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Openroads Drainage - HGL versus Headwater Analysis for Headwalls Inletting into a Storm Sewer System

Many times, a stream needs to be drained into a storm sewer system via a headwall. When this occurs, two analysis should be considered: The headwater at the headwall (the mechanics of the water getting into the pipe at the headwall). Generally KYT...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

ORD Drainage - Show actual Tc versus Tc Minimum

Many times a calculated Time of Concentration is less than the minimum used for Intensity. When this occurs in a system of drainage areas (catchments), it helps a designer AND a reviewer to see what the actual Time of Concentration is at a given p...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Fix the rotation issue when importing drainage nodes from inroads.

We recently used ORD to import 200 plus drainage structures from inroads to ORD. It brought in the nodes, but the rotation was off. We had to manually rotate the node to the correct angle. Also, the 2-D and 3-D rotation did not match until the nod...
over 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer 0

curved corners in bridge geometry

OBM should allow o define sharp corners for decks and barriers (in addition to rounded). Currently every turn is interpolated using spline type of line, without control from user end (regardless of the manipulation for the chord and distance betwe...
about 2 years ago in Geometry / Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Add Generate Transverse Feature from InRoads to OpenRoads

This tool was incredibly useful in creating Finished Grade and subgrade terrains, allowing for quick creation of transverse features to control triangulation and slope transitions in intersections and grading. The fact that the lines could be made...
almost 2 years ago in Terrain 9 Future consideration

Ability to use end condition exceptions on linear templates

Being able to use end condition exceptions for linear templates would be extremely beneficial for roadway designers. We often use end condition exceptions to turn off slopes in order to connect external features like ditches to the corridor. Not b...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

SUDA - Spread Slope

Make it easier to manage longitudinal spread slope. It's nice to input the slope in the properties per node, but consider making it integrated to the gutters used during bypass flow drawing of gutters.
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Currency options in OpenRoads Concepstation quantity reports

It will be more appropriate for variety of regions across the globe, specially for India if the quantities rates are available with different currencies for example Indian rupee. Currently only US $ is available which somehow looses trust in India...
8 months ago in OpenRoads ConceptStation 0 Future consideration

Create point in profile view

It would be helpful to manually create a point (say via imputing a station and elevation) that is similar to the profile intersection point tool. For example, I want to be above or below a certain point where I am testing a variety vertical curve ...
over 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration

Ablity to connect two nodes directly by flange

For the water supply project, in a situation where we have cast iron elements connected to the flange such as gate valves, hydrants, elbows, venturiers and plastic line pipes. There is no way to connect the two nodes directly through the flange. a...
almost 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration