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Area Reports for Height Range and Gradient Range

We would like to calculate and report area and volume in each height and gradient ranges. Any functions to report this? Or the only method is to create delta surface and analyze in excel and plot again on graph? Or is there any method to extract b...
3 days ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Upgrade Extract Contour tool to be more like Pass Through Contours tool from InRoads

The following idea is related to the survey tool gap analysis that is already being considered. The Extract Contour tool should be enhanced to place a graphic line at a specific elevation. Currently, you have to change the contour interval of my t...
4 months ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / Survey / Terrain Future consideration

Rename terrains, linear templates, surface templates and other elements by selecting from Explorer list>(right click) Properties

At the current OpenRoads version, we need to select the terrains at 3D view then click properties in order to rename. It would be better if it can be renamed just by selecting the terrain name from Explorer list>(right click) properties.
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

User option for linear stroking when creating terrains while processing field data in 3d files.

It would be very useful to big back the user option for stroking linear elements when creating terrains. This was available in v8i and greatly enhanced our surface models. Right now there is a configuration variable but it can't be set by users. A...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Survey / Terrain Future consideration

Add some kind of optimization setting for "existing ground terrain contour display" to improve performance

We really need some kind of optimization setting available which will improve the performance of OpenRoads when Existing Ground Terrain Contours are Displayed. I believe this setting in Civil 3D is called "Level of Detail" or something. The proble...
over 1 year ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

[Terrain] Flow arrows with slope percentages

Need ability to toggle slope percentage annotations above/below the flow arrows on terrains. This will help with design and analysis. An option could be added in the flow arrow properties, please refer to the attached snapshot.
about 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Improve "Create Terrain from Design Meshes" & "Graphical Filter" tool. Filter by Fence / Shape / Reference Clip / Level Display / Selection Set

When I first saw this tool I was so excited. I could drape the design meshes from top or bottom and create a terrain . Then I started using it and realize the tool may need some improvement because it processes everything in the file or reference ...
over 3 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Enhancement to Introduce the Remapping Capability on Terrain Model’s Source Path

There is currently not a way to remap the terrain model’s source path in ORD. This capability is needed to be able to push survey data updates via rewriting a .tin file to then update from source (sourcing back to the rewritten .tin file with surv...
over 2 years ago in OpenRail Designer / OpenRoads Designer / OpenSite Designer / Terrain Future consideration

import points from ASCII file with detla elevation

while importing point data we have option to import data as northing easting and elevationsuppose we have data that rock surface is ∆z below the existing ground so before importing point I should have option to select the existing surface so that ...
about 1 month ago in Import/Export / OpenRoads Designer / Terrain Future consideration

Creating a fence to filter the elements to be considered for graphical filter

Currently, Graphical Filter will use all elements in the DGN to create the terrain based on the filter created. However, in certain cases, that might not be ideal as we may not need the entire terrain model to be created. As such, having the abili...