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OBM Bridge Wizard - Define CL of Bearing offset from Wizard for Abutments & Bents/Piers

Adding the ability to assign an offset length for the centerline of bearings within the bridge wizard. The program defaults to 9" from the working line of joint. Alabama uses 1'-0" as a standard at piers/bents and we have a standard range between ...
3 days ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

leap bridge steel -- Add Str III combination to default combinations

The user insists of adding Str III as a default combinations. It may be useful to create a default Str III combination (since now we have WL considered under design) instead of forcing the user to create a new combination that accepts WL. Please s...
4 days ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Add Strut and Tie Modeling methodology to OBD LEAP Concrete for Multi-Column Interior Bents

Since the 8th edition of AASHTO there has been more detail given on the use of Strut and Tie Modeling for the design of D-Regions in Concrete structures (AASHTO 8th & 9th Editions Section 5.8.2 and subsequent sections). In recent years there h...
5 days ago in Modeling / OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Copy Event Point List

The ability to copy an existing event point list in the Event Point List Dialog for Openroads. There are similar ideas for different products being requested.
10 days ago in Geometry / Import/Export / Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

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...
12 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow Esri Shapefile Field Name to be longer than 10 characters

When exporting a drainage flex table in ESRI format, the default field names include names longer than 10 characters. This throws the error message: "The Esri Shapefile field name <Middle_Flow> for column <Flow (Middle)> cannot be long...
12 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

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...
12 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Annotation : Annotation be added to display the degree of curve in chord definition

In a previous update, the plan annotation option to display arc length in chord or arc definition was added. It is imperative that a plan annotation be added to display the degree of curve in chord or arc definition as well. Until this happens we ...
15 days ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Ability to adjust the face of the inverted-T cap ends

There is an inverted-T bent cap available for use in my organization's template library; however, there is no easily practicable way to adjust the faces of the inverted-T cap ends, including any ear walls that were added. Frequently, we detail inv...
16 days ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

LBS add a special distribution factor for deflection (AASHTO Art. 2.5.2.6.2)

Under commentary C2.5.2.6.2: "For straight girder system bridge, this is equivalent to saying that the distribution factor for deflection is equal to the number of lanes divided by the number of beams"
17 days ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration