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Use survey elements for point controls

If I have a survey element that represents some existing feature, I'd like the ability to use it as a point control when designing corridors.
over 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

OpenRoads SignCAD MSI or EXE with the /layout command for deployment image

Previous OpenRoads SignCAD releases were .msi which can be deployed and managed at scale quite easily in enterprise environments. The 2023 release is an executable (.exe); however, it doesn’t support the /layout switch like other Bentley platform-...
over 2 years ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Allow Vertical Geometry Stationing (Profile Annotations) to Reflect Correct Horizontal Chord Definition Stationing

This would be useful for designers working on a project in which chord definition is the client's standard. Currently OpenRail does not correctly annotate the stationing in our profile sheets. The stationing displayed by OpenRail is correct in arc...
over 3 years ago in Annotation 1 Future consideration

. Can the process of creating the sheet layout be updated to select the intersections as key locations which are to be the centre of a sheet, then the remaining length between the intersections is divided to provide an optimal spacing.

The Sheet layout for alignment plans is not used verry much because it often places the sheet break within intersections. An intersection should be on one sheet without a break. Can the process of creating the sheet layout be updated to select the...
over 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Horizontal and vertical regression values displayed in mm

Reporting horizontal slues and vertical lift/lowers interactively in the plan or profile model always displays as per the working unit, which I have set to metres. It would be useful to display these values in millimetres
over 3 years ago in Regression Analysis 0 Planned

Improve warning message display when file contains more than 10 panels.

If you check the "Do not Show Again" box and press OK to the warning message in OpenRoads SignCAD 2023, then you can add additional panels to the file without the warning message displaying. However, closing and reopening the file will cause the m...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration

Provide pop-up message when drainage "breaks" and becomes red dashed line in appearance

Many User's are experiencing an issue where portions of their drainage layout (nodes for example) are becoming red dashed lines in appearance. This change indicates a break/error in the design and absent specific reasons why this occurred, User's ...
8 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Exporting Field Book with Observational Data

I process survey data for the Maine Department of Transportation. We have been transitioning from InRoads to OpenRoads for about a year now and are currently using OpenRoads Designer 2023. Myself and others in the Department are seeing frequent co...
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads ConceptStation / OpenSite Designer / Survey 1 Needs review

Convert smart civil annotation to plain text

The ability to easily convert smart civil annotations to plain text will make it much easier to share annotations with other disciplines in DWG format. Also, sometimes we just do not want smart annotations within our drawings. Currently have to do...
over 2 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Export to DWG: Improve and SIMPLIFY

Nowadays, it`s very, very and I can`t stress this enough, difficult to generate a dwg deliverable package for clients. Our market (Brasil) is dominated by AutoDesk, so dwg is a standard. We work on infrastrucure and have some really complex plan l...
over 2 years ago in All Other / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration