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Girder Stops for Abutments and Expansion Piers

My agency uses girder stops at abutments and expansion piers. These act as guides that allow the girders to move freely during expansion, contraction, and seismic events without falling off the bearings. Modeling these would allow for more accurat...
1 day ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 2 Future consideration

End Diaphragm for Semi-Integral Abutments

My agency uses a lot of semi-integral abutments. in this type of abutment, the girders extend over the abutment wall and are locked together with a large end diaphragm block that also provides the pavement seat for the approach slab. I have provid...
1 day ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Label with cell for annotation group

With the ability now to create a label definition within an annotation group, it will be useful to have the label work with a cell. Currently, it seems to be limited to working with text placement. In a lot of cases, labels are required for signag...
about 22 hours ago in Annotation / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration
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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...
almost 3 years ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 14 Future consideration

Cross Section drawing/sheet models should honor level On/Off from 3D models without refresh

Summary: When users turn levels off in the Default 3D models, that display state does not carry into cross section drawing/sheet models without opening them more than once. This creates unexpected sheet output where items that are intentionally hi...
5 months ago in Drawing Production / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Option to export closed components as solids without additional preparatory steps

Closed components in the template are currently saved as meshes when exported to, for example, DWG format, unless an additional manual operation has been performed beforehand to convert the meshes to solids. I would like to have an option to perfo...
about 1 month ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Automatically calculate and display the inlet and outlet elevations at the inside wall of the node

We connect the pipe at the center of the node, and we are seeking functionality that allows the drainage properties to automatically calculate and display the inlet and outlet elevations at the inside wall of the node (see picture).
about 1 month ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 1 Planned

Profile Annotation.Parabola Sight Distance editable

The formula for the Text Favorite "Profile Annotation.Parabola Sight Distance" appears to be hard-coded into the software. When SSD is not restricted by the curve (A < 1.75%), the output is listed as "INF'". Is it possible to make this output e...
2 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Partial length ledge for Inverted-T Pier Caps

It is common for inverted-T pier caps to also function as straddle bents. The superstructure only coincides with part of the cap length. Extending the ledge as out to out of the cap length is not a desirable detail in all situations. The current w...
4 days ago in OpenBridge Modeler 1 Future consideration

Add an ability to annotate the difference between the sleeper bottom and ballast capping

Creating an enhancement that will compute for the elevation height between the bottom of the sleeper and the ballast capping, similar to the photo below where these labels were generated in another software.
5 days ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration