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Selective update of annotations

Sometimes it feels totally frustrating to work with annotations in ORD. The problem stems from the dynamic nature of ORD files. Say we have a track where we have done annotations and we took our time to specify their position and adjust them. We h...
11 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Add Offset Format options to the Baseline Offset Text Favorite

Add the Offset Format options that are available for the Point Offset text favorite (Positive Prefix, Negative Prefix, Positive Suffix, Negative Suffix, and Show Sign) to the Drainage Baseline Offset text favorite.
7 months ago in Annotation / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Planned

Ability to customize Slopes between points symbology and ruled

When labeling site pavements slopes, the tool only allows for a pre-defined symbology (slope=X.XX% ->) and it`s a simple text.We use a different symbology, basically a arrow cell and a text between the two points.The abillity to customize the l...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

annotate cut and fill sections in plan view

this would allow for automated text to get placed for cut and fill sections to denote which areas are which. This would assist with meeting SCDOT requirements. Previously, this could be accomplished in PowerGEOPAK with a SCDOT VBA.
4 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Allow Plan Annotation>Arc>“Arc Length” property to annotate length for both Arc and Chord Definition curves so that only one text favorite is necessary to annotate curve length if both types of definitions exist in the same alignment.

With this issue we need to be able to create a single Alignment Feature Definition that will be able to annotate both Arc and Chord defined Curves in the same alignment. That single Alignment Feature Definition will have a Length Label “L” and it ...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Planned

Need to annotate partial alignment lengths along turnout from point of switch to start/end

Users need a way to annotate the same way SS2 would annotate with the Switch Height Plan command. Partial lengths along the alignment need to be annotated, but there is not a way to do this in OpenRail. The workaround is to create a dummy alignmen...
4 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Annotate Cross Section Locations In Plan

We often want to show the location of cross section in plan which can be done using the named Boundary Lines but they need to be annotated so you know what each represents e.g. stations/chainages or section names such as letters etc. There is a wo...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 6 Future consideration

Tabular profile annotation to include speed table values

As a light rail design engineer I want to produce profiles with a lot of information to be able to check a maximum amount of information on a single document.On critical information for light rail design is the maximum speed. This is because light...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Cross reference plan and profile sheet number annotation form Sheet Index

Add ability to cross reference the sheet numbers of plans that are in the sheet index. IE: referencing the profile sheet number on the plan sheet and vice versa.
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Allow Vertical Geometry Stationing (Profile Annotations) to Reflect Correct Horizontal Chord Definition Stationing

This would be useful for designers working on a project in which chord definition is the client's standard. Currently OpenRail does not correctly annotate the stationing in our profile sheets. The stationing displayed by OpenRail is correct in arc...
over 1 year ago in Annotation 1 Future consideration