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Display the slope of the conduits in the Node utility properties

There are a lot of properties of the conduits connected to a node within the utility properties of that node. However, one thing that I need to call out (and would like to automate) is the difference in slope that occurs between two conduits conne...
4 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Deed Writer Reports

The ability to use native html attributes in Deed Writer XML report would be useful. Also, having it save out as something other than just a text file. All the other reports are xsl format that can be styled to look at particular way.
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Geometry connector enhancement for complex geometry

Unlike the Multiple Element Regression Analysis in Bentley Rail Track, the Geometry Connector in OpenRail Designer requires the number of fixed parameters to be equal to the number of free parameters. This makes the iterative process of obtaining ...
8 months ago in OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Concrete Diaphragm at Piers for Steel Girder Bridges

Concrete diaphragms can only be placed at the abutments for the bridges with steel girders at the moment. There is no option the define concrete diaphragm at the piers for steel bridges. Users should be able to define concrete diaphragms at the pi...
about 2 years ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Provide a list of Outdated Cached References

If a drainage profile uses a cached view rather than a dynamic one, ORD will provide a notification in the bottom right-hand corner that simply says "Cached References are currently displayed. One or more cached references does not match the curre...
about 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Option to automatically call out each dimension by a letter and create a table of dimensions corresponding to the letter in SignCAD

To aid us in updating our state sign supplement, we would like the option for SignCAD to automatically call out each dimension by a letter and create a table of dimensions corresponding to the letter as shown in the attachment.
8 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

GEOPAK-like Drainage Tools

I would like to see tools added to ORD that would mimic the Drainage Tools found in GEOPAK. Specifically, I would like to be able to visualize Drainage Patterns. I envision this be something that could be added to a Terrain Feature Definition, sim...
almost 4 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 2 Future consideration

Allow Civil Labeler to work with regular MicroStation Smartlines

Currently, Civil Labeler is limited to ORD Geometry/Elements etc. but sometimes we have regular linework drawn as basic MicroStation smartlines in which we need to call out Coordinates and Elevations. Civil Labeler should have the ability to do this.
about 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Request for Additional Pavement Striping Options in ConceptStation

This is a request for more pavement striping options to be available for placement in ConceptStation. For example, yield line under Linear Marking tool.
over 2 years ago in OpenRoads ConceptStation 0 Future consideration

Manage Annotations - Label - Text Divider Symbology control

Within OpenRail 2025 latest update, you have added the functionality to include label annotations, which at last allows for auto updating of leader lines to the annotative text. This is a great improvement and much needed. For certain clients, we ...
4 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration