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Terrain

Enhancement to Introduce the Remapping Capability on Terrain Model’s Source Path

There is currently not a way to remap the terrain model’s source path in ORD. This capability is needed to be able to push survey data updates via rewriting a .tin file to then update from source (sourcing back to the rewritten .tin file with surv...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Apply Surface Templates perpendicular to slope of a terrain

surface templates apply depth vertically, in many cases it is desired a true depth that is perpendicular to the terrain.
5 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Add the ability to export an ORD surface to a HEC-RAS .tif surface.

In OpenRoads Designer 2023, under the Terrain tab, add the ability to export a ORD surface to a .tif file. The HEC-RAS RAS-Mapper can only use .tif surfaces.
9 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Triangles disappear when editing terrain model using swap line if feature definition does not have triangles on.

Open up a dgn with a terrain and set the feature definition to only display the boundary. Turn on triangles Edit terrain with Swap Line command Once you use the command the triangles disappear and reverts back to the initial feature definition. It...
almost 3 years ago in Terrain Future consideration

Restore tool Delete Triangle by Line - Edit Terrain - back to its original function of not being able to cross breaklines or add a dialog box for the option.

In SS4 on up to ORD 10.10.2, you could not delete a triangle on the interior side of a breakline. When a line was drawn, all triangles would be deleted until it got to the breakline. In ORD 10.12, it blows through the breakline and will delete int...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Allow clipped terrain to use the active terrain

In case the reference terrain needs to be re-done, this would allow to keep the clipped terrain and link it to the new active terrain.
about 1 month ago in OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Exported TIN surface must carry same edge method on importing.

Exported surface in TIN format not keeping the same edge method while importing it in new .dgn file. So, it is expected to get such functionality where the exported surface should carry the same edge method or while importing any surface it should...

Better Elevation Thematic Tool for terrains.

It's very hard and troublesome to create elevation countours for cut and fill or layer thickness. The legends values have to be updated by hand for each new terrain. And in the end, it`s actually just a Display Style applied to the terrain or the ...
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Add Color Coded Surface tool from InRoads to OpenRoads Designer.

The Color-Coded surface tool is missing in OpenRoads Designer which was there in InRoads, We can use the Thematic Height Display Style but that forces to use Rasterized Option while printing and in the PDF the surface gets pixelated.
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Export Terrain countours to DWG

Even if you create contours and label them the labels are lost on Terrain drop or export to DWG.
about 3 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration