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OpenRoads/Flow Masters Calculation and Annotation

PowerInroads used to have a built in calculator/analyzer. It helped us to quickly calculate the drainage pipe information, minimum slope and velocity at full value etc. Currently to get the data, we use Flow Masters and manually calculate each pip...
3 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Generate Geometry Points with Deed Boundary Tool

RIght of Way take tables are required with named points. The normal workflow is to create points then origin point persist snap those elements creating the shape of the deed boundary to the points. In this way the legal reports show the point name...
3 days ago in Geometry / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Update element DU properties to match prototype

Introduce a dedicated button that, when clicked, updates a DU elements properties that has already been placed in a DGN file to match those currently assigned to the prototype that is assigned to the feature defintion in the updated dgnlib. This w...
2 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

LEAP BRIDGE CONCRETE: Multiple Truck Types when Autogenerating LL

Currently, when multiple trucks (e.g., HL93 and a Permit truck) are selected in the Auto-Generate Live Load tool, the software identifies the heaviest vehicle and applies it to every loaded lane. I am requesting an update that allows the software ...
1 day ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Enable scaling of .3sm reality meshes attached via the Reality Mesh Attachments tool in ORD

In OpenRoads Designer 2025, .3SM reality meshes attached using the Reality Mesh Attachments tool cannot be scaled. Currently, users must rely on Transform Element or attach the .3SM as a reference to apply datum adjustment scaling. Users request n...
1 day ago in Modeling 0 Needs review
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Enhancing Named Boundaries: Updating Named Boundaries and Applying Geometry Rules

To enhance productivity and efficiency in live projects, we need dynamic Named Boundaries linked to Geometry. This includes the ability to update the shape or location of a named boundary after creating a sheet model, with the changes reflected in...
about 2 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 13 Future consideration

Upgrade Extract Contour tool to be more like Pass Through Contours tool from InRoads

The following idea is related to the survey tool gap analysis that is already being considered. The Extract Contour tool should be enhanced to place a graphic line at a specific elevation. Currently, you have to change the contour interval of my t...
11 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey / Terrain 1 Future consideration

Start & End Item Type Expression for Extents

There should be an item type expression available that can provide the station to station extents of an element. Currently Bentley provides expressions for begin and end Station that correspond to the stationing at the beginning and end of the ele...
29 days ago in Annotation / Geometry / OpenRoads Designer 1 Future consideration

Tool to project the slope between 2 elements onto a third element.

There used to be a tool in InRoads (I think it was part of the Generate Longitudinal Feature) where you could project the slope between 2 elements onto a third element. The is no such tool in ORD. The only way I can figure to do it now is to creat...
2 days ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

GEOPAK Drainage gave you inlet calcs after you placed an inlet and assigned a catchment without having to run a scenario. We need this functionality in ORD

In Geopak Drainage, once you place a node and attached a catchment, you were able to see inlet calculations. This let the user know if they needed to shift the box to have an allowable spread. It would be great if we could get that feedback withou...
3 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration