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Symbol to easily display which profile is active

When multiple profiles are drawn in one alignment or civil feature, the user has to hunt for which one is set active. If they are close to each other and/or the same feature definition this is quite tedious! It would be helpful if there was a way ...
4 months ago in Geometry / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Use File Open dialogues that allow user to paste a file folder address

OpenRoads uses different types of file open dialogues throughout the program. The first type allows the user to paste a file address directly into the navigation bar. The second type does not allow the user to paste the file address and forces the...
12 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Template Editor UI overhaul

The template editor as it is feels like using a 25years old software interface. And I mean all of it: Design, interface, workflows, .. There is room for so much upgrade..Visual feedback of what we are creating, problems, suggestions Multi librarie...
4 months ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add WorkSet-wide project components to Explorer

It would be extremely useful to be able to have a list of all the project components in a WorkSet easily accessible from the explorer, regardless of what dgn you are in. Exactly like the sheet index tool but for terrain models, alignments, corrido...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Civil Labeler - add ability to use from explorer

Civil Labeler is powerful, but the labeler menu is super annoying (table tree defaults to closed). Just like civil cells can be added through explorer, it seems like civil labeler could be done the same way
8 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Element Annotation - include "secondary" in addition to "override"

Most alignments we use have 2 defaults or less - having to hunt and peck through the override tree is time consuming
8 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Show Full Sheet Seed Name in Create Drawing Dialog Drop-Down

In the current "Create Drawing" dialog, which is usually the second step after creating a named boundary, the Drawing Seed drop-down does not show the full name of the drawing seed. Usually this is correctly populated by default, but occasionally ...
over 1 year ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

DU RIM Elevation calculated from Ground Elevation offset

The RIM Elevation is a stagnant number once you enter an elevation it does not update in relation to any surface changes. RIM Elevation would be better suited for use if it can be defined with an offset. Another field would be needed: RIM Depressi...
over 1 year ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Target Alias Sort by Name

Suggesting to sort the Target Alias list by name and increase the width so long concatenated names can be fully read.
about 1 year ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Ability to turn off Mesh (components) in reference files

There should be a way to turn off Mesh (components) in reference files. Currently, if you untick the "Mesh" Feature Definition from ORD Standards in explorer, it only turns off Mesh Components within the active model. The Mesh components that use ...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 2 Future consideration