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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Rick Vandoorne's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/0e46a949_2d00_2fbf_2d00_4abd_2d00_99bb_2d00_6a302d4b83ba</link><description>Rick Vandoorne's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Cubic Parabola Compound Transition - OpenRail 2021 R1</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/219450/cubic-parabola-compound-transition---openrail-2021-r1</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:12:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fb221261-0ff9-4995-8176-eedeaefe213a</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to insert a transition curve (or &amp;#39;spiral&amp;#39; as it is named in OpenRail) &lt;strong&gt;BETWEEN TWO CURVES&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;using the NSW cubic parabola type spiral in Open Rail 2021 R1. I could not use the &amp;quot;Spiral between elements&amp;quot; tool and noticed in the help file (as shown in the below snippet) that only clothoid transitions are supported by the &amp;quot;Spiral between elements&amp;quot; tool. Thus, my question is: &lt;strong&gt;What other means are available or suggested for inserting a cubic parabola spiral between two existing curves?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1187x527/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/2451.Capture.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Vertical Grade Annotation in Plan</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/222672/vertical-grade-annotation-in-plan</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:33:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:76a6184b-d4da-46ff-ba67-62751cdb7670</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to annotate the ahead grade and back grade of my profile alignment PVI along my horizontal alignment. However, the grades that are shown are not correct. I do not know where the grades are being read from. Does anyone know why the grades being pulled through by the text favorite are not correct?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;What I am trying to achieve is something similar to the first image below.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/558x391/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Annotated-Alignment.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I created a text favorite for this annotation as shown here:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/715x811/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Text-Favorite.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The annotation definition looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1498x783/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Annotation-Definition.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is what the actual&amp;nbsp;grades should be (the equivalent grades in ratio formats are -1:57.47 and 1:54.35):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/763x182/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Actual-Grades.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the file if needed:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Test-File-2.dgn"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../Test-File-2.dgn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Simple Arithmetic within a Text Favorite</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/220154/simple-arithmetic-within-a-text-favorite</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:28:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ba65c4f8-291f-4efd-b954-a101ec8cd871</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to do simple arithmetic within a text favorite? As an example, I would like to create a text favorite with which to annotate a station equation. I want the text favorite to&amp;nbsp;calculate the difference between the ahead station and the back station and show just the calculated result.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Plan Grid Text is perpendicular to view but not parallel to grid lines</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/221920/plan-grid-text-is-perpendicular-to-view-but-not-parallel-to-grid-lines</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:02:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:df408cfa-26b6-4620-8d21-e2d811233e42</guid><dc:creator>David E. Stewart</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;In ORD 2021 R1, when creating plan and profiles, I am using the Annotation Group, Plan Grid.&amp;nbsp; The labels for the grid lines are coming in square to the view but not parallel to the grid lines.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;What am I missing so that the text is aligned with the grid lines as the alignments in sheet views are always&amp;nbsp;skew to the drawing borders?&amp;nbsp; If I rotate the view/reference, the text remains square to the screen but not parellel to the grid lines..&amp;nbsp; See image.&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/Skewed-Text.jpg" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>ProjectWise Microstation Item Type  Attribute Exchange</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/projectwise/f/projectwise-di-forum/213672/projectwise-microstation-item-type-attribute-exchange</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 14:31:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:66ef549f-8b98-4bc9-ae53-35adc36faccb</guid><dc:creator>Mark Shamoun</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am attempting to use the new ProjectWise Microstation Item Type Exchange but dont have any luck getting attribute values to populate. Microstation is seeing the ProjectWise&amp;nbsp;Attributes though (just with blank values).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/342986/pastedimage1620657033413v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there any documentation or info that i can refer to to figure out whats happening? or anyone have any idea why the attribute values won&amp;#39;t populate?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mark&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Messy Coach Sweep</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/230085/messy-coach-sweep</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 06:23:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9153f226-18ed-42a4-8936-3b86bdd05472</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;When I generate a coach sweep I often get random points in the swept path that &amp;quot;shoot out&amp;quot; from the actual swept path. Below is an example. I generated the below coach sweep using the &amp;quot;longitudinal and template&amp;quot; method with a 1 m section interval and a 1 m coach sample interval. I am using a custom template. I have tried different templates but it does not fix the problem. Making the section interval smaller makes it worse. However, increasing the section interval does not make the problem go away either. I have also tried changing the coach sample interval but that does not seem to make a difference. Has anyone else experienced this and have an suggestions or fixes?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1106x656/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/example.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Where is Centreline Rail to Centreline Rail Distance used within OpenRail?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/226033/where-is-centreline-rail-to-centreline-rail-distance-used-within-openrail</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 11:55:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:32115115-0724-46a7-8083-19586309ac37</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I understand that the &amp;quot;Inside Rail to Inside Rail Distance&amp;quot; (gauge) is used in cant calculations but I do not know where the &amp;quot;Centreline Rail to Centreline Rail Distance&amp;quot; is used within the software? The help file is not very helpful in this regard (see below).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/1063x268/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Rail-Settings.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Tiling of Bings Map Raster Attachment When Printing</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/223611/tiling-of-bings-map-raster-attachment-when-printing</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:16:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cde3ee76-4ce0-4ef9-a69e-5572699ca9bc</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;When printing a set of sheets from within a dgn file I encountered a problem where the bings maps raster attachment &amp;quot;tiles&amp;quot; itself across the display area. The first sheet in a file always prints fine but then subsequent sheets display the tiling behaviour. The first image shows what the raster background should look like and the second shows the tiling behaviour. I figured a workaround for this that involves opening each sheet individually for print and first zooming extents then saving settings and then actually printing. This is a real pain though and I am curious to know if anyone knows why this happens in the first place and if there is a faster workaround/solution?