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Allow Drainage field to be quickly edited in both the properties window and utility properties window

Sometimes (especially when upgrading a file from a previous release to a later release) the ability to update drainage fields is lost or restricted to one area. It will be "greyed out" and unavailable for editing in the utilities properties window...
7 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Planned

Terrains Analyse Volume scenarios toolbar

Instead of a one time thing, create and save the comparison set in a toolbar table. If I want to run again I just need to hit a refresh button for the specifc set. When developing a project, keeping track of cut and fill volumes between design and...
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Modify Element (Trim/Extent)

I would ensure that my vertical and horizontal alignments are the same length by using the Trim/Extend buttonn in geomtery editior in Power Rail Track - can we have the same functionility in ORD please? I know I can snap vertical alignment to the ...
over 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Maintain Item Types when extracting drainage or utility model from survey graphics.

When using "Extract From Graphic" tool to create a drainage or utility model object, the extraction process fails to bring the Item Type from the source object (in this example a surveyed gas line), leading the user to reattach the Item Type to th...
almost 2 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / Item Types / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Keyin to automate Genio model exports

Almost all other Geometry exports now have key ins to export geometry, except GENIO. In many parts of the world this is a primary data exchange and construction deliverable so automation is key to efficiently delivering. Adding a key in that allow...
almost 4 years ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Feature Definition Toggle Bar Search/UI Improvements

Add a search function to the Feature Definition toolbar. Hunting through thousands of feature definitions is no fun, add a search function like the ones located the Template Picker or Level Picker. Add a recently picked list in the Feature Definit...
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add Relationship Tree View to simplify understanding why circular references happen

Given that ORD is capable of recognising when it is creating a circular relationship reference, it would be very useful to have something like a geometry relationships "tree" we can view to understand the links between elements which would immense...
about 3 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Integrate Civil File Manager with ProjectWise Explorer

Integrate Civil File Manager with ProjectWise Explorer so exporting and other workarounds are not needed. The ability to create a new version would also be nice.

Turn OFF ORD snap by default

Turn off snap for ORD. Having the snap rule on by default causes so many problems for new users. Rules are created all over the place causing crashes and unnecessary processing.
7 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Multiple Objects Properties Color Change Option

When selecting multiple elements, it would be nice to have the color to be changed in the "Multiple Objects Properties" dialogue box. It makes you change each text string separately and takes a lot of extra clicks!
7 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD 0 Future consideration