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Give warning for invalid display rule expressions/names

When making Display Rules, give a warning when using expressions/names that are not acceptable (i.e. can't use parentheses in the name since they can be used in expressions)
3 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Drainage Annotation - Anchor to top of grate elevation

Currently, the only datum for drainage annotations is set for invert. Some municipalities require annotation to be placed at grate elevation.
6 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow for Hydraulic calculations and profile creation while using tap nodes

Tap nodes are incredibly useful but do not allow for hydraulic modeling or for profile runs. I'd prefer to use tap nodes over transitions because they are easier to use and do not break trunklines into segments. This would help with profiles, pipe...
6 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Add Boundary Feature on Alternate Surface

OpenRoads Modeling > Terrain > Create > Additionnal Methods > Create Corridor Alternate Surfaces. Add an Toggle on/off option to create a Feature Boundary on each alternate surfaces based on the ends linear.
10 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

port all Regression tools from OpenRail to OpenRoads

There are some regression tools that were ported from openRail into openRoads in previous releases. However, they didn't port every regression tool. Most notably, they did not port the Vertical regression tools for creating a regressed profile. We...
12 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Regression Analysis 0 Future consideration

Visible final contour labels in corridor

After the corridor is created, it is possible to see the final contours. However, the contour elevation labels are not shown unless a proposed surface is created. Why is that so? I believe it would be beneficial to toggle on/off contour elevation ...
13 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Project point elements to nearest XCs

A tool that projects point elements (drainage nodes, boreholes, signs, ...) to the nearest XCs. This could work using named groups just like the new shipped funcion: https://bentleyopencivil.ideas.aha.io/ideas/BCI-I-1208?utm_source=idea_comment_ma...
14 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Option to show Stopping Sight Distance instead of K-Value for vertical parabolas

Current default setting shows Vertical Curve Parameter or K-Value below the parabola length in the dynamic display of a vertical alignment. The geometry report has to be run or the annotation must be displayed to see the available SSD. It would be...
17 days ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Additional Measure and Draw tools for Dynamic Sections

I would like a set of tools that I can measure and draw slopes with in the dynamic sections. I can use temporary dimensions for the active corridor elements only, but I would like to get the slopes of elements in adjacent corridors that are in my ...
22 days ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Need a solution for moving Civil Cell dgnlib from Survey Foot to International Foot

As agencies transition from using the survey foot to the international foot, their workspaces in OpenRoads need to be thoroughly reviewed and updated. A critical component of these workspaces is civil cells. However, civil cells do not scale corre...
about 1 month ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration