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Civil Labeler - Add ability to use in Sheet Model

Please add the option to use Civil Labeler in sheet models. For some sheets, there is no readily-apparent need to create a drawing model (e.g. for schematic-type drawings with no dimensions), so we only create a sheet model. Unfortunately, this pr...
over 1 year ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 4 Future consideration

Drainage Structure Analyzer

Please include a tool similar to the Drainage Structure Analyzer from Inroads Storm and Sanitary. This tool is very useful for quick sizing without having to set up a model, especially with culverts and channels.
9 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Add a save button to the Manage Annotations dialog. DO NOT automatically save.

The manage annotations dialog that is used to create Annotation Definitions automatically saves any changes made. If the dialog is closed then all of the changes are saved even if there was not an intent to save them. Please add a save button or a...
almost 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Civil Labeler - Along Reference Line

Currently, we can label an element at a specified interval along that element. However, we like to label elements at a specified interval not along that specific element, but rather at an interval along the alignment. Could we add the option to la...
over 1 year ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

ORD Drainage - Separate CUlverts and Storm Sewer Pipes into Completely Separate Design Windows

Having to click 'Is Culvert' is just one more placve an error can take place in design. Creating spearate design windows for each of these elements will minimize this potential, and will make it easier for reviews as well.
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Adding Japanese Cubic Parabola

OpenRail Designer seems to have Japanese Sine spiral type added from the formula used in Power RailTrack. However, there seems to be nothing similar to Japanese Cubic Parabola, which is based on a different formula from Japanese Sine.
2 months ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to create a 3D ruled element when two gradings cut each other

When two gradings cut each other, for example mine corridor grading and a lateral ramp grading, you can use the Define target aliasing tool to use one of the two gradings as a target for the corridor containing the other grading to obtain the 3d l...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to Customize Superelevation Colors

As a highway designer I want the ability to customize the colors used for the superelevations.
about 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

Exporting reports to excel now prompted to save the file first, rather than it exporting directly into a new excel window.

Reporting tools are critical to our workflows to validate and document designs. Please consider reverting to exporting directly to Excel without having to save first - as this added step appears to be causing the issue, and only adds time to the w...
2 months ago in Reports 0

Show external references in Target Aliasing

Ability to add a profile elements of an alignment as an external references when using the Target Aliasing command.
9 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration