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Allow Esri Shapefile Field Name to be longer than 10 characters

When exporting a drainage flex table in ESRI format, the default field names include names longer than 10 characters. This throws the error message: "The Esri Shapefile field name <Middle_Flow> for column <Flow (Middle)> cannot be long...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to pick individual point name to put a Point Control on when using Feature Name Override

When applying a point control, users should have the ability to choose the individual point name when there is also a Feature Name Override on the point. As of now only the override name shows up in the point control pick list, and it currently do...
over 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Future consideration

Allow Lanes in Superelevation Model View to take on the colors used in Superelevation Editor

This will help users more easily differentiate between lanes while in the Superelevation Model.
about 4 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

Linear Template - the BSplines warning is not helpful

When you place a Linear Template on a splined element a warning is generated which requires user interaction to dismiss: "Warning: The base geometry selected for this corridor contains B-Spline elements for the horizontal Transitions. Consider rec...
about 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

x-section annotation of components

now we can only annotate the cut and fill in X-section, we need to be able to annotate also the different components
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 2 Future consideration

Separating elevation in Format Option window

This would be useful in creating several horizontal alignment reports that use 0.1234 precision for northing and easting then creating several vertical alignment reports that use 0.12 precision. Separating the precision mode for northing/easting a...
8 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Open up target alias to be used outside of end conditions

Allow target aliasing to be used for regular corridor components, points, etc. in addition to end conditions. A specific scenario where this would be useful is setting up a secondary corridor that needs to be editable but also follow the exact geo...
8 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Annotation : Annotation be added to display the degree of curve in chord definition

In a previous update, the plan annotation option to display arc length in chord or arc definition was added. It is imperative that a plan annotation be added to display the degree of curve in chord or arc definition as well. Until this happens we ...
over 1 year ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Search and replace functionality across all cross section models

When needing to change a label or text across all cross sections, it would be very helpful to be able to add a toggle to search and replace text across all models, or select models.
over 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Wild card for Attribute Name in Text Favorite

Some survey software put out attribute names that include the code (e.g. Note_CURB, Note_Pole). It would be highly beneficial to have the ability to use a wild card when calling out the attribute name in a text favorite (e.g. NOTE*).
about 4 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration