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Cannot sign-in to ArcGIS to use Topo Import - ESRI

Jacob Dean — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:08:37 GMT

Product(s):	OpenRoads Designer
Version(s):	10.09+
Area:	Terrain

Question:

I cannot sign-in to ArcGIS to use the Topo Import - ESRI. Why is my login not working to use the tool?

Answer:

In order to use the tool, you must have a subscription with ArcGIS. If you do not have a subscription, then you will get the Cant Login message and the tool will not work. Specifically, you will need to have a Foundational user, then you can use any Dependent user type.

You can find more information about the user subscriptions at the link below:

https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-online/buy#for-business

North Arrow auto-rotation in Annotation Group

jblanchard — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:13:11 GMT

I am implementing a Plan Sheet Annotation Group to include match lines and a north arrow, as shown in the video linked below. However, I cannot get the north arrow to orient true north automatically, with respect to each rotated plan sheet. Are users required to manually rotate each north arrow, sheet by sheet, or can this rotation be automated? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I matched the settings shown in this example. Thanks, in advance!

https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/46804/how-to-create-match-lines-in-plan-sheets

Cross Section -Dimension widths displaying length along slope, not horizontal

Patrick Kibler — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:21:54 GMT

I'm having an issue where the length of the dimension between points of a template are being shown as the length along the slope instead of the horizontal distance. Is this by design? Is there a a way to display the dimensions as they are shown by the Dynamic Cross Section - Place Horizontal Temporary dimension tool? I'm using a linear annotation in the annotation group that targets the segment of the template. Also is there a way to set all the dimensions at the same elevation for all segments?

The example shown in a previous question (https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/f/geopak-inroads-mx-openroads-forum/192142/annotating-cross-sections-in-ord) shows as a result of what i'm

looking to accomplish in terms of accuracy and style, but unfortunately i wasn't able to recreate. Any help would be appreciated!

Using

OpenRoads Designer does not work when Autodesk is installed.

Abhilash Jangalve — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:17:19 GMT

Product(s):	OpenRoads Designer
Version(s):	10.10+
Area:	General

Question:

I installed AutoCAD using a third party provider and now I cannot use OpenRoads Designer when it is installed. How can I fix this?

Answer:

It is recommended that you install Autodesk applications/products such as AutoCAD or Civil 3D from Autodesk because this issue does not occur when you do so. There have been instances in the past where certain third party providers have included something else in the installation package that causes OpenRoads Designer to not work properly. One of these third party providers is CQI from Symetri.

Drainage and Utilities Problem - Some elements were found in the DGN that were not found in the Utility Project and have been removed.

Abhilash Jangalve — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 20:55:59 GMT

Product(s):	OpenRoads Designer
Version(s):	10.10+
Area:	Drainage & Utilities

Question:

I am getting this error in my .dgn file. How can I fix this?

Answer:

Try either or both of these options.

1. Use the Synchronize Drawing tool.

2. Use the Model Integrity Check tool

Draping surface or mesh on a revit model

Signe Vinge Hedegaard — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:28:39 GMT

Hi all,

So, I received a .dwg export from Revit. All elements on the same layer - shared cells, mesh for top of element, side of elements and bottom as well. I need only the top surface for the construction guys. Normally I would select one topmesh at a time and put it on a isolated layer, but it is very time demanding for bigger models.

So I got an idea to test if I could use some of the mesh tools to create a topsurface mesh more easily and smaller error risk...

I followed the steps: empty (3d seedfile) dgn, referenced in the .dwg, merge the needed elements in my file, dropped the shared cells (as the tools did not read it), now I tried 2 things:

1. Tool "Create drape mesh": almost did it, but I could only drape from z=0? and therefore I did a bottom drape, but I need a topmesh. Am I using the tool wrong?

2. Tool "Shrink wrap mesh": Did it quite good but wrapped it as promised - sides and bottoms included (please see picture below). Anyone knows if I can extract only the top from this wrapped mesh?

and several others...

Any experience on this or suggestions?

Thanks, Signe

Openroads 2021 Release2 the feature name and feature definition in the properties window.

czem — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:15:28 GMT

Openroads 2021 Release2 the feature name and feature definition for surface cannot be edited in the properties window. Why it was done was very useful.

