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add the entry to turnout feature definition: from point .1 to point .0 as required by US and Canadian standards

In US and Canadian standards, the turnouts are defined from switch point, and the distance between point of switch ( .1) and PITO (intersection, as point .0) is the most critical distance. As right now, there is no prompt available in turnouts fea...
4 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Adding variables toggle to turnout feature definition

Currently the turnout feature definition only supported non-US convention and methodology. It is only based on ratio which is not well suited for US and Canadian users. North American rail standards are based the actual frog and switch angles expr...
4 months ago in OpenRail Designer / Turnouts/Crossings 0 Needs review

Display the slope of the conduits in the Node utility properties

There are a lot of properties of the conduits connected to a node within the utility properties of that node. However, one thing that I need to call out (and would like to automate) is the difference in slope that occurs between two conduits conne...
4 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

Add reflect option for DU cells.

Implement a way to minimize the number of cells by allowing reflecting and mirroring of nodes during placement and manipulation.
over 3 years ago in Drainage and Utilities / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Would like the ability to dynamically rotate a point feature.

We would like the ability to dynamically rotate a Point Feature, like we can do with a regular cell. Currently you can only enter a rotation by manually entering a number into the dialog box.
almost 3 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Configuration to point to template library folder location

it would be helpful if there was a way to set a configuration variable to point to a folder (instead of a specific itl file) when the template library is opened. Our frustration with pointing to a specific file is that the first person to open the...
almost 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Workspace 0 Future consideration

Geometry manipulator handles on offsets do not overlap with manipulator text with zero offset

Currently when offsetting elements, different manipulator handles appear, however unless you go into the preferences and changes the arrow manipulator size, it is very difficult or impossible to select the trim/extend manipulator handle because it...
over 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

User-defined "ifc Cartesian Point"

The ability to input a user-defined "ifc Cartesian Point" when exporting IFC 4x3".

Add option to save result as a "Report" when performing a Terrain to Terrain (or pane) Volume analysis.

Currently when performing a Terrain to Terrain (or pane) Volume Analysis, the only option for saving the result is to save it as a text string and place in a .dgn. It would be very helpful if there was an option so save this result as a report (id...
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Reports 0 Future consideration

Reference Terrain model on Civil Cell

I would like to create civil cells that utilize our existing ground terrain model from the survey. Right now, when creating the civil cell, I can't select the existing ground terrain model as a reference. This is problematic as some of the element...
over 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration