OpenRoads Designer is a powerful tool for road and infrastructure design projects. If someone is looking for model-based delivery, it’s the best tool available in the market for civil design projects. Its dynamic features and the capability to verify template functionality before placement in the corridor save a ton of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Needs following Improvements,

• There is no option for stacked profiles.

• It can be a little challenging for new users to comprehend and adjust workspace folders and configuration.

• The tools for producing drawings and designing utilities are not yet developed enough; it will take a lot of work to get them up to the level of legacy products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been using OpenRoads Designer and OpenRoads technology for over six years. What I liked and have learned to appreciate in OpenRoads Designer is the tidy and user-friendly interface. Additionally, I have realised over the years that it is essential to use a reliable design application with powerful 3D corridor modelling capabilities. OpenRoads Designer ticks this box and offers enhanced design functionalities such as the civil cells. The civil cells are essentially graphical macros that can significantly reduce the design/modelling time of repetitive elements within a project. Combined with the added functionalities of Generative Component (an associative and parametric modelling system), OpenRