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Cut complex geometry plan/profile

It can come situations, especially in investigations, when you need to break a complex alignment i two because several reasons as change number of tracks or decisions of other design of a railyard/shut yard. Today we have to break the complex whic...
4 months ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Add an option to include "Profile" when offsetting Geometry

There should be an option to include the Profile when offsetting geometry if desired. Currently we need to offset the geometry and then copy the profile. It would be much more intuitive if there was an option to just include the profile when initi...
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Option to show Stopping Sight Distance instead of K-Value for vertical parabolas

Current default setting shows Vertical Curve Parameter or K-Value below the parabola length in the dynamic display of a vertical alignment. The geometry report has to be run or the annotation must be displayed to see the available SSD. It would be...
3 months ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Update Element Information Description - ORD

Geometry>Standards>Set Element Information This tool seems to lend itself to recording and reviewing an alignment layout and design process and having it live in the dgn file vs an auxillary notepad or spreadsheet. As the design progresses i...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Civil Label and Place Label Preview

I think it would be helpful to have a preview of what the label will look like before placing it. Similar to the geopak labeler preview window. And also to be able to select full station, partial station and number of decimal places for stations, ...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Create cross sections from MicroStation elements

Ability to select lines for cross sections like in Geopak and to be able to import /export said lines for use. When you have miles of data and your sections are not perpendicular, selecting 2 end points per section is very time consuming.
about 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 6 Future consideration

Re-word the Upgrade dialog to include that the file will also be 'aligned' to the product.

There are several ways a file can be opened though local access, networking, and ProjectWise. There is very minimal documentation available to explain to users the difference between Upgrading and Aligning a file. Not to mention how, when, and why...

New Survey Linear Name

The create new survey linear tool needs to have the ability to name the element and set the field code. Currently, you have to select the new linear and enter the name and field code in the properties after it's created.
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Future consideration

Regression Points table Sorting

In the regression points table, there is no way to sort the regression points using stationing. It means that if points are not named so that you can order by the name, it becomes difficult to navigate and understand the table. Regression points b...
about 2 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Future consideration

Setting Offsets in Profile Band

The labels for the ST, TS, CS, and SC points are in the lower part of the profile and are in offset with reference to the horizontal geometry band (as seen in the photo below wherein the radial offset is referenced from the geometry band). I think...
about 2 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration