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Need COGO feature parity with InRoads and Geopak

In order to comply with the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions "Minimum Standards", the Kansas Department of Transportation is asking for an enhancement to OpenSite Designer CONNECT Edition software for Right of Way workflows as follows: ...
over 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey / User Interface Future consideration

Upgrade Extract Contour tool to be more like Pass Through Contours tool from InRoads

The following idea is related to the survey tool gap analysis that is already being considered. The Extract Contour tool should be enhanced to place a graphic line at a specific elevation. Currently, you have to change the contour interval of my t...
5 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey / Terrain Future consideration

User option for linear stroking when creating terrains while processing field data in 3d files.

It would be very useful to big back the user option for stroking linear elements when creating terrains. This was available in v8i and greatly enhanced our surface models. Right now there is a configuration variable but it can't be set by users. A...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey / Terrain Future consideration

Provide the same Leica translator in OpenRoads Designer that was present as a Survey Add-in to InRoads V8i

Provide the same Leica translator in OpenRoads Designer that was present as a Survey Add-in to InRoads V8i, such that a choice of formats when exporting geometry is to export to the Leica DBX format. There is a gap issue in the process to export O...
3 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey Future consideration

Tool to Convert a Survey Linear to a Civil Geometry Complex Element or a MicroStation Linestring

There should be a one button command to convert a Survey Linear to a Civil Geometry Complex Element, a MicroStation Linestring, or individual MicroStation lines (User picks what they want). There are ways to accomplish this process now but most in...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey Planned

Export model data in a way that Tremble Surveying can use it.

NCOT is basically paying for the roadway design 3 times. We have a design unit or PEF do the main design. When the contract is awarded, the Contractor building it, if they need a model for machine grading, they hire someone to make that model for ...
28 days ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey Future consideration

Enhancement to Create Terrain Model from Multiple Toggled Field Books

There is currently not a way to create a terrain model from toggling multiple field books under the Survey Data tab. Users can currently use the Create Terrain Model From Field Book Selection Set tool to create a terrain from an element selection ...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey Future consideration

Enhancement to Navigate the Field Book from the Plan View

There is currently not a way to navigate the field book from the plan view. Being able to select an element (point feature or linear feature) in a survey model’s plan view and have the location of the element within the Survey tab (under the Explo...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey Future consideration

Selection Set Enhancement on Report Survey Elements Tool

In the Report Survey Elements tool, there is currently not a way to run this tool on a selection set of survey points from a field book. When a selection set of points is selected before launching the Report Survey Elements tool, the report only g...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey Future consideration

Need the ability to automatically update the "true" Best Match survey setting in older versions to the proper option in later versions.

In 10.11 R1, the Best Match Field Code survey setting option changed from a True/False option only to a more extensive dropdown list. However, when older survey files are upgraded, there is no way to control which best match option is to be used. ...
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey Future consideration