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Allow Lanes in Superelevation Model View to take on the colors used in Superelevation Editor

This will help users more easily differentiate between lanes while in the Superelevation Model.
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

Template Switches and Triggers Built Into Corridor Rather Than Templates

Using display rules can be very difficult when you have nearly identical components on top of one another. We've all tried to eliminate this difficulty by using a ton of different templates, but that can be even worse when conditions keep changing...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Turnout points for tounge position

In railway engineering, there is a growing demand for positioning of the tongue in turnouts. The proposal is to introduce a new point in the Feature Definition of turnouts, making it possible to specify the distance from point .1 to the Tongue. Su...
12 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Future consideration

Display and Annotate Tap Nodes in Profile Drawing

The feature name (e.g. a number) of the tap node can be labeled in the plan.The tap is visible in the "Engineering Profile".It would be helpful if this could also be displayed and labeled in the profile view/drawing. How it should work: Tap Node i...
almost 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Turnout annotation error with restart the file

To create a turnout annotation, we need a text favorite with a description and the name of the turnout. In text favorite we have in the Feature tab Feature definition and Feature Name, which pull names from the properties of the turnout. After ann...
12 months ago in Annotation 0

Create 3D cut volumes with a variable cut offset

So far Openrail designer contains a tool called create 3D cut for profiles. It is very useful when one wants to show cuts from a 3D section across the track. However one can choose only a specific distance from track. There are cases (for example ...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Dynamic Settings should use Accudraw like interface rather than HS, DL, XY etc keyins

Accudraw intelligently interprets direction from the last input point. There would be no need to enter + or - on slopes as you move the cursor and lock in direction/distances. The keins would not be necessary if the template editor functioned simi...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Wild card for Attribute Name in Text Favorite

Some survey software put out attribute names that include the code (e.g. Note_CURB, Note_Pole). It would be highly beneficial to have the ability to use a wild card when calling out the attribute name in a text favorite (e.g. NOTE*).
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Ability to Annotate Angle between Tangents

When placing an "angle point" in between 2 tangents in track, we need the ability to annotate what the angle value is between the 2 bearings.
almost 3 years ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer 0 Future consideration

Survey Closed Shape Information

I need a closed linear survey element to populate the area in the element information. I'm wanting to create a civil label that will place the area of a closed shape. As far as I can tell, this will work except with survey elements.
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 5 Future consideration