• Removing ORD Associated Text Formatting, Leave Data

    We have been running into an issue for awhile where we will get profiles or alignments prepared for plans by moving or modifying text that doesn't always fit what we need when ORD displays it, and when the horizontal or vertical alignment DGNs get updated…
  • How to adjust the bar line that connects to the leader line according to the text length for Openroads labeling?

    Hi, I am trying to find a way to adjust the bar line that is connected to the leader line when I am placing a label so the bar line adjusts automatically when the text is shorter or longer than the bar line. I have made my own cell. The problem is that…
  • Inline Leader

    I am trying to place a label with inline leader. Example shown below. Back in SS10 when I want to move the text around, the inline leader stay with the text (and is usually parallel to the view) and the main leader moves around. I am trying to achieve…
  • Dynamic Delimit line

    Hello, I have been creating my own text favorites in .cel format. One of the text favorites I created is as shown below. (Station & Offset) Is there a way to make the D elimit (Circled in red in the image above) line, between my text, Dynamic so…
  • Plan View Labeling in Open Roads

    Hello, I'm labeling plans in ORD FDOT Connect Edition. I am using a text file do do all my labeling. I rotate the text file based on my clip boundaries before I place labels. For some reason, the labels do not follow the angle/current orientation…
  • ORD Contour Text Orientation.

    I originally posted this question 2 years ago under "ORD Contour Text Orientation and how to remove the m in the Contour Text" In InRoads SS2, it is possible for the top contour text to be always on the uphill side of the contour line. How do this…
  • Importing Text into Note sheets

    Has there been any documentation provided for bringing text into Openroads? In the past for our note sheets we have either created a text box and pasted the text into the textbox and then had to reformat the text to have it appear correctly or printed…
  • Openroads - Create Profile From Text

    As my company transitions from Geopak to Openroads, we are figuring out how to do everything in Openroads that we could in Geopak. In Geopak we were able to create a profile from text using the Geopak Cogo Command Editor and then using the Design and…
  • [ORD R3] Profile Grid Text Issues

    Hello, I'm working on setting up my Profile Grid for my plan & profile sheets and am having some trouble getting my station & elevation text to display properly. Everything looks great in the set-up manager, but when I cut a test sheet the elevation…
  • Text insertion point changes from MicroStation to AutoCAD

    I have a preference file which allows me to annotate the stationing of a horizontal alignment. In MicroStation the justification is Right Centre. If I then save as a dwg format file and then open that with MicroStation the justification is still Right…
  • ORD Contour Text Orientation and how to remove the m in the Contour Text

    It maybe my eye sight, but when using OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition 1 1. How do I change the text orientation so that the top of the text is on the high side of the contour line? 2. How do I get rid of the 'm' in the metric contour text?
  • GENIO text format

    Hi, Hopefully someone can help me, my client is looking for a GENIO format for text which includes the easting, northing, elevation, angle of the text, (in degrees from the vertical) and the text size (in cm). The supplied text is in CAD format. The…
  • inroads text plotting issue

    We are having an issue plotting with Power Inroads SS2 open. When Inroads is open and we print, all our text falls on top even though the display shows the text falling under other elements. When we print the same file in just microstation (V8i ss3) this…
  • Re: text frame around contour elevations

    Keri, What civil product are you using? In the InRoads Group, see the attached video (in Nathan Davenport's reply) as an example of how to accomplish this. Thanks, Jason Smithey
  • Re: text frame around contour elevations

    Keri, I apologize for the quality of the video. I have been trying to attach a better quality video off and on for over 2 hours but I keep getting errors. Let me see if a colleague can post the AVI. Yes, create a text style with…
  • Re: Terminator Size

    Gerald, Assuming that you are using the InRoads Group, the height of the terminator is taken from the text height of the assigned named symbology and the width is one half of this value. The size is not scalable separately from the text (unless…
  • Re: InRoads. X-sections anotation problem

    Corey, The problems that I noted should only be in V8i. If you are having problems then you may want to contact support with your dataset. Also, it may not fix your collision free text problem but you should upgrade to version 08.09.03…
  • Re: Latest InRoads V8 XM

    Michael, The Text Styles help file lists several issues and limitations of using text styles in the InRoads Group. Thanks, Jason Smithey