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OpenRoads Designer

Add option to cross section named boundaries to have the offset follow a geometric element.

Looking at creating cross section named boundaries so there is a variable left and right offset and would be good if it could follow an offset line. Can use the 2 point cross section option but takes additional time to cut individual sections. Thi...
5 days ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

work from space

we should be working from 3D space to place drawing our model. being able to place lines on or offset from a known point elevation to another. When looking at a point in a view window if moving that point in that orientation moves it along that pl...
15 days ago in Drawing Production / Geometry / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Line info

When drawing a line, I should be able to assign a start elevation or associate it with a surveyed point then do the same thing at the end point. Be able to add a vertex and associate an elevation at that point. That line now has x,y,z data that ca...
15 days ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Allow for pipe centerline to be disabled

Summary: OpenRoads Designer currently does not allow administrators or users to turn off the centerline of a pipe without applying a workaround. This limitation forces administrators to rely on non‑ideal methods to prevent the pipe centerline from...
18 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer Already exists

Profile Annotation Group > Line > Orientation (for Match Lines)

There is not currently a way to define a profile match line using the Profile Annotation Group > Line settings. Lines drawn using this method are perpendicular to the vertical alignment. While that is appropriate for plan sheets, it is complete...
18 days ago in Annotation / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Already exists

Civil Labeler for 3D Cut in profile drawings

Enhancement for the Civil Labeling functionality to allow labels to be placed and displayed correctly on 3D cut elements within profile drawing models. Currently, Civil Labels do not recognize or annotate these 3D cuts, limiting the ability to doc...
19 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Allow Creating Regions/Areas by flood with surveyed elements in a reference file

When creating regions/areas in a design file using the Flood tool, allow ORD to find linework created with survey. This feature was available with surveys created prior to ORD. Right now you need to copy the elements you wish to use as a boundary ...
20 days ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Add a way to organize / reorganize Field Books by name ("Explorer - Survey - Fieldbook Names")

I am working on collecting field survey data for 5 bridge projects. Thus, I am intermingling the collection of points on differing bridge sites. I am collecting all these survey points in one data collector file. It would be very helpful if Bentle...
20 days ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey Future consideration

SUE - Utility Information Defined During Placement

It would be helpful if the utility placement tool allowed for populating utility property data such as Quality Level, Owner, etc. As-is these must be added after placement and are not easily edited in bulk.
20 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer Needs review

SUE Conflict Flex Tables - Additional Data Inclusion

The utility conflict report flex table provides very limited options for data of the conflicting features. It would be helpful if more of the Utility Properties were available to include in the report - specifically those such as "Owner" and "Desc...
20 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer Needs review