What's New in OpenRoads Designer 2021 Release 1

We are pleased to announce that OpenRoads Designer 2021 R 1 is now available.

Below are just a few of the enhancements you’ll encounter in this release.

General Enhancements

• Update of Power Platform (V10.16.00.80).
• Added support for side-by-side installations.
• Changed product branding to reflect release name (e.g. 2021 Release 1).
• Optimized printing/plotting to increase performance by 5x.
• Updated right-click options in Sheet Index and Project Explorer to include all available options.
• Integrated the Downgrade Civil Model tool with ProjectWise.

Drawing Production and Annotation Enhancements

• Enhanced the Text Favorite Manager to be the single source for the creating, editing and managing text favorites, including Survey, Drainage & Utilities.
• Enabled the annotation of Survey and D&U crossing features in cross sections.
• Enhanced both the Element Annotation and Drawing Model Annotation tools with an option to use “Override Annotation Group”.
• Added a new Civil Labeler tool.
• Added the ability to create cross section sheets from existing cross section drawing models.
• Added a new Cross Section Navigator tool.
• Enhanced drawing production options to allow for the separate naming of Views, Drawing Models and Sheet Models.
• Added a new reference option (Synchronize View > Settings from Design Model) allowing the levels and view options displayed in sheet models to be controlled from a container file.

Drainage and Utilities Enhancements

• Profile runs can now show the conduits that connect to a node, that are not part of the profile run.
• Annotation of multiple conduits in cross section drawings can be automated using an Annotation Filter, which now lets you select conduit feature definitions.
• The Extract Utilities from Graphics command now lets you select a feature definition for nodes, as well as conduits.
• You can now import and export a Utilities submodel, as well as a Drainage submodel using a .sqlite file.

Item Types Enhancements

• Added the ability to define pick lists in an excel file.
• Added the ability to define multiple Item Types per Feature Definition.
• Added the ability to define default values for each Item Type property per Feature Definition.
• Added synchronization of Item Types between 2D, 3D, and profile models. The synchronized Item Type can be viewed and modified from any of the three views/models.

Please refer to the ReadMe for a comprehensive list of changes and enhancements.

https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/