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  • OpenRoads

    OpenRoads Designer is a comprehensive and fully functioned detailed design application for surveying, drainage, subsurface utilities, and roadway design that supersedes all capabilities previously delivered through InRoads, GEOPAK, MX, and PowerCivil…
  • 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…
  • OpenRoads Designer. Issue with Place Node command.

    OpenRoads Designer CE 2021 Release 2 - 10.10.21.4 Issue 1: If I create a sewer alignment using the Geometry>Complex Geometry>Complex by Element tool I must set the Sewer feature definition to active in level manager in order for the correct alignment…
  • Best way to create utilities from many data points

    I have roughly 800 points with northing, easting, elevation, depth below grade, stationing, and offset from my alignment information. The depth below grade varies from point to point otherwise the solution would be quite simple. There are roughly 8-10…
  • Modeling Existing Utilities

    I have a couple issues that I'm coming across with modeling utilities. I am following chapter 4 of the training guide for the existing modeling. This is a sidewalk job and the DTM we have is limited. We have utility lines from our survey that go in…
  • ORD Drainage and Utility. Pipe length not accurate when drawn.

    When i place a pipe the length will show 6' but when i use the measuring tool or element property for some reason the length is doubled. Any reason for this?
  • Problems Using "Extract Utilities from Graphics" with Utilities Filters

    Hi, I'm doing Open Roads course on Bentley Learn Server "Creating Utilities from Graphics" When I follow the steps to create the filters and then to create the utilities from utilities filters it is not working Even when I open the file where…
  • Is there a way to set the cover depth (with respect to active terrain) for utility (Electrical Conduit) once it has been created in OpenRoads ?

    I know that we can do this while using the command "Extract from Graphics", but, is there a way to reset the cover depth once after creation of the conduit.
  • Utility Sub-Model Question

    Question concerning utility sub-models and the export/import toolset. I am running into a problem when I export and import utility sub-models from one file to another file and the resulting new sub-model is missing any of my elevation information. Drainage…
  • All the options for collision check are greyed out in the collision detection tool

    Product(s): ProSteel Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N/A Area: Utilities Subarea: Collision Detection Original Author: Mihir Patil, Bentley Product Advantage Group Problem…
  • ORD How to Show Culvert, Utilities, Etc. Crossing Beneath an Alignment?

    Hello all. I was recently given a new assignment that no one at my company has had to do before, and I am having trouble figuring out if ORD has an automated way of doing this, or if it has to be done manually. For this current project, I have an alignment…
  • Modify the default computer registry

    To modify the default computer registry the user has to access the Windows Registry by typing in the search: "reg:... , as shown in the screenshot below. Then, in the Registry Editor , in the Bentley folder, all programs can be found, like LEAP Bridge…
  • Migration Utilities - 2020 R3 (10.09.00.xx)

    Am I the only one who cannot download the zip file from Migration Utilities - OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki - OpenRoads | OpenSite - Bentley Communities
  • Utility Levels with _3D: WTF? (Why This Furcation?)

    I missed the memo. Bentley delivers, and others copy, utility levels bifurcated into a nominal (2D) and a 3D with a "_3D" suffix. This offends my instinct towards data normalization. I reflexively think "but the 2D graphics are in the 2D Model,…
  • 3D shapefile linestrings imported with modelbuilder

    Hello, When importing 3D shapefile linestrings into my utility model using modelbuilder - ORD does not take into account the element elevations at each bend. I have a 3D linestring within my shapefile representing a ventilation conduit. This conduit…
  • Migration Utilities - Problems importing Feature Definitions

    When Feature Definitions are exported and edited in Excel, all properties are working, except the link to the Feature Symbology after importing them: Step 1) Export Feature Definitions: The Feature Symbology is filled in. Step 2) Use the…
  • ORD - How do you show utility that are parallel to the center line in road profile

    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…
  • Drainage & Utilities Workflow

    Hi All, our utilities dept. are in a testing/discovery phase for utilities design using ORD (Drainage & Utilities Workflow). They come-up with below observation. I didn’t get the chance to explore non-roadway workflow in detail. What’s your opinion/suggestion…
  • Expand Your Market!

    If your primary market is roadways, don't stop at the pavement! The Bentley CONNECTed Data Environment makes it easy - almost seamless - to expand your services into neighboring disciplines. The OpenRail/OpenRoads Designer product suite is BIM-ready…
  • ProSteel/ProStructures Key-in commands

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) Area: Key-in commands Subarea: N/A Original Author: Roger Belen, Bentley Product Advantage Group Updated By: Vyanktesh Nama…
  • Center of Gravity Tool

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition Environment: N/A Area: Utilities Subarea: N/A Original Author: Mihir Patil, Bentley Product Advantage Group Overview Many projects…
  • How to search/filter a particular Shape type in the model?

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Utilities Subarea: N/A Original Author: Mihir Patil, Bentley Product Advantage Group Overview Sometimes, it becomes necessary for…
  • OpenRoads SubSurface Utilities Annotations Help

    Hello, Will FDOT be providing a way to automatically label subsurface utilities using the "XS Annotation" Annotation Group? I don't see that it is configured to label utilities. On that note, when I try to create an Annotation Group to label the existing…
  • Utility Properties Dialog Box on Catchments are not showing

    Whenever I click on "Utility Properties" for a catchment it does not show the Utility Properties Dialog Box. It doe not matter if I do it directly or through Properties Dialog Box. Utility Properties will show for Nodes and Conduits. Does anybody know…
  • Utility -> Change shape of conduit

    I use OpenRoads CE 2020 R2. I have a conduit with a circular shape. I can adjust the diameter of this shape without any problem. If I change the shape to a box and ajust the parameters, the shape is still a circle. How can I get the box instead of…