• Point Control to Corridor

    I am modeling a bike trail with switchbacks and would like to create a point control that ties into the edge of trail that is part of the same corridor. When creating the point control the corridor is not listed as an option in the dropdown. What is the…
  • Editing Elements Elevation

    Hello All, I am new to OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition. I am looking into minor grading of Basins and Channel. I am having issues with change my elements elevation. I have tried profile by constant elevation with no luck. Any one have some input…
  • OpenBridge Designer - material colors

    Hello all, How do I get this ugly orange to be a concrete color. I already went to utilities > libraries and can't seem to change the color. I already selected my Concrete deck, so I don't understand why it is orange. Thank you.
  • Missing Reference From File - Model Not Found

    I am working in ORD - SS4 and designing an intersection of two corridors. I set null-point triggers in my template to control the display of certain components and created a template drop for the mainline corridor. For the secondary corridor, with it…
  • Workspace - OpenRoads

    Hello all, I am fairly new to OpenRoads and would like to create a workspace (on my local drive) because OpenRoads is slow while using projectwise. Also, for some reason I do not have the program data folder in my C drive. If there is a helpful…
  • 3-D Model Processing

    Hello, I have had some 3-D models recently with a good amount of corridors and template drops. We put our horizontal and vertical alignments in one file and then create the 3-D model in a separate file. In the past, if a change was made to the horizontal…
  • Placing ORD geometry points in 3D along a alignment, where the Elevation is taken from the Vertical design

    Has anyone had any experience with Placing ORD geometry points in 3D along a alignment, where the Elevation is taken from the Vertical design. I can get the points to place along the alignment at set intervals at a specified elevation but not taking…
  • Is there a way to generate a spreadsheet describing civil cells placed in a corridor?

    I just finished adding a large number of driveways to a roadway corridor using civil cells. Our client requires us to submit a driveway summary spreadsheet containing information like radii, lengths, grades etc. I am wondering if there's a way to generate…
  • Retaining Wall Activated by Trigger Lines

    Hello, I am designing a template that involves a standard two directional curbed road-way (split between two templates (one for left and one for right)) with sidewalks (shown as a vertical line with no horizontal dimension) adjacent to the curbside, and…
  • How to create custom Cells for Drainage nodes?

    I am trying to update my drainage nodes to match PennDOT Roadway construction standards. Their type C inlets are Square among other things and i need to find a way to create custom Drainage nodes. Is this possible?
  • Civil Cell will not tie down

    I am attempting to place some civil cells in a design file and am running into errors. In the plan view (top down) everything looks correct, but in isometric views, the civil cell is always attached to the surrounding terrain or template drops. the civil…
  • Trimming 3D Mesh Without adding extra vertices

    Hi, I am creating a 3D model for a proposed Highway and I need to trim the limits of the mesh for breaks in the road at bridges. I have found a couple different ways to trim the mash to match the correct limits, however, each method creates a bunch…
  • Roadway Designer create surface proposed surface tin does not follow the top surface of the model.

    I am creating a surface in Roadway Designer and when I run the surface the Tin that is automatically created will draw down to the bottom surface of the road base at certain points and then jump back up to the top surface of the road and it zig zags like…
  • End Condition Issues

    Hi there, Ive build two templates for a 30 km freeway project im currently running. 1. Single Carriageway with various end condition cases 2. Dual Carriageway with various end condition cases Both templates are relatively basic. When i run…
  • Coping civil cells from one dgn to another

    I am trying to copy 35 driveways (civil cells ) form one reference file to a Dgn but to software tell me that there are elements . how can that be?
  • Openroads crashes when attempting to view or modify corridor objects

    Hello, I have been using the new OpenRoads software with limited success due to consistent crashes. The most troublesome and persistent issue that I have experienced so far is when I attempt to look at the point controls in the corridor objects dialog…
  • Tin triangulating incorrectly - corridor modeler

    I am working on our final model for the dtm, finished grade tin, and top of dirt tin in Geopak SS2 Roadway Designer. I recently had to create additional templates to aid in the top of dirt surface creation. In doing so, somehow now my top of surface tin…