• Separate sheet files from drainage models

    Is there a way to create a file that just is a sheet model with the drainage plan and drainage profiles? The workflow for the FDOT workspace has the sheet within the model dgn but i am having issues with crashes during modeling that ends up corrupting…
  • ORD Drainage & Utilities - Questions and Observations (ORD v10.16.2.267)

    Our organization is just starting to use the ORD Drainage & Utilities package for storm sewer design. We have laid out a storm sewer system and performed an analysis on the system using the software. We also used calculations in our organization's design…
  • ORD Drainage & Utilities error when changing Invert Elevation

    Good morning. One of our team members is getting errors when trying to change the invert elevation for a drainage inlet. They were trying to type the changes in the properties area. When she tries to do this, she gets the below error messages and the…
  • 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…
  • downstream inlet not found for that current trace slope

    I get this error while using trace slope option for gutters for an drainage network. What am I missing? Thanks
  • Storm Data "User Defined IDF Table"

    If I define User Defined IDF Tables in the OpenRoads Storm Data dialog how can these be made available through the workspace. I imported my IDF files into my Drainage and Utilites.DGNLIB but that did not pass through to the workspace users. Is this a…
  • Help building a simple line drain placement template?

    Hello, I have a project where I have to design the surface of a platform. I have a few fixed points, mainly the platform edge and the plate, so I would like to find where to place the drain in between the two plates: I have two different templates…
  • How to draw a pipe concrete collar in ORD 10.10 (FDOT)

    Im putting in a new drainage structure that will be connected to an existing pipe. The design involves putting in 4 new feet of pipe at the structure and then attaching it with a concrete collar. Im not sure how I can draw this in ORD. Part of the pipe…
  • OpenRoads Drainage Design-How to Compute Single Networks at a time

    Hello, I am currently laying out and analyzing drainage design in ORD. Currently we have a single drainage file with multiple networks within it. When I compute the results, it runs all the networks at the same time. Is there a way to compute a single…
  • Manually set Rainfall Intensity for Inlet Computations in OpenRoads Designer

    Hello - I'm a new ORD user trying to get familiar with the VDOT - Civil workspace. In Virginia, for certain roadway classifications, the VDM requires the use of an intensity of 4 in/hr for inlet computations (Spread Width). Previously, in Geopak, I was…
  • Openroads Designer CE R3 - HGL missing in Profile Plan Sheet

    The HGL is displayed in the Profile Model View. Why does the HGL not display in the Profile Plan sheet? (All levels are turned on).
  • Drainage Data File?

    I'm trying to use the Storm and Sanitary product add in to design a storm drain system. However, whenever I try to use anything in the Drainage tab (e.g. Drainage - Lay Out or Drainage - Edit/Review...) I get an error stating "You must have an open drainage…
  • SIG Virtual Workshop on July 12: OpenRoads - Drainage Design, Analysis, and Modeling for the 100 Year Storm

    Join Bentley's Joey LouAllen and Beebe Ray online Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 9 a.m. EDT or 5 p.m. EDT for the next OpenRoads Special Interest Group (SIG) workshop, Drainage Design, Analysis, and Modeling for the 100 Year Storm . Register today ! Learn…
  • Mx SS2 Drainage Design.

    Hi I am designing a road drainage system in Mx SS2 version AUTOCAD in MX. Whenever i try to create a profile from the final drawings manager, the software cannot allow me proceed because the create drainage profile is grayed out. I also tried MX - Analysis…
  • How to Generate Drainage Profile and Annotate using MXtips File

    Applies To Product(s): Bentley MXROAD Version(s): 08.11.07.494 Environment: N/A Area: Subarea: N/A Original Author: Jason…