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Ability to use Revit/external models as Openroads design entities

The need to incorporate structural designs/external format files(Revit/Tekla/AutoCAD/Civil3d/12d) as 'design' items to enable interface connections from a single source without manual rework/recalculation on every external revision. this would als...
about 1 year ago in OpenRoads Designer 0 Future consideration

bolts on steel cross-frames

I'd like the ability to add bolts on steel cross-frames. Currently, I can add them to Field Splices, why not to cross-frames?
10 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

shear studs on cross-frames

I'd like to be able to add shear studs on Cross-Frames (specifically Built-up End Diaphragms).
10 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

coping of steel Cross-Frames

I'd like to see ability to cope steel cross-frames (especially for steel Built-up End Diaphragms).
10 months ago in OpenBridge Modeler 0 Future consideration

Existing terrain element concept and modifiers

Vectorworks Landscape, Revit 2024 or Virtual Surveyor (a drone photogrammetry software) treat existing terrain in a extremely effective way, but all of them lack the volumes and tools from OpenRoads. What they do is genarating a solid from the exi...
10 months ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Export DWG special mode for sheets and deliverables

ArchiCAD, Sketchup and Revit have a very nice workflow for creating DWG deliverables. Basically, the software merge all the viewports in the model like an array and then creates a viewport of each in the sheet. They also dumb down all the smart ci...
10 months ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 2 Future consideration

Ability to turn off Mesh (components) in reference files

There should be a way to turn off Mesh (components) in reference files. Currently, if you untick the "Mesh" Feature Definition from ORD Standards in explorer, it only turns off Mesh Components within the active model. The Mesh components that use ...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 2 Future consideration

annotate cut and fill sections in plan view

this would allow for automated text to get placed for cut and fill sections to denote which areas are which. This would assist with meeting SCDOT requirements. Previously, this could be accomplished in PowerGEOPAK with a SCDOT VBA.
10 months ago in Annotation / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Automatic/batch update of Profile 3D cut

This won't update immediatly when the 3D model is updated. This means that when going to plan production, all profiles needs to be refreshed.
about 2 years ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer 3 Future consideration

Add an automated slider button for the object spacing box.

For newer users a quick design option in the (Object Spacing box) for simpler signs would be great. We typically space lines of text using 1/2 to 3/4 of the text height used. If the program could do this automatically with a slider button that sho...
10 months ago in OpenRoads SignCAD / User Interface 0 Future consideration