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Toggle On/Off Fields Civil Analyze Point Copy to Clipboard

Copy to Clipboard from Analyze Point is incredibly useful, but it would be nice to be able to toggle which data fields were copied to improve workflows from OpenRoads to other programs. For example, toggling off everything except for station and o...
9 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Add end condition alignment targeting in template component properties dialog

When opening the component properties dialog for an end condition, there is an option to select a feature definition. Currently, users can only target feature definitions under the Linear category and not the Alignment category.
16 days ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

No duplicate Feature Names in separate files that are referenced

As part of digital delivery workflows, when lines, points, drainage features, or similar items are placed in one file and then need to be used in a different file, the feature names that come in by default start over in the new file. This results ...
16 days ago in OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Set Design Standards Toolbar (Add B-Spline warning in the Civil Message Center)

Once Design Standards are set on an Alignment, add a B-Spline warning to the civil message center. A few tools from the Geometry tab create B-Splines and many users assume those are Civil Elements. When alignments with B-Splines export to LandXML,...
16 days ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Keep the Corridor Object Toolbar Visible While Defining Parametric Constraints

In OpenRoads Designer, when defining or editing parametric constraints, the Corridor Object toolbar disappears from the screen. This removes access to important corridor information at a critical stage of the workflow. This idea proposes that the ...
about 2 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Add an Interactive 3D Viewer to the Template Editor

Introduce a built‑in interactive 3D viewer within the Template Editor that allows users to preview templates in real time. This viewer would display how a template applies to 3D models (e.g. corridors, terrain, alignments, utilities, or structural...
about 2 months ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Adding a Description Column to Parametric Constraint

While it is easy for users to idenfity the purpose of creating a particular Point Control, there is a lack of visibility over the purpose of a Parametric Constraint. Adding a Description entry will make it easier for users to identify the purpose ...
3 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration

Surface template-Don't stop the tool after one action

It would be useful to stay in the same tool after one surface template has been placed, similar to all other tools in OpenRoads. At the moment, I have to pick the tool again everytime I want to place a surface template.
3 months ago in User Interface Future consideration

Complex Terrain - Rename "merge" and "append" to something more descriptive

Suggest renaming the "merge" and "append" functions when creating a complex terrain to something more descriptive of the action being performed. For instance, merge could be renamed to "overwrite" and append could be renamed to "use both". Users h...
3 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain / User Interface Future consideration

Turn OFF ORD snap by default

Turn off snap for ORD. Having the snap rule on by default causes so many problems for new users. Rules are created all over the place causing crashes and unnecessary processing.
5 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface Future consideration