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Persist Snaps and Feature Definition Toggle Bar

We need a better way to control activation of the Persist Snaps functionality. Currently the Persist Snaps is always turned on by default when ORD is launched and also when switching to a different dgn. Persist Snaps is a very important functional...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 7 Already exists

Line and Curve Tables for both Alignments and Parcels

Need tools for creating Line and Curve tables with smarts. Geopak D&C had a tool for creating line and curve tables. Why doesn't OpenRoads have tools for this? Needs to be smart so that as changes are made to the geometry the data in the table...
about 2 years ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Create Drawing Model Only from Plan and Profile Named Boundary

User request the ability to only create the drawing model and not the sheet model when running the Create Profile Drawing tool. SImilar to how the Cross Section one works. You have a toggle on the Create Cross Section dialog.
about 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Need the ability to automatically update the "true" Best Match survey setting in older versions to the proper option in later versions.

In 10.11 R1, the Best Match Field Code survey setting option changed from a True/False option only to a more extensive dropdown list. However, when older survey files are upgraded, there is no way to control which best match option is to be used. ...
about 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Future consideration

Snap control for 3d cut profile attachment

We need a snap setting to be active by default for self-attached attachments created by 3d cuts in profiles. Currently, the snap setting is set to off by default, which forces us to always turn it on manually in the attachments dialog, which is an...
about 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Deed Writer Tool Enhancement - Allow formatting options for calculated phrases

User's should be allowed to customize the formatting that is generated by the Deed Report tool. This should include calculated phrases. For example: User should be allowed to choose compass direction format. If direction outputted is northeast, Us...
8 months ago in OpenRoads Designer / Survey 1 Future consideration

At Linear Template corner, give option for PI or radius

When creating a liner template in a 90° corner or similar, the software would create an external tanget drop and not a rounded or chamfer one. See image attached, red flags what the result I want.
about 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 7 Future consideration

Restore tool Delete Triangle by Line - Edit Terrain - back to its original function of not being able to cross breaklines or add a dialog box for the option.

In SS4 on up to ORD 10.10.2, you could not delete a triangle on the interior side of a breakline. When a line was drawn, all triangles would be deleted until it got to the breakline. In ORD 10.12, it blows through the breakline and will delete int...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 1 Future consideration

IFC export using the current active View element symbology

The current IFC exporter only exports using the actual elements symbology and ignores Level Overrides, Reference level symbology changes, etc. This makes it very difficult to control, requiring users to actually physically edit the elements in the...
about 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Introduce the concept of seperate model containers to control data much better

In MX we had the concept of models that allowed users to very quickly and efficiently control feature display, select specific features and perform extensive automation of almost all functions. Without this functionality in ORD, users a either stu...
about 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 2 Future consideration