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…

Hi, I am creating profile sheet the value FRL is roundoff like 100.139 to 100.140 in profile sheet. How can I edit and precise FRL value in profile sheet. Thanks

Hi, I am creating cross section sheet the value of lane slope is roundoff like 2.36% to 2.4%. How can i edit and precise my lane slope value in cross section sheet. Thanks

Hi all, I have a corridor of 4 Lane divided carriageway and I need to create a lane slopes report @ 10m interval. I ran the station base report . The camber/Lane slope in reports is calculating from centerline "CL" to carriageway edge "EOP" which is…

Hello, I am currently in the process of creating an intersection in ORD and displaying the critical components (Curb and Sidewalk) in 3D. For the SW corner (first attached image), there is a smooth arc representing the curb and then the back of the sidewalk…

Hello, I am wondering if there is a way to turn a Complex Chain into an alignment with an active vertical profile. In other words, I want all of the yellow lines in the intersection drawing to have varying elevations associated with them. Currently…

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…

Hello, I'm using OpenRoads 2022 Release 1, and I'm wondering if it's possible to join existing complex elements with active profiles into a single complex element and maintaining all of the profiles? By creating a new complex element you tend to lose…

I am using a template with CUT & FILL Multi-slope Solutions (1:6, 1:4, 1:3, 1:2) with a priority for each one of them. My question: even with the CUT & FILL multi-slope solution, has anyone been able to create a rule or maybe a null point that would solve…

So I have a bunch of work that was done in V8i and our company is switching to use ORD. I tried opening up some old DGNs and the fonts and styles, etc. were completely wrong. Is there a way to convert V8i workspace configuration over to ORD? I do not…

In MicroStation ORD after creating an alignment line the manipulator handles are not available to adjust. I've already confirmed that 'disable handles' on element selection is on. How do I enable them again? Mike Uncapher

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…

How to Split Horizontal and Vertical Alignments into Two Separate Alignments with maintain corridor?

Hi Guys, I cant figure out how to correct station intervals in my production profile sheet . After using chainage equation, ahead station of my profile showing unevenly. Regards , Lalit

Hello, I need some guidance on how to display utilities on the roadway profile. the way I've done it so far is by creating a profile run of my utility. However, this only works on one specific file, and I am not able to reference this file in the…

I feel like there should be a simple solution to this... but how do you drape an aerial to the triangles in a file? I tried bringing in my aerials through reference manager and changing the Draping option to yes and still doesn't work. I am using an aerial…

In Open Roads Designer, Is it possible to setup a labeling format to label a point on an alignment in Straight Line Format (SLM) rather that the normal station format (Sta. 100+00 to SLM 1.8939)? I was unable to find a way to do this using text favorites…

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Unable to define feature definitions to elements. Please help me out.

Hello, We are working on a DTM design project that was created in Open Roads Designer. Linework was extracted from the point cloud. We had several chain crossings to fix. Once crossings were fixed, we exported a chain crossings report that had zero…

I'm just starting out with OpenRoads Designer CE - 2021 version 10.10.01.03. I'm coming from MicroStation, and in MicroStation I had a couple of handy VBA keyins set up, and I'm trying to figure out how to get them set up in OpenRoads or if it's possible…

Hi, Using ORD 2021 Release 1 and Autocad C3D 2022. Profile Geometry Annotation lose values in export, K-value and grade change to 0.0 and Lines are exported between Profile IPs on Layer 0. Please find the Images. Thanks Lalit

Hello. I am trying to create the terrain file from DTM in OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition. After the import is complete, when I display the contours, the contours are wrong. But if I import the terrain from the same DTM in Inroads V8i SS4, the contours…

Hello- We have created annotation groups to display profile strip grades, both existing and proposed. We have feature definitions and annotation groups assigned to both existing terrain and to the proposed design profile. When testing, we can get the…