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Approach Slab Line Offset

Currently the approach slab line uses an offset distance to place it. that offset value just shifts the line that distance along the alignment, which is not what we want especially on curved bridges. That offset distance needs to be a copy paralle...
over 2 years ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

MVD is not defined when exported to IFC

In IFC Export, there is NO Model View Definition in exported IFC.

LBS allow user to change the stage a load is applied

When a load is defined in LBS, it is defined corresponding to a certain construction stage. However, there is no way to change the stage after the load is defined. The user has to delete the load and redefine it in a different stage. (e.g. allow a...
6 months ago in Analytics / OpenBridge Designer 1 Needs review

Use Annotation Groups to add Hatching / Pattern elements and Dimension Elements

We have several sheets where we want certain lines that have specific feature definitions to have a dimension on the plans. We also have several shapes that we always want to show hatching or patterns appearing on the plans. Right now we have to m...

Edit Begin and End Support for Deck and Beam Groups

Let's say there are 4 spans and the user defines a bridge with 5 supports and the deck and beam groups run from support 1 to support 5. Then the engineer learns that we don't want this long of a bridge, only 3 spans. Please add the ability to chan...
over 2 years ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Allow the use of Guidelines to be used for advanced deck for barrier placement.

Please allow the use of guidelines of a deck template to be used for barrier placement. Right now it's limited to regular decks only. WIth advanced deck, only the Alignment can be used.
over 2 years ago in OpenBridge Designer / OpenBridge Modeler 1 Future consideration

Parametric rebar cages

Bridge engineering would greatly benefit from having rebar cages that are parametric in nature so we do not need to start over on rebar when a design change occurs.
about 1 year ago in OpenBridge Designer 0 Future consideration

Import Item Type Values

Currently, we can set default values for item types and then change them once they are drawn into the file. However, if the values that we need to input into the item type are coming from a source outside of ORD, there's no way to import that info...

Expression Math Function Roundup / Ceiling math

It is known that processing slows when using nested IIF statements. In order to simplify the expressions functions for Roundup and Increments for Ceiling.Math with are needed. Roundup function with a precision Roundup(100.03,1) = 100.1 math functi...

Add support for buildingSMART IDS

IDS as Information Delivery Specification is a standard comes from buildingSMART which ensure openBIM pricipes for exchange of information requirements and validation. Please check at https://www.buildingsmart.org/what-is-information-delivery-spec...