How to change Annotation orientation in ORD

Question

The default horizontal baseline annotation is parallel to the Station Tics. 
 
 Is there a way to make it perpendicular to the Station Tics? 
 
 I did this manually rotated. Is there a way in ORD to do it automatically? 
 Thanks in advance. 
 Regards, 
 Charley

NAVEEN BANDARU · Answer

yes charley, its possible ... 
 TEXT rotation settings will save in XIN file. 
 While annotation after loading of XIN file, go to Regular Stations tab > corner end u have to check some hidden settings existed (marked in attachments red & black color) > u will find few settings related to text rotation (marked with yellow color) try these ... which fashion u want. 
 
 Regards 
 Naveen

jpln · Answer

I must admit that it is not so easy due to long history of Bentley Civil Products. 
 There used to be 3 brands of products: 
 
 Inroads/Inrail - Inrail renamed as Rail Track when some MXRail capabilities have been included 
 Geopak 
 MX/MXRail 
 
 All these brands have gradually shared same technology to converge to a single brand: Openroads/Openrail 
 So over past 10/15 years Terrain Models, Civil Geometry and lastly Corridor modelling have been introduced in each of these legacy brands. The latest generation of these brands is V8i SELECTseries 4. V8i SELECTseries 4 is the last generation with the legacy brands (Inroads/Geopak/MX). 
 Now, the new generation is there with only 2 brands: 
 
 OpenRoads 
 OpenRail 
 
 Both are sharing the same technology inherited from SS4 generation (Terrain model, Civil Geometry, Corridor modelling). The big step is everything that is annotation (if considering 64-bits architecture and rubans interface as smooth evolution). 
 OpenRoads 
 
 OpenRoads ConceptStation: released. Preliminary design: easy, fast and beautiful 
 OpenRoads Designer: released. Detailed design. new version for Inroads/Geopak/MX. Can continue what has been done using ConceptStation 
 OpenRoads Navigator: BIM review using on i-model produced from Openroads Designer (or other publisher) but one key aspect is the knowledge of stationning 
 
 OpenRail 
 
 OpenRail ConceptStation: released. Preliminary Design: tracks, yards, turnouts, catenary system, tunnel, bridge 
 OpenRail Designer: not released yet. Detailed design. Overhead Line Design to be included gradually. Because Openrail Designer is not released yet, Power Rail Track V8i SELECTseries 4 is actually taking this place as well as Power Rail Overhead Line for catenary systems 
 OpenRail Navigator: not released. 
 
 Of course OpenRoads and OpenRail are fully interoperable because they are sharing the same technology and all based on DGN. We could also add OpenBridge Modeller or Gint (geotechnical).

jpln · Answer

Rail Track SS4 is released for a while now. You can use it but you must be aware that some workflows are not possible compared to SS2. The main interest is modelling capabilities. 
 OpenRail Designer is in development process. Release planned for April 2018