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Open API to programmatically create Feature Definitions and Feature Symbologies.

It would be extremely helpful, if we were able to programmatically create Feature Definitions and Feature Symbologies so that automation of the creation of new 'Custom Drainage Features' every time a drainage structure had a different bottom box (...
about 1 year ago in All Other / Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Future consideration
143 VOTE

Drawing layout from right to left - plan and profile.

Fundamental convention for technical drawing demands that the north arrow point to the top of the page. Often an alignment either provided by a client or already exiting will progress from right to left. This being said, when creating plan and pro...
over 1 year ago in Drawing Production / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Planned

File Branding Interoperability - By Schema

File branding by Product is problematic for Organizations where multiple software solution are deployed like OpenSite, OpenRoads, OpenRail and OpenBridge. The schema(s) within the file should be analyzed at file open rather than the last authoring...
4 months ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler / OpenRail Designer / OpenRail Overhead Line Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / OpenTunnel Designer 1 Future consideration

Recreate ATOOL MDL app

The ATOOL was something we used regularly to quantify the area of multiple shapes. This tool helped streamline the process of calculating quantities as needed.
2 months ago in OpenRoads Designer 5 Future consideration
130 VOTE

Annotate Superelevation Stations In Plan View

Ability to annotate superelevation transition locations (NC, LT, LR, FS, etc.) points with slope direction indicators in plan view.
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Future consideration

Description Fields for Corridor Inputs

For the modeling and model review process, it would be helpful to have Description fields for common corridor inputs, such as Parametric Constraints, Point Controls, etc. that can be easily discovered using the Corridor Objects tool.
14 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration
102 VOTE

Separate vertical alignment model from horizonal geometry

One of my biggest pain points about ORD is if the horizontal geometry is dropped or broken, the vertical is consequently lost as well. This creates significant rework from a design and plan production standpoint (connected named boundaries). One w...
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Combining Properties Menus

It would be super helpful if I didn't have to search two different property menus for where to change specific properties. If the general properties menu and the ORD DU properties menu could be more centralized into one properties menu, this would...
2 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Make Template Editor a non-modal window.

In legacy versions of the software, I can have the template library open on one screen, corridor modeler on another screen, and the CAD window open on a third screen. I can make/save changes in the template, make/save changes in the corridor model...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Ability to Update Annotation Groups

Currently for drawing model annotation groups, if the user wants to update the annotation, they would need to remove the outdated annotation group, which would removal all annotation groups, and then reapply all annotation groups. It would be nice...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration