• [ORD] Place Label Tool Keyins

    Hi all, I am hoping to create some Place Label shortcuts but there seems to be an issue with them in ORD 2020 R3. If I run the keyin: placelabel dialog;placelabel cellname "_Lbl_Pln_AlignName-Sta-Off" it successfully opens and edits the values…

  • Accudraw coordinate dialog box

    I am new to the program and when I try to use AD the coordinate dialog box to enter a distance and change to polar or rectangular is not displayed. How does one turn the coordinate dialog box off and on?

  • Annotation of Utilities and Drainage in Roadway Cross Sections

    I am relatively familiar with annotation groups and annotation filters. What I am struggling with is setting up annotation filters to recognize and label my drainage and utilities within my roadway cross sections. Trying to avoid having to manually annotate…

  • Change Named Boundary

    I need to update my beginning cross-section named boundary and move it back. Is there a way to change the station of the beginning cross-section so that I do not have to redo all of the sheets? I have tried clicking on the named boundary itself and opening…

  • FDOT_GrayExisting.tbl Pen Table Plots Grayscale Too Light

    I'm using a pen table that plots reference files with logical names like topo, drex, gray, etc. with color 20. I need make the OUT_COLOR some darker shades of gray, but not black, so that they will show up better on sheets with raster images, like the…
    • FDOT_GrayExisting.tbl

  • Interactive Geometry

    I am trying to develop geometry for an interchange where the ramp baselines are linked to the mainline and intersecting roadway baselines. I have managed to develop the horizonal geometry so that if the mainline or intersecting roadway geometry is adjusted…

  • Multiple special ditch profiles

    Hi, We have a situation where we are partially profiling ditches on multiple segment along a project. We have profiled all the the locations on the main alignment profile view. The issue is that we have many segments being profiled and scattered…

  • Named Boundaries and Plan Production

    We are having some issues with understanding the ORD Plan Production tool set and controlling level overrides in the drawing or sheet models. When we create a series of plan and profile sheets, we start with a fresh 2D seed file, reference in the necessary…

  • OpenRoads Designer Profile Table Editor

    Hi, I am using OpenRoads 2020 Release 3 Update 9 - Version 10.09.0091. I am having an issue with Table Editor tool when I try to edit my profile. Every time I try to add a PVI after of before a PVI, the dialogue box disappear with an Exception Log…

  • ORD Print with Transparency

    I am trying to print cross sections with some of my references as transparent and am having no luck. I went into my 3D model and made 2 of my corridor modeling files transparent. Initially I tried by making the reference transparent, but that didn't work…

  • placing text labels with delimit line

    im trying to place text with a delimit line similar to SS10 geopak but Openroads doesnt have the plan labeling tool, is there a way to place text like below in openroads

  • Superelevation lost when repocessing corridor

    Hello, when I reprocess my corridor, the superelevation definition disappears. I've defined my superelevation in other file, then I've referenced it into my model file and I've assigned to my corridor. So far everything is correct, but when I reprocess…

  • Surface Area Discrepancies

    We have noticed a discrepancy lately when measuring surface area from a reference file inside a model. The area in the reference file (when opened directly) measures differently than when we measure it as a reference in a model. We have verified that…

  • Terrain Model modification: What is a Drape Boundary? How does this differ from a regular Boundary?

    I'm a little confused at the difference between these two terms. Usually features with the word "Drape" only need to be defined horizontally - which doesn't seem to be the case with a Drape Boundary. I can not seem to add either a 2D or 3D element to…

  • Usability of Annotation Scale

    Annotation Scale is a tool to scale your annotations like text and dimensions in order to display them at correct size on sheets. It is a special scale that affects only annotations, a powerful tool that provides you the capability of changing annotation…

  • Video: How To Create a Profile Frame Annotation Group

    Product(s): OpenRoads Designer Version(s): 10.02.00.60+ Area: Drawing Production Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group This video demonstrates a simple workflow to create a Profile Frame Annotation Group…
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