• OpenRoads showing an error when trying to edit Catchment

    I started working on this project approximately a year ago with a previous ORD release and have now come back to it after our CADD Manager upgraded me to ORD CE - 2022 Release 3 (10.12.02.4). I went to adjust my Catchment Areas and received the attached…

  • Pond and embankment

    Hello, I want to insert an embankment into my pond in ORD 2021 release 1. The enbankment should be on the elevation 27.90 and the bottom level is on the elevation 27. I already created a solid element that presents the embankment (pink one): …

  • How do I add a new Feature definition/ Cell Library for UK standards for a new Chamber in ORD

    I am using Uk standards Library for designing Stormwater drains. How do I add a new Feature definition/ Cell Library which is not in the Cell Library for a new Chamber (image attached for reference) in ORD. I tried using the Add New Template option and…

  • Automated Catchment Delineation and Inlet Dimension Settings

    Does anyone know where do change the settings related to where the catchments see the grate location and dimensions? This is in OpenRoads Designer 2022 R1. In the example below I have a combination intake. The magenta catchment is linked to the intake…

  • Making drainage profiles with ORD from Civilstorm models

    Hello everyone, This is my first time making drainage profiles in OpenRoads Designer from a model that is imported from Civilstorm. My team and I seem to be experiencing quite a few issues with them and I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered glitches…

  • OpenRoads Designer Drainage Model Conduit Inverts

    Hello All, I started my drainage model by placing the network without adjusting any of the conduit inverts. However, when I want to change an invert whether it is the upstream or downstream invert, it does not change and will change back to the original…

  • Where is Drainage inlet longitudinal slope measured from with respect to inlet? Incorrect slope

    Hello, I am currently placing inlets, to automate getting the longitudinal values. I am attaching a reference terrain to the inlets. I had merged my existing and proposed terrain into one combined final terrain. I am placing my inlets. The longitudinal…

  • System/NullReference Exception when updating drainage (SUDA) model, storm drain pipe inverts

    Hi, I'm trying to update a storm drain invert in a SUDA model and it won't allow me to and is crashing. It is giving me a "System.NullReferenceException" I am trying to update it in the utility properties as I don't want it tied to the invert of the…

  • Deactivate Drainage and Utilities Design once its opened?

    Is there a way to deactivate the Drainage and Utilities Design once its loaded into a basemap? I accidentally opened it in a file I didn't want it in and now it loads every time I get into my road modeling file. I have a different drainage basemap, so…

  • "ghost" drainage area can't be remove

    When I try to run my base analysis scenario, I get the following error message: 44008 "Base Analysis" "Catchment" "338" "1" (N/A) "The catchment is active but there is no outflow element specified, or the element is invalid or deleted. " Hydraulic…

  • How to Apply Vertical / Z Offset to Element?

    Hello, I am operating OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition 2020 Release 3. I have a DGN file that is just a bunch of lines. These lines have elevations associated with them and are considered to be in an older vertical datum which I would like to update…

  • ORD drainage - changing size of bottom drainage structure (FDOT)

    Hello, I am working on creating an existing drainage model. i drew an existing manhole and connected some 48" pipes to it. But the pipes are now way to big for that manhole structure. I want to make the bottom structure of the manhole bigger. …

  • ORD Drainage Symbology - Existing bottom proposed top - different symbology

    Question regarding symbology for drainage nodes. Is it possible for a drainage node to have different symbology for the top and bottom? The reason for the question is that a project may require using an existing bottom structure and just replacing the…

  • Replace Drainage Node

    I was wondering if theres a simpler way to replace a drainage node with a different node type. IE i have an existing drainage layout but want to swap an inlet to another type without deleting and replacing the node in the same location.

  • Is it possible to display ORD drainage on InRoads cross-sections?

    I am stuck with using InRoads cross-sections on a particular project, but I am considering re-creating the geometry and terrains in ORD and using ORD for the drainage design so I can take advantage of ORD efficiencies. But I must be able to display this…

  • How to import export hydraulic prototypes.

    How do you import and export hydraulic prototypes under Drainage and Utilities from one hydraulic seed file (.dgnlib) to another? I was able to export the inlet catalogs, but not the prototypes. I am working in OpenRoads Designer CE - 2021 Release 1.…

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

    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…

  • Conduits not showing in plan (default) view but show in explorer - drainage and utilities model

    Hi there! I'm working with ORD Connect Version 10.09.00.91 This is my first project in ORD Connect as well as using the drainage and utilities model. My problem is that some of my proposed pipes show up in plan view while others do not. All pipes…

  • import Export Drainage Nodes in Open Roads Designer Rel 2

    I'm working on a utility model that is crashing that has over 200 nodes defined. I was wondering if it was possible to export the nodes out and import them into a new file. I have tried the import/export utilities in Drainage and Utilities without …

  • [ORD 2020 R3] Drainage - Automated Subarea detection?

    Is ORD's Drainage Layout Catchment tool able to scan a catchment for elements drawn with certain symbology to automatically determine a composite C factor? GEOPAK Drainage did this quite well. I can't find any discussion of this in the help or in this…

  • Gutter not locating bank in terrain model - ORD Drainage

    Placing nodes along a model for an initial longitudinal layout( first attempt at ORD drainage) and when i attempt to place a gutter between the nodes I'm occasionally getting an error coming up which is stating that the Gutter sections does not have a…

  • OpenRoads Roadside Channel Analysis

    Hello, I'm new to ORD and was looking for some training on Roadside Ditch Analysis. Bentley's LEARNserver has training videos and a PDF (Placing a Ditch and Culvert Network) which is great but, at the beginning of the training PDF, it specifies that…

  • Drainage and Utilities Scenario "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

    I'm designing a drainage network in OpenRoads Designer. I added catchments to all my inlets and now when I go to run the design scenario, I get this error: . Before I added the catchments, I was able to run the scenario and get the normal report …

  • Drainage and Utilities (SUDA) Material Libraries Location

    Is it possible to point ORD Drainage and Utilities to a network location for the Engineering Libraries? I would like to add some additional materials, add/modify inlet types, rainfall data, etc. I can see they all point to C:\ProgramData\Bentley\SUDA…

  • OpenRoads SUE - Entry stuck in Flex Tables

    Hi, I'm having an issue where a deleted element appears to be stuck. In trying to compute a drainage model, I receive an error for a catchment which is no longer present. Looking through the project explorer, its definitely not present in the model;…
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