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Ability to control segment length when triangulating.

We are currently not able to change segment length when triangulating surface. In SS2, you can define a segment length when triangulating a surface, but we cannot find this option in the OpenRoads application. There is a Survey stroking variable, ...
about 2 years ago in Survey / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Replace or swap master survey terrain without losing links or relationships

Replace or swap master survey terrain without losing links or relationships to design elements or other corridors, DGNs etc. I use a complex terrain to achieve this now, it would be nice to have another option
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 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 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow cut and fill meshes to be created by named boundary

When creating cut and fill meshes in ORD it creates the meshes for the entire design file. This applies a feature definition for both the cut and fill meshes that only allow for one applied shrink/swell rate. It would be helpful to be able to appl...
almost 4 years ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Point Control Limits

When setting a point control reference in InRoads, it would automatically set the limits to the start and end of that feature. I would like to see this as an option instead of only being able to lock to the start or end of the corridor/alignment. ...
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Lock stationing to an XY coordinate.

As an MX user, we had the ability to lock stationing to an xy coordinate in an alignment. Please add this ability in ORD. An example use would be as follows: the user has a complex horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, and wants to append a ta...
about 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Annotation Group > Label to include a field to setup the leader line to offset from the origin/start point

The Annotation Group (and Civil Labeler) do not have any way to configure the leader line to offset from it's origin point. There are several DOTs who need to accomplish this for plans production. I included a screenshot showing the desired necess...
7 months ago in Annotation / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Add a smooth/roughened interface parameter in LEAP Concrete

Currently, LEAP Concrete reports required interface shear reinforcement values for both a smooth and a roughened condition. It also flags a design as not passing if either minimum is not met. If I know I have a roughened girder, I should be able t...
about 1 year ago in OpenBridge Designer 1 Future consideration

Include NR60 Mk2 turnout definition in OpenRail

NR60 Mk2 turnouts to be included by default in the standard OpenRail definitions.
almost 4 years ago in Turnouts/Crossings 1 Future consideration

Static Item Type Expression values

Currently Item Types with Expressions update whenever properties are displayed. etc and are always "live" even via referencing, etc. This causes many issues where the original Excel lookup spreadsheet or Civil data is not present (when viewed in M...
almost 4 years ago in Item Types / OpenBridge Designer / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration