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Simplfy the Interface - How many "sizes" can there be?

Object Properties - Feature Definition of a pipe is top level, its description is a pick list of diameters (TxDOT), but Utilities Properties has three different locations. This complexity is unnecessary.
almost 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Needs review

Place 1 Cross Section per Sheet (or other predefined number of cross sections)

We want to place only one cross section per sheet so that once a pdf is created, the user can flip through the pdf pages quickly and each cross section appears in the same spot. We can sort of trick this by changing the spacing, but it would be mu...
about 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Allow Conduits from different "families" to connect to the same node.

Add support for nodes that accept multiple types of conduit families.
about 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Add ability for Custom Line Style to place point feature on the curve in survey

The user has created a line style that just shows the points (Begin, End, and Vertices). The line works fine with a straight line but does not show vertices along a curve. The line style is used in the Survey for the center line data shots. If the...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Needs review

display geometry name in multiple profile view

Though we can change the symbology for the different projected profile in the Multiple Profile tool, it will be much easier for users to be able to see the geometry name as they move along the profile. This prevents confusion and provides clarity.
2 months ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Needs review

Annotate element item type on cross sections and profiles

I want to be able to annotate the element item type properties attached to linear features displayed on cross sections and profiles using annotation groups. Currently any text favorites created from item types do not resolve to show the item type ...
5 months ago in Annotation / Item Types / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Needs review

Multiple Vehicle Cross-Section Outlines

Unlike BRT, ORD does not allow defining different cross-section outlines for the front, middle, and rear of a vehicle. This capability is critical for accurate clearance assessments, especially for vehicles with varying geometry (e.g., tapered cab...
5 months ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Possibility to add/remove/change long sleepers sets

Possibility to add/remove/change length of long sleepers sets in turnouts that are placed in a geometry. When you are working with existing geometry and there are turnouts with too long sleepers sets or if you by mistake place a turnout that has a...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Create Turnout Profile

Currently, the workflow to achieve this is in general case (including canted track) where profile = lower rail elevation is : Create lower rail of branch line: horizontal offset create rails on main: create rails command Extend slope defined by ma...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Existing cant annotation on profile OR any regression point information on profile

Existing cant annotation is often, if not always, required on profile drawing. Actually we must project rails onto the profile, create aliases, to extract level differences between existing rails whereas the information is fully available from reg...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Needs review