Video: Light Rail Manufactoring (LRM) Reports in OpenRail Designer

Ja'Shon Arrington — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:36:08 GMT

Product(s):	OpenRail Designer Connect Edition
Version(s):	10.10.20+
Area:	Report
Original Author:	Bentley Technical Support Group

This video demonstrates how to generate the LRM reports available in OpenRail Designer.

Click the video below to play it. To view in fullscreen mode, first click the YouTube link at the bottom of the video to launch the video on the YouTube site. Then, click the fullscreen button (rightmost button at bottom of video

Recorded in 1920 X 1080 resolution

communities.bentley.com/.../LRM-Reports-Video.mp4

Video: Edit Feature Definition

Ja'Shon Arrington — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:57:58 GMT

Product(s):	OpenRoads Designer
Version(s):	10.10.20+
Area:	General
Original Author:	Bentley Technical Support Group

How can you edit the feature definition of an element without looking through Explorer?

Click the video below to find out. To view in fullscreen mode, click the fullscreen button (rightmost button at bottom of video).

Recorded in 1920 X 1080 resolution.

communities.bentley.com/.../Edit-Feature-Definitions-video.mp4

ORD IFC export settings

Andrei Chiriac — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:42:06 GMT

Hi,

I can not find anywhere IFC export settings in OpenRoads Designer. Is there something for this?

Regards,

Andrei

Standards Libraries Not Updating

Paul Morales — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:01:04 GMT

I have been trying to build an ORD feature definition dgnlib. I had three dgnlib files in the workspace feature definition folder, I removed two of the files, but they are still showing up in my standards library. Also the dgnlib that is left in the folder is not showing the updates I made to it. What am I doing wrong? I also can not update standards from the library. Any input would be awesome. Thanks!

Paul

Using Multiple Barrels in OpenRoads creates a vertical offset in the 3D model?

Brian Nelson — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:37:15 GMT

Hi,

I wanted to show a multiple barrel culvert in OpenRoads. I updated it to "2" barrels in the Utility Properties and the invert elevation was not adjusted, but as you can see in the picture the 3D conduit is showing a vertical offset from the invert elevation. (When the conduit is laid out the invert matches the SUDA point/sphere)

It vertically offsets the same amount in elevation whether 2, 3, etc. barrels are updated, any idea why?

Thanks!

[ORD 2021 R1] Can we get SUDA Change Tracking for ORD Geometry/Corridors?

Mark Shamoun — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:48:36 GMT

Hi all,

I have just seen the SUDA Change Tracking feature in ORD 2021 Release 1 which is something we urgently need in the main ORD toolset. We tried DGN Design History, but since the "Restore" option can't be turned off we cant use it (as it will destroy the model).

Can I please request this as an enhancement as i know all users desperately want this.

Regards,

Mark

Trouble placing Pond Profile in Separate View

Andrew — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:33:21 GMT

Hello,

I am working through the "Designing a Pond" lesson within the Intermediate Drainage Learning Path. Because I receive the "Civil Data Found that is from a newer version of a Civil Product" error when opening the provided file from the lesson, I created a new file and attached the pond as a reference. I am using OpenRoads designer CONNECT Edition V8.

The first part of the lesson guides the user through opening the pond profile. The steps from the tutorial are shown below.

I am able to execute these steps but when I do, nothing shows up in the profile view. All I get is a blank screen. When I click the "fit view" button, it tells me "No Elements Found". But, when I then try the process again, with the profile window still open, it appears to show vertical lines that correlate with different positions along the pond berm. In the image below, you can see the crosshairs shown on the right-hand side of the pond berm and a corresponding vertical red line in the profile view. As I move my cursor left to right in the profile view, moving the vertical line as I go, the crosshairs move along the top of the berm seemingly indicating the corresponding postiion on the pond. It's almost as if the profile is there but not being shown.

I'm not sure if there is something I'm doing wrong or if creating the new file is the root of this issue but I would apprecaited and advice on what may be going wrong.

Thanks

Profile Intersection Point not showing up

Spencer Beale — Fri, 07 May 2021 12:00:50 GMT

Using two centerlines w/ feature definitions and active profiles, the Profile Intersection Point tool does not generate the point in the profile view.

I'm in a Corridor dgn w/ the geometry referenced in. I also used the Plan by 3D on the centerlines because I was getting a popup that the elements were in a reference that was not active. I haven't had to do that before.

I'm running 10.9.

Any ideas? Thanks