alignments

Currently, when secondary alignments are used, the cross sections are always based perpendicular to the primary alignment. We need the ability for named boundaries (or some other means of creating multi-point cross sections) to understand when sec...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 4 Future consideration

Creating a Surface Area Report

A physical report containing all surface areas and total area. Application use cases for this would include: -Useful for project planning and cost estimation. -Help determine material quantities. -Assists in environmental impact assessments by pro...
9 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Reports 1 Future consideration

Split Cross Sections if Elements in Model Extend Outside of Default Width.

Currently our DOT requires that if ROW lines (or any element in the corridor) are outside the width of the default XS width, the user needs to create an extension or split the XS's to be able to show all design elements and ROW labels. Currently t...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration