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Add a visual graphic notation when you edit a template drop

We currently have visual graphics to show us a KEY STATION or a POINT CONTROL has been added to your corridor. A visual graphic or notation that a template drop has been edited would be a nice addition. Also, maybe add the ability to add a short n...
about 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Mesh vs Solid Toggle in Template Components

Need the ability set a component as a mesh or solid within the component properties in the template library. All components are current meshes which do not allow downstream consumption with certain software. The ability to toggle a barrier to be a...
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Annotate the flow direction of a ditch in cross section drawing model.

Ability to annotate the flow direction of a ditch using an annotation group within a cross section drawing model. Currently the annotation exists only for plan view (See communities post here ). In Geopak we had a workflow to accomplish this task,...
3 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 4 Future consideration

Trace Slope - Line Style - add direction

One issue I've found with the trace slope is that the direction is adjustable (can be down or up) and ORD isn't smart enough to change the direction of the line. This causes two issues: 1) One of your flow directions is going to be wrong, dependin...
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Use 3D Element Elevation when using Edit Terrain > Insert Vertex

When inserting a vertex on a terrain using the edit tools, the vertex is put at 0 elevation (if outside the terrain) and at the terrain elevation (if inside the terrain) even if you snap to a 3D element. The current workaround requires moving the ...
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Find and Replace in Template Library

For example I create a template for a given track section, and then copy this and update the point names for the next track. For this I need to go through each point and change just one aspect of the point name. Given itl files are just a text doc...
over 1 year ago in All Other / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

The Regression Tool need to be able to use or at least tie to Survey points.

The Regression Tool need to be able to use or at least tie to Survey points. I should be able to use Survey points in a DGN and in a reference. I need to have the survey points that are used in the regression appear in the regression report so tha...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Future consideration

Selective update of annotations

Sometimes it feels totally frustrating to work with annotations in ORD. The problem stems from the dynamic nature of ORD files. Say we have a track where we have done annotations and we took our time to specify their position and adjust them. We h...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow for an elevation exaggeration in the 3d view/model

Letting users increase and decrease an exaggeration of the elevation data can help visualize drawings when looking from the side or angles.
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 4 Future consideration

Want a warning when import xml when geometry chord/arc definitions different than the dgn "degree of curve method" setting

Would be very helpful to get some kind of warning that pops up when someone tries to import geometry from an xml file where the chord/arc defined on some of the xml file geometry is different than the “degree of curve method’ setting assigned to t...
about 2 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration