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Ability to Have Item Types Dynamically Interact with Spreadsheet

We have built item types and a spreadsheet for title block management. It works, but with some issues that may be easy to solve. We are running excel spreadsheets for plan set management and looking to stream line the process. The spreadsheet has ...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production 0 Future consideration

Name individual elements when using Complex by PI

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.
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

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...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Already exists

Turnout points for tounge position

In railway engineering, there is a growing demand for positioning of the tongue in turnouts. The proposal is to introduce a new point in the Feature Definition of turnouts, making it possible to specify the distance from point .1 to the Tongue. Su...
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Future consideration

Equilateral turnouts as a separate element with its own geometry for both main and deviating track

Currently, in order to create en equilateral turnout, one needs to recreate one of the branches (with exact geometry) and then add the branch part. This process has a lot of inconsistencies and sometimes results in unexpected geometries ( transiti...
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Future consideration

Annotation group for elevation, offset and point name

We need to annotate point name, offset and elevations in cross sections for rail Earlier it was being done in power rail using preferences. The drawing model scale annotation is 1:30. I tried adding point annotation using text favorite from civil ...
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Trace Slope - Line Style - add direction

One issue I've found with the trace slope is that the direction is adjustable (can be down or up) and ORD isn't smart enough to change the direction of the line. This causes two issues: 1) One of your flow directions is going to be wrong, dependin...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

New Variable to Control XSEC View Exaggeration Separate from Profile View Exaggeration

Consider adding a set of variables to control XSEC view exaggeration and default exaggeration separate from profile view exaggeration. This would be similar to how there is a separate set of variables for super exaggeration. Suggested variables wo...
9 months ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Ability have the PI label side change like I have working with a Curve & aligning PI Annotation that bisects the two lines

Ability have the label side change like I have working with a Curve refer snapshot 1 & 2. Also, There is no option for aligning PI Annotation that bisects the two lines. You can only choose Perpendicular lining up with Before or Ahead. The gr...
over 2 years ago in Annotation 0 Future consideration

Stationing Text "View Readable" Setting to Honor Rotated Views

The "View Readable" Setting (SEE IMAGE 1) Should: Display text as readable when looking left up the page when the alignment is at zero degrees as the industry standard ( SEE IMAGE 2)(note that the view is unrotated and North is pointing up) Honor ...