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Drainage and Utilities

Display the slope of the conduits in the Node utility properties

There are a lot of properties of the conduits connected to a node within the utility properties of that node. However, one thing that I need to call out (and would like to automate) is the difference in slope that occurs between two conduits conne...
20 days ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

ORD Drainage - new properties for gutter spread/depth at edge of grate (not center)

Ohio DOT likes to see the spread and depth at the edge of the grate. Currently the software reports on the spread and depth at the start and end of the gutter. Would like additional properties to also report the spread and depth at the edge of the...
over 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities Planned

Drainage and Utilities to support non-drainage pressure pipes

Pressure pipes are essential components of many engineering systems, such as water supply, oil and gas transportation, and power generation. To design and manage these systems, engineers need features that can model the geometry and properties of ...
almost 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer Future consideration

Enhancement to Create Project Node to Element Tool

There is currently not a way to project a node from the Drainage and Utility Model to an element (horizontal alignment’s profile model). Profile runs can be created and then projected onto the profile model by conduit linkage. With this enhancemen...
about 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer Future consideration

Export Drainage Model to 2D Linework

It would be nice to be able to export a drainage network into 2D linework that can be edited for plan sheets. Currently, we don't use our modeled files directly in our plan sheets as we cannot adjust the conduit line styles and it takes longer to ...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer Needs review

Display transparent catchment boundary at the cursor when relocating an inlet.

Enable the user when relocating a catch basin to view the catchment boundary as the inlet location is adjusted. Thus, acting as a dynamic and transparent view of the catchment boundary for the inlet at the new location. This will simplify the work...
about 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer Future consideration

Add The Ability To Insert A Vertical Bend Or Curve Into A Drainage Link/PIPE.

It would be very helpful and much more efficient if there was an option to insert a vertical bend or curve into a drainage link/pipe from the profile run profile view. Basically, adding the exact same tool that is available in plan/horizontal call...
about 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Ability to specify slope when placing a Pipe in Plan

It is a common practice to specify a slope as an input parameter when creating a Network.For DU, the slope is rarely exposed and directly editable (only from profile, and if Set invert to Start and or stop is true - and if "Use construction length...
4 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

No duplicate Feature Names in separate files that are referenced

As part of our push into digital delivery, one thing we've run into is that if we are placing lines, points, drainage features, etc. in one file, and then need those same features in a different file for another purpose, the feature names that com...
about 1 month ago in Drainage and Utilities / Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Future consideration

Change Display based on Either Properties, Display Styles, or Level Overrides

When Switching between state of a Structure Existing and Proposed, Removed, Etc. we need a way to keep the same Feature we should be able to Either Map to a property to choose the Level to Display or be able to overwrite the Level Via Display Style.
11 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer Planned