OpenRoads ConceptStation CONNECT Edition (Update 7) is now available!

We are pleased to announce the release of OpenRoads ConceptStation CONNECT Edition (Update 7).

Jump-start your projects by rapidly creating conceptual designs and improving the decision-making process. OpenRoads ConceptStation offers roadway and bridge design capabilities to help road and land development engineers create intelligent models in context. Explore conceptual design options with real-world data and cost analysis to improve project results.

This version (10.00.07.27) is available for download here.

What's New

The following summarizes the new features and enhancements in OpenRoads ConceptStation.

  • Auto compact of file (on close)
  • Streaming Scalable Mesh (ContextShare integration)
  • Streaming imagery from Bing
  • Scalable mesh provenance feedback (where data originated)
  • Updated road markings to comply with Chinese Road Traffic signs and markings standards.
  • Add link to element (on click)
  • New background overrides (customizable gradients)
  • Support of China CGCS2000 geographic coordinate system
  • Allow Fit To View and Override Project Location (Models)
  • Import/Export Enhancements
    • Choose specific alignments to import/export
    • Overwrite on import
    • Reprojection during import (TIN, DTM, ALG, LandXML)
    • Import speed tables
    • Export speed tables
  • Template Enhancements
    • Divided Highway
    • New MSE Wall
  • Intersection Enhancements
    • Support for raised islands
    • Improved Grading
    • Sprites added to the legs of intersections (change template on click)
  • Grading Enhancements
    • Overlapping side slope resolution
  • Ramp Enhancements
    • Vertical grade at gore matching primary road
    • Complete vertical design with reverse parabolic curves
    • Proper handling of lane add/drop at gores
  • Bridge Enhancements
    • Support for Divided Highways
    • Support for Box and Girder bridge types
  • Tunnel Enhancements
    • Support for Divided Highways
    • Additional shapes support (box, horseshoe, curvilinear (3 radii)
    • Additional parameters to help size the tunnel
  • Hyperloop support (Technology Preview mode only)
  • Backstage Enhancements
    • New Background Overrides (Customizable Gradients)
    • Local or Online Documentation Toggle
    • Visualization Settings are now independently managed in LumenRT

For more details, refer to our Readme and learn more on our website.

Thank you,

The OpenRoads ConceptStation Team