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Allow for an elevation exaggeration in the 3d view/model

Letting users increase and decrease an exaggeration of the elevation data can help visualize drawings when looking from the side or angles.
over 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 4 Future consideration

Template Switches and Triggers Built Into Corridor Rather Than Templates

Using display rules can be very difficult when you have nearly identical components on top of one another. We've all tried to eliminate this difficulty by using a ton of different templates, but that can be even worse when conditions keep changing...
over 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

DU: Node inventory report

Report tool to quickly generate a table similar to the conduit inventory, but for nodes feature types.
about 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 3 Already exists

Make the Drainage Catch Basin Grate Perimeter and Open Area variables reportable

Some DOTs require input of an exact values for catch basin grate open area for orifice flow and catch basin grate perimeter for weir flow. ORD would consider these as calculated values, not inputs. These are not ORD outputs and are hidden from the...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Planned

Utility Overhead Conduits/Nodes

Current Limitations Currently, creating overhead conductors between two "Overhead Nodes" (e.g., utility poles) results in a straight-line conduit. In reality, these lines always exhibit a natural sag due to gravity and tension forces. To model sag...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Delete Circle Associated with Civil Labeler when Civil Labeler Text Deleted

Civil Labels can get dissassociated for a number of reasons. When this happens, the user often deletes the text that turns dashed. This, however, does not delete the circle associated with the text. Due to this, the remnant circle is left. This ca...
about 4 years ago in Annotation 2 Future consideration

Allow in/out invert information to be pulled from node structure

Allow in/out invert information to be pulled from node structure and not just conduit for the purpose of annotating plan sheets in bulk through annotation groups. Currently, whether using the civil labeler or annotation groups, this information ca...
11 months ago in Drainage and Utilities 1 Already exists

Want a warning when import xml when geometry chord/arc definitions different than the dgn "degree of curve method" setting

Would be very helpful to get some kind of warning that pops up when someone tries to import geometry from an xml file where the chord/arc defined on some of the xml file geometry is different than the “degree of curve method’ setting assigned to t...
about 4 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Invalid Element. Unable to solve rule please correct element construction.

We would like to get some more information when this message appears, e.g. full explanation about what is wrong. When we are breaking a rule ORD should keep history and detailed explanation about what is broken, get a better history and presentati...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Profile Grid Text Annotation - Convert to Point Cell instead of Graphic Cell

Currently, when a profile is annotated along the grid, the text is placed as a Graphic Annotation Cell. For right to left profiles, the easeiest fix is to create Annotation Groups and Defs that basically annotate the text backwards. Then, the prof...
about 4 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration