• What is the difference between an Error and a Warning in Civil Message Center?

    When applying DOT design standards, warnings and errors both tell the user that DOT design standards has been violated. I do not understand the need to differentiate them. Can someone please explain the difference between an Error and a Warning in ORD…
  • Design Cross Slope report values is not matching.

    I am trying to generate cross slope report @ 10 m interval by station base or station offset report but i am not getting appropriate values of cross slope in report. It seems correctly in cross-section view. Am missing something ?? Images is ready for…
  • Any similar tool in OpenRoads Designer that is comparable to DTM Tools from Power GEOPAK?

    I recently started working on projects in OpenRoads Designer CE 2022 as part of the first step in switching over from Power GEOPAK SS4 and one of the tool I missed the most is DTM Tools that allows you to check slopes and flow arrows on terrain relatively…
  • Template Drops - Special Ditches

    Hello Team, Currently in our project, we are going through our templates adding "Vertical Point Controls" due some special ditch elevations. Our template (shown below) consists of a 6:1 after the turf, a 4:1 then our ditch. At some points in our project…
  • Minimum Transition Before/After Drop command Openroads

    How to use Minimum Transition Before/After Drop command,what 's the purpose of this command? Thanks advance! Edition:ORD 10.0
  • Saving changes and not saving changes

    Could not tell you how much frustration I have had because it saves my changes when I hit "cancel" or "don't save" etc. Just pointing this out, the fact that this happens. Let me know if this has happened to you
  • How does one export a .shp file using OpenRoads Designer Connect?

    I have searched and searched the net looking for a solution and have found none. Is this not possible? I have even tried exporting the 2D linework to a V8i version drawing and export the shp file, but no luck.
  • How to annotate super elevation profile in Long section box?

    Please anyone help me in to display the Super elevation profile in Long section box. Thanks in advance. I am using Open roads Designerx64-10.04.00048 - 2018 release 2 version
  • How can I extract terrain from Google Earth into POWER GEOPAK ORD (SS4)?

    OPEN ROADS QUESTION...
  • Would changing the Global Origin Offset in a "3D Metric Design" seed file cause problems for OpenRoads Designer tools?

    Is anyone else still dealing with the legacy of V7DGN Global Origin Offsets in the civil design world? In vanilla MicroStation: Due to the use of a Global Origin Offset in legacy V7DGN format files, the same Global Origin Offset was added to our V8DGN…
  • Importing Geometry from GPK isn't Working Correctly

    I have a model in openroads that was created off of imported geopak profiles. This model has been updated many times with this same gpk and it correctly replaced the previous profile. However, for some reason in the last two weeks when I import the new…
  • How do I import Geopak Vertical Alignment information into ORD?

    I can import my Horizontal alignment information using the .gpk file into ORD using the "import geometry" tool. But can not get the vertical alignment information imported. ORD version: 10.06.00.38
  • Breakline Extraction

    Hello everyone, I am a beginner in OpenRoads. In the Bentley product description it is mentioned that OpenRoads can extract Breaklines. I am using LIDAR and I am able to create a terrain from it. I wanted to know whether I can extract Breakline from…