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/923x470/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Correct.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/884x477/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Tiled.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>ORD, Background Masks in Plan Labels</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/186539/ord-background-masks-in-plan-labels</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 22:24:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e4a712e3-bc08-4c7e-b293-3193deb886c3</guid><dc:creator>David Ewen Stewart</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to place a background mask in my plan labels and have only partially succeeded. Is it possible to mask the entire label?&amp;nbsp; If so how?&amp;nbsp; The masked portions are done with a text style.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1570313961644v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Adding and/or moving Profile Named Boundaries</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/209271/adding-and-or-moving-profile-named-boundaries</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:32:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:24566b15-a10f-4261-a568-e016e055d3ac</guid><dc:creator>Josh M</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Why is the profile workflow so difficult!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would like to know how to add profile boundaries to accommodate tall profiles to &amp;quot;Stair-step&amp;quot; the profile view on sheets. I know ORD can help with that when placing Named Boundaries for Profile views, but that only takes the active profile into account when deciding how to split and offset a sheet&amp;#39;s profile boundaries. I can modify a profile Named Boundary&amp;#39;s elevation prior to drawing/sheet model creation, but I also would like the ability to change the horizontal size and location.&amp;nbsp; Is it possible to add or modify boundaries after the fact?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The image attached shows the original Named Boundaries in grey. I would like to modify the first one and add a second one to look like the yellow shapes. The cyan lines represents the limits of one particular plan/profile sheet. The original boundaries were created to align with a group of plan view Named Boundaries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I assume I can still manually accomplish this by careful use of reference files, but it would seem like something I should be able to do at the time of Named Boundary placement so that I don&amp;#39;t have to manually do it.&amp;nbsp; Better yet - let me insert a named boundary later if I need to show more relief.&amp;nbsp; If necessary my workaround is to make one large drawing model of the entire profile and manually reference it (multiple attachments) into each sheet&amp;#39;s profile drawing model to achieve the stair-stepping I would like.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/Screenshot2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Creating sheet seeds for A3 in 1:1000 - drawing is shifting in the sheets</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/172134/creating-sheet-seeds-for-a3-in-1-1000---drawing-is-shifting-in-the-sheets</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:47:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7e4dd21d-558d-4383-b91b-08d467679844</guid><dc:creator>Marianne Rask</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;Several times I have tried to create Sheet Definitions following the videos in the OpenRoads Designer WorkSpace Setup, step 7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;I have tried setting them up in A1 in 1:500 as you do in the videos and I have tried setting them up in A3 in 1:1000, as we would prefer. None of it gives me a useful result.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;The delivered ones from the Metric workspace seems to work, but this is what I get, when I use the ones I create:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/pastedimage1544449241198v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;float:none;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;"&gt;The drawing seed is offset from the sheet, and it gets worse for every sheet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;float:none;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;"&gt;The border cells must have their origin in the lower left corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;Can anyone please help me finding out what is going wrong?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;I am using OpenRoads Designer Update 4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;I attach a zip containing sheet seed, preliminary border cell library, Plan_or_Profile_Start_Seed.dgn and the resulting dgnlib.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5922/20181210_5F00_for_5F00_Bentley.zip"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../20181210_5F00_for_5F00_Bentley.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Plan Model Grid Annotation View Dependency</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/222066/plan-model-grid-annotation-view-dependency</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:00:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:14bd87a0-9053-4f01-91ed-d23ba5d7d93c</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if it is possible to create view independent plan grid Easting-Northing annotations? Currently, if one creates a plan drawing annotation definition for the easting and northing grid, then the labels do not rotate with the design model as shown in the two images below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is how the grid annotations look in the unrotated plan model:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Model-view-unrotated.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is how the grid annotations look when the plan model is rotated:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5921/Model-view-rotated.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think ideally, one would want the text to be view independent rather than view dependent. If it is not currently possible, then it would be a nice enhancement in a future release?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Does Station Format Delimiter Have to Consist of a Single Character?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/220161/does-station-format-delimiter-have-to-consist-of-a-single-character</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:17:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:15ac1f5f-cfcd-4da1-a12a-3630832ef5a7</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to specify a station format delimiter that consists of more than a single character? As an example, I would like my stationing to be formatted as &amp;#39;21km000&amp;#39;. However, when I specify my delimiter as &amp;#39;km&amp;#39;, only the &amp;#39;k&amp;#39; gets used and the stationing is formatted as &amp;#39;&amp;#39;21k000&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cannot Assign Feature Definition after Dropping Complex Status</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/rail_design/f/openrail-forum/219642/cannot-assign-feature-definition-after-dropping-complex-status</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:53:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7367b2b3-699e-47f5-933a-8341323e6c97</guid><dc:creator>Rick Vandoorne</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I encounter odd behavior sometimes when dropping the complex status of a complex element of horizontal geometry. Unfortunately, I cannot recreate the issue in a repeatable manner. When I drop the complex status of an element, the feature definition of the individual elements disappears. Furthermore, when I go to the properties of an element I cannot reassign a feature definition because the feature definition portion of the properties has disappeared. Does anyone have any idea as to why this happens and how to correct or prevent it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Let me Help You</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/687f4b6d-e18a-4e55-836c-49926ca2c9d9</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:21:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d05b8806-41e5-4012-b294-84e09f108044</guid><dc:creator /><description>Answer a question that is verified as helpful or correct.</description></item></channel></rss>