Hello, I am operating OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition 2020 Release 3. I have a DGN file that is just a bunch of lines. These lines have elevations associated with them and are considered to be in an older vertical datum which I would like to update…

Hello, I am running spread analysis using ORD Utilities and Drainage workflow. Since this is our first project with the software, we are back checking its results with our trusty Excel sheets that are set up for spread analysis. For our spread calculations…

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…

I drew up an existing drainage network (pipes, manholes, etc.) for a road. I did this by creating a MODLRD file and manaully drawing up all the pipes and nodes for that area based off of survey. Now I want to add inlets, manholes and pipes for my…

Hello, I am working on creating an existing drainage model. i drew an existing manhole and connected some 48" pipes to it. But the pipes are now way to big for that manhole structure. I want to make the bottom structure of the manhole bigger. …

Question regarding symbology for drainage nodes. Is it possible for a drainage node to have different symbology for the top and bottom? The reason for the question is that a project may require using an existing bottom structure and just replacing the…

I was wondering if theres a simpler way to replace a drainage node with a different node type. IE i have an existing drainage layout but want to swap an inlet to another type without deleting and replacing the node in the same location.

For ORD Drainage design, what is the difference between Scaled length vs 3D and Unified length? Which length value is being utilized to compute the system results?

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…

I am currently using OpenRoads Designer to lay out some drainage networks. We have a few flumes in our system. The flumes need to extend behind sidewalk, however the default length of the node placed cannot be edited. Would we have to create new nodes…

Hello, I'm using ORD Drainage and have a model fully set up. However, when I compute a Design scenario, the last pipe leading to the outfall always gets assigned strange inverts. Here's a screenshot of the profile run of the one of the main trunklines…

Can you post a couple of files over to the Files: "What Happens When You Place an Inlet" and "What Happens When you Hit Compute"? There is information there and some nice graphics that illustrate how to provide alternative flows to inlets ("Flow (Additional…

I am stuck with using InRoads cross-sections on a particular project, but I am considering re-creating the geometry and terrains in ORD and using ORD for the drainage design so I can take advantage of ORD efficiencies. But I must be able to display this…

How do you import and export hydraulic prototypes under Drainage and Utilities from one hydraulic seed file (.dgnlib) to another? I was able to export the inlet catalogs, but not the prototypes. I am working in OpenRoads Designer CE - 2021 Release 1.…

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…

Simple question that should be easy, but how do you add a flared end section to a pipe that could be displayed in plan and cross section views? If it is hidden within the drainage tab of the inroads menus I am missing it. If it is something that must…

*Edit: I am using OpenRoads Designer 2020 R3 I have a spreadsheet that requires the drainage areas for a ditch to be input every 50 feet right and left along an alignment. The “manual” method I would use to accomplish this would be to use the measure…

Hi all I Tried to import a micro drainage file into Openroads and I get the following message "Import Not Allowed In Non Empty Model" Does anybody experience the same problem? any idea on how to solve this? I am using OpenRoads Designer Connect…

Hi, I wanted to show a multiple barrel culvert in OpenRoads. I updated it to "2" barrels in the Utility Properties and the invert elevation was not adjusted, but as you can see in the picture the 3D conduit is showing a vertical offset from the invert…

Hi there! I'm working with ORD Connect Version 10.09.00.91 This is my first project in ORD Connect as well as using the drainage and utilities model. My problem is that some of my proposed pipes show up in plan view while others do not. All pipes…

I'm working on a utility model that is crashing that has over 200 nodes defined. I was wondering if it was possible to export the nodes out and import them into a new file. I have tried the import/export utilities in Drainage and Utilities without …

Is ORD's Drainage Layout Catchment tool able to scan a catchment for elements drawn with certain symbology to automatically determine a composite C factor? GEOPAK Drainage did this quite well. I can't find any discussion of this in the help or in this…

Placing nodes along a model for an initial longitudinal layout( first attempt at ORD drainage) and when i attempt to place a gutter between the nodes I'm occasionally getting an error coming up which is stating that the Gutter sections does not have a…

My group is new to ORD and we're developing plan and profile sheets with annotation for the pipes and structures. I've developed labels with fields that read data from pipes and structures like the diameter and length, these appear to require the fields…