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Start & End Item Type Expression for Extents

There should be an item type expression available that can provide the station to station extents of an element. Currently Bentley provides expressions for begin and end Station that correspond to the stationing at the beginning and end of the ele...
7 days ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

add more columns for 1.33*Mu and Mcr (min. reinforcement in beams) and red the controlling moment if failing

It would solve confusion on the layout of the ultimate moment/min. reinforcement print outs/reports for bridge engineers.
8 days ago in Reports 0 Future consideration

Ability to specify slope when placing a Pipe in Plan

It is a common practice to specify a slope as an input parameter when creating a Network.For DU, the slope is rarely exposed and directly editable (only from profile, and if Set invert to Start and or stop is true - and if "Use construction length...
8 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Label PVRC from Annotation Definitions

This feature is missing from any option in vertical points of annotation definitions. This is a common civil feature and seems like something that should be in the product.
13 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Divide shapes by area

Divide shapes by area. Example: divide a closed shape producing a new shape using an area perimeter like east 2 acres of the shape or the south 4 acres of the shape.
14 days ago in Geometry 0 Future consideration

Civil Expression for offset side of component / mesh

We need an Expression that gets the offset of the center of a component in the 3D model. Currently it is getting the offset from the closest point in the component. When the component is away from the alignment, this is acceptable, but if the comp...
15 days ago in Modeling 0 Future consideration

Prevent or warn users if someone tries to add a reference file manually to a dynamic section or profile window

Seems that users generally shouldn't be adding plan based reference files to dynamic cross section or profile window design models known as non-indexed models. Would be nice to prevent someone from accidentally doing this and not realizing.
16 days ago in Modeling / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Calculated Expressions for Text Favorites

When creating Report Definitions for item types, we have the option to create calculated columns that can use an expression, similar to an item type, to create a data column that looks the way we would want it in a standard report. It can combine ...
20 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow Item Types to be Exported to a ProjectWise Folder

Within the Item Types Import/Export tool, "Import From" and "Export To" lead directly to folders outside of ProjectWise. There is no option to import from or export to an excel file within ProjectWise.
22 days ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

selective Annotation for Multiple Profile Models

Currently, when adding element annotations to profiles, the prompt offers two options: Annotate all models Annotate only the active model This creates a challenge when a file contains multiple vertical alignments: Choosing all models appli...
29 days ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration