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Add better management tool/window for terrains sources elements

There is no effective panel for editing the terrain sources elements. The only available tools are the add/remove feature or the "Edit Terrain" tool with it's ""delete feature". All the above are extremely dependable on visual and clickable data. ...
3 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Allow flow arrow density adjustment similar to contour lines

All the current products anchor their surface data in triangles, and allow different types of visualizations to happen. For instance, you can choose to show major and minor contours as needed, and they do not change the way the triangles actually ...
4 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Contour Edit Mode

It would be useful to allow editing of contours after a terrain model is created. Call it "Contour Edit Mode" and allow users to massage contours in areas and preserve these edits similar to how ORD now remembers triangle edits in 10.12.
almost 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 1 Future consideration

Add Import/Export Ability to Terrain Filters

When setting up terrain filters, there is a substantial amount of effort required in multiple dialog boxes. I had created a report for InRoads that created the XML codes needed for its Terrain Import tool's preferences using an XIN file as its sou...
about 2 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Remove 2gb limit when creating Terrains from PointClouds

When creating a terrain from PointClouds, an intermediate XYZ file is created of the extracted PointCloud points before the filter option is applied. While a very large XYZ file can be created quite quickly (current dataset has created 10gb+ XYZ f...
over 2 years ago in Terrain 2 Future consideration

Analyze Trace Slope Tool enhancements

A couple suggestions for this tool: 1) Be abl e to see the dynamic slope line without first placing a line. I have to click somewhere in my file for it to place the line in the 3 D model before I am able to see the line at all. After this line is...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Control Precision of Terrain High and Low Points

Control precision of High and Low point annotation in Element Templates instead of reading "Accuracy" in Design File Settings. Set precision in the Element Template>Calculated Feature Settings>High/Low Points settings.
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Allow users change which graphical filter is used after creating a terrain model

A terrain model was created with one graphical filter. Currently, there is a option to update the terrain model from graphical filter, but this only uses the graphical filter that was used to make the terrain model originally. It would be great if...
about 2 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Add some kind of optimization setting for "existing ground terrain contour display" to improve performance

We really need some kind of optimization setting available which will improve the performance of OpenRoads when Existing Ground Terrain Contours are Displayed. I believe this setting in Civil 3D is called "Level of Detail" or something. The proble...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Invert Terrain Elevation

ASCII elevation data from hydrosurveys is delivered in positive depths making for an embankment instead of a channel. A function to multiply elevations by -1 would save a trip through Excel or a GIS program.
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration