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  • ORD feature definition toolbar

    To activate the feature definition, we use the toolbar When placing geometry like a line or complex pi, the active feature is selected, which corresponds to the toolbar choice. Using the key-in GEOMETRY SETACTIVEFEATURE Linear \pad\featurename…
  • Bentley Virtual Civil Roads and Bridges Conference 2023

    Join us and see the latest updates, tips and tricks and sharing sessions on Bentley's Road and Bridge solutions...Register for FREE! https://go.virtuosity.com/civil-virtual-user-conference-2023 These presentations will also be available on-demand…
  • Why manhole rim elevation assigned to pipe crown level?

    Manhole rim elevation ref assign to proposed ground elevation. Still when seen in profile view manhole is not seen correctly.Refer Image below:
  • Terrain missing breaklines

    I am trying to create a terrain with my linework (all referenced in) and the edge of pavement on my roads will not triangulate although they show as part of the terrain if I try to add. I have tried removing the lines from the model and then adding them…
  • Performing an action on a separate thread

    Good morning. I am trying to perform an action that collects all the alignments in the current model and the references. It works fine is I have that method running on the main thread but, as you can imagine, this will block the UI and, for large models…
  • Object Model - API reference for Microstation, openroads, openrail

    Is there something for OpenRoads / OpenRail / Microstation similar to this for Inventor? The link below is directly pulled up from google search for "Inventor object model api" from Autodesk and shows a full object model tree for most of the entire software…
  • Cross Section Slope Text Favorite

    I would like to be able to annotate slopes manually using the civil labeler. (Or any tool, really). Any text favorite I use gives me a slope of zero percent. I can only seem to find one that lets me select by element, not 2 points. Either would be…
  • Graphical Bug in Plan Sheets

    Hello, I'm new to Openroads and I'm new to posting on forums. So making plan sheets to eventually print to pdf, there is shape that shows up in both the plan view drawing and the sheet. its not an element and it can't be selected, when zooming…
  • Template Display in cross section view and or pdf

    Some components of my template does not display properly both in cross section view and or in pdf format. On the left side (please see below), you can see the end conditions displayed as dots instead of lines and MBGF changing shape (see right side…
  • Clipped Geo-Referened POD files moving on Import

    Hi Help needed if possible. I recently imported in a coordinated point cloud (West Australian Local Grid - PCG2020) into a blank DGN file. I set the co-ordinate system of the DGN to PCG2020 and set the imported point cloud to PCG2020 using the GEO…
  • I can't open OpenRoads Templates Library (.itl files)

    I can't open my OpenRoads Templates Library. Error appears that says "Error writing to file C:\ProgramData\Bemtley.....". What's interesting is that OpenRails Templates Library opens without any issues (BUT ONLY ON TRAINING AND EXAMPLES WORKSPACE AND…
  • Stop sight visibility on a bike path bridge with barriers in open roads.

    Hey, I am currently doing some stop sight visibility on a bike path bridge in open roads. The problem is that there are barriers applied on the sides which will affect the sight, but it seems that open roads is seeing through the barriers. Does anyone…
  • End Condition Exception Not Following Horizontal Feature Constraint

    I am trying to apply an end condition exception to a template that has a right outside edge of pavement that is controlled by a horizontal feature constraint so the outside edge of pavement is able to vary (for example, at a turn lane taper transition…
  • Item Type expression to return the name of the Baseline of a corridor to which the element in question belongs?

    I have many corridors, and I am trying to make a property definition that returns the name of the Baseline of the corridor, to which a given mesh belongs. For example if COR CL1 is a corridor based on Baseline CL1, and there is a pavement component…
  • Horizontal Interval reports -Xsl report

    I am trying to create a horizontal report which is required at a particular interval. I almost got to this point(Images attached). Only issue is that I need only start and End Stations of an Alignment and does not require any other additional stations…
  • Openxxxxx Client Workspace Configuration Redeployment Stress Test

    I Folks- I am looking to see if any admins out there are doing any pre-configuration-deployment "Stress Test" (I had in mind similar to a Software Test Plan procedure) on their Client Configs prior to releasing them to projects for production work? …
  • Item Types - Begin & End Station of a line from reference alignment

    I'm hoping to utilize item types to be able to compute and create quantity tables for one of my projects in ORD. I'm currently using ORD CE 2021 Release 2. I don't have much experience with item types and zero experience with expressions, but hoping to…
  • Aerial inset printing with grid line

    Hello, I am attempting to create a plan sheet with 4 insets that show design items that are off of the page limits. I created an inset file, referenced all needed files into there as well as an aerials file. In the drawing model space for this plan…
  • How to reduce number of triangles in terrain model on openroads?

    Hey, How to reduce number of triangles in existing terrain model? I can not import point cloud again. Is there an option to filter triangles after the slope to merge triangles with similar slope?
  • Transitioning to OpenRoads from Geopak

    My company currently uses GeoPak as the primary software for road design. Currently IT is pushing to transition to OpenRoads. Correct me if I'm wrong but OpenRoads is the all encompassing program that will take the place of InRoads and GeoPak. My question…
  • Open road designer model export _ IFC export

    I am working on a road project in open road designer and i need to share my model as IFC with many parameters (related to cost, O&M) specified by client. how can i add these parameters into model peremeters? can someone guide me or share detailed videos…
  • Option to Manage Annotation not available?

    The option to manage annotation is not available in my drawing model. It is greyed out. How can I activate this? Why is it not available? See photo:
  • Component Quantities Reports

    Hi all, I'm trying to get component reports for a road design. Below is a screenshot of the component Quantities generated from the corridor reports tool. This looks like it has captured all the different types of material I was expecting to see for…
  • [MSTN 2023/ORD] Multiple results for one variable

    Trying to figure out how to display the results of a variable that points to 2 different locations within the same "select" dialog box. Or asking if it is even possible. specifically - MS_PENTABLE One line is set like this - MS_PENTABLE < $(CIVIL_ORGANIZATION_STANDARDS…
  • How to export Survey Points to a CSV file

    The video below will show the user how to: How to select Survey Points How to use the Survey Details Dialog Box How to export Survey Points to a CSV file