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Feature Definition Dynamic Change Tool

A tool that would allow feature definitions to be changed similar to how a smart match and change element attributes tool works. There are times when we add a friction course and need to change multiple point feature definitions and the current wo...
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Create/save an annotation group after manual edits by selection set

Would it be possible to create/save an annotation group after all the manual edits are complete? Essentially, creating an annotation group by selecting the text on a level or color.
6 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Cross Section View and elevation difference measurement tools

A way to better measure slope in cross section view, and elevation difference, that isn’t clunky. 
6 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Needs review

Simplfy the Interface - How many "sizes" can there be?

Object Properties - Feature Definition of a pipe is top level, its description is a pick list of diameters (TxDOT), but Utilities Properties has three different locations. This complexity is unnecessary.
7 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Needs review

Set cant parameters before applying

Make the Cant tool more useful. Currently, we set the speed then apply cant and it spits out some random cant values, which are unrealistic. Then we can set the cant parameters and the software proves the values are unrealistic and we have to edit...
7 months ago in CANT / OpenRail Designer 0 Needs review

Gutter spread - flip side

Why do gutters not have a "side" as spread when drawn appear in the right side.
7 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

If no Design Lenghts in Catalog - Ignore or Set Design Inlet Openings to false

I do not see a place to force in a Inlet Catalog to set "Design Inlet Opening" to false, so I would like the software to assume False if lenghts are NOT in the catalog.
7 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Needs review

Place 1 Cross Section per Sheet (or other predefined number of cross sections)

We want to place only one cross section per sheet so that once a pdf is created, the user can flip through the pdf pages quickly and each cross section appears in the same spot. We can sort of trick this by changing the spacing, but it would be mu...
10 months ago in Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Allow Conduits from different "families" to connect to the same node.

Add support for nodes that accept multiple types of conduit families.
11 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Needs review

Need to annotate partial alignment lengths along turnout from point of switch to start/end

Users need a way to annotate the same way SS2 would annotate with the Switch Height Plan command. Partial lengths along the alignment need to be annotated, but there is not a way to do this in OpenRail. The workaround is to create a dummy alignmen...
8 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review