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Hatching in Cross section drawing model

The create region tool doesn't recognize visible edges from the 3d model to create closed shapes by flood. There are many instances were it is needed to calculate areas in cross sections.
27 days ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Insert Vertex tool

Tool that adds vertex at chosen interval to a selected element segments. The "facet" tool is supposed to achieve this, but it is not designed to respect original element vertexes. So it ends up modifing the element path. The tool should work insid...
28 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Seperating the "add point control/parametric constraint" and "delete point control/parametric constraint" buttons within the corridor objects tool.

Many times a day I accidently delete a point control or parametric constraint when I'm trying to add. The buttons are extremely close, is there a way to move the delete button further away?
3 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Annotating and Labelling Intersecting Alignment Stationing in Cross Sections

Annotating and labeling cross sections within ORD is missing the functionality to label the stationing of intersecting alignments shown on roadway cross sections. While feature names (alignment names) and elevations of intersecting alignments can ...
8 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Future consideration

Annotate Slope of terrain between points in Cross Sections

Civil labeler only works for 3D linear features (points). It`s impossible to annotate the slope from the terrain between two points. If you try that, the whole terrain section is selected and the command fails. A great example is a cross section o...
about 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration
154 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 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 5 Future consideration
127 VOTE

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...
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration
140 VOTE

Show and annotate projected points on profile view

Show and annotate projected points on profile view. This is for dynamic and drawing production profiles.
over 2 years ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Future consideration
115 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...
about 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Live nesting set to 99 when using "Create 3d cut" in Profile View

When using "Create 3d cut" in Profile View the live nesting depth is by default set equal to 99. Basically file becomes heavy when live nesting automatically in the depth of 99 set with the tool "Create 3d Cut" in Profile.
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration