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Add Import/Export Ability to Terrain Filters

When setting up terrain filters, there is a substantial amount of effort required in multiple dialog boxes. I had created a report for InRoads that created the XML codes needed for its Terrain Import tool's preferences using an XIN file as its sou...
over 1 year ago in Import/Export / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain 0 Future consideration

Ability to drag and drop Point and Component Feature Definitions

We are able to drag and drop within the Active Template in the Components section to add or remove a child. We would like it to expand the ability to Point and Component Feature Definitions as well as Alternate Surfaces and Parametric Constraints....
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Allow pasting Excel tables in Design Standard Tables

One of the features that I think would improve the software is the ability to paste Design Standards Tables from Excel into the software. This would save a lot of time and effort for users who need to adjust these values frequently, especially whe...
11 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Vertical profile offset and snaps

ORD to allow vertical profile offset tool to snap to CAD lines. When alignments change horizontally, profile offsets do not retain snaps to features including CAD lines.
over 1 year ago in Geometry / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 1 Future consideration

Ignore Specific Survey Observations

InRoads had the ability to ignore specific survey observations. If ORD had that same capability that would be fantastic.
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Create multiple long sections/profiles in the same model space

When creating profiles/long sections for track vertical geometry, ORD creates an individual sheet view and model view for each sheet. This creates a large amount of work when trying to bulk annotate or export long sections for drafting. It would b...
11 months ago in Drainage and Utilities / Drawing Production / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Share Template Libraries - Ability to Share Template Libraries Between Users

Please add the ability to reference Template Libraries. This would allow us to have a master template library users can pull templates from. Currently we have to import templates from a master and each user is required to have there our library be...
almost 2 years ago in Modeling / OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer 0 Future consideration

Additional Shoulder Rollover Slope Rows (3D Modeling - Templates)

I would like to make a suggestion on an improvement to template design for 3D Modeling in ORD. The Rollover values tool in superelevation template design is incredibly helpful, as it saves time by calculating the proper shoulder super rates accord...
11 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Superelevation 0 Future consideration

Add an ExtendLine Code to Survey

This code would be similar to the DIST command, except it would allow the crews to add a taped distance to the last segment of a figure, which would extend that segment by that value. It would be similar to a DIST commend except instead of turning...
11 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration

Fix DIST Command in Survey to InRoads Survey Operation

The DIST Command in Open Roads is almost identical to the InRoads version with one problematic exception. Open Roads uses the last two actual shots to determine the direction to turn the 90-degree angle to generate its points. InRoads would allow ...
11 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey 0 Future consideration