• View not displaying in the full window.

    Hello, I've been having issues with the view in ORD not displaying properly. I can't maximize the view window beyond a certain point and there is all that gray space that is not used. I've tried the view option, and the view size tools, and I've uninstalled…
  • [OpenRoads 2022 Release 1] Drainage And Utilities: Can You Compute Runoff Coefficients In Manually Delineated Drainage Areas?

    I've just started to analyze hydrology data in OpenRoads Designer, and I'm wondering if there is a way to compute a composite runoff coefficient in a catchment I drew by hand rather than one auto-delineated by an inlet node. I know this is relatively…
  • OpenRoads/OpenRail: Mass Haul Diagram with advanced features

    Is there a workflow/method to generate a mass haul diagram that displays advanced features such as Free Haul, Overhaul, Haul Direction, Borrow and Waste? See the trailing image as an example illustration. Is there a workflow/method to include borrow…
  • Split Horizontal and Vertical Alignments into Two Separate Alignments in ORD 2021R2

    How to Split Horizontal and Vertical Alignments into Two Separate Alignments with maintain corridor?
  • ORD DWG Export issues

    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
  • Subsurface utilities_Appurtenances Modeling

    Hi, How can we model appurtenances (Bents, Valves, Endcaps etc....) in the subsurface utilities in 3D without using the 3D cells from Microstation DGN files. Currently, we are using 3D cells from modelled in the MicroStation to use in the model but…
  • Custom Mouse Key Clicks

    In AutoCAD, there is a pretty easy way to set the right click to end commands or go to the selection tool would be the equivalent for ORD. Is there a way to customize the Right click or both buttons at once or even pushing down on the scroll wheel to…
  • Best Practices when dealing with big surfaces

    I have a fairly big surface and my file has become pretty much obsolete, everytime I try adding an element or removing an element the computer will just spin for 30 minutes to an hour is their best practices to how to deal with issues like this, I don…
  • I can't get Model Annotation to Annotate my Survey Points

    Every time I want to annotate my survey points and click on annotate model nothing happens This is what my Annotation group looks like:
  • Excavation plan with ORD 2020

    There are different excavation depths and different excavation slopes on the basis of the building, whose photographs I have attached. I prepared this excavation plan with Civil3D. How can I make such an excavation plan with openroads? I have to work…
  • OpenRoads Designer 2020 Release 3 use with Microsoft SharePoint

    We recently purchased OpenRoads Designer release 2 (10.08.01.33) and earlier this week, upgraded to release 3 (10.09.00.91) We also switched from GoDaddy to Microsoft 365 cloud based system which also gives us SharePoint. So we have all things Microsoft…
  • Variable Offset Taper: Two Remove Rules Listed

    As shown in the screenshot below, there are two "Remove Rule" icons listed in the rules drop down for a variable offset taper. Both appear to do the exact same thing (drop the variable offset taper to a standard line string) which has me wondering what…
  • DRAPING SURFACES (USING STENCIL)

    can we use stecil command in openroads designer to drape multiple 2D surfaces onto terrain (or any 3d surface) simultaneously? Right now i have to use this commande for ONE 2D SURFACE at a time. I have multiple such 2D surfaces in my model hence it is…
  • losing point controls if we check in and reopen the same file

    We are facing New issues with ORD using ProjectWise, losing point controls if we check in and reopen the same file. i am controling my points from refrence files
  • Importing a DEM to a Terrain model; is there a way to change the geographical coordinate system in the file options?

    Maybe I am just doing something wrong so feel free to call me out on that too. Here is the problem as it seems to occur, In PA we have some LIDAR data stored as DEMs it tends to be cleaner than the LAS data that is also provided. It actually is in PA…
  • Drainage Cross Section

    Hi there, I am currently having an issue with the Subsurface Utilities within OpenRoads Desginer. 1. I want to create a new node which would be a rectangular or a triangular cross section, since there´s only trapezoidal cross sections for this, but…
  • 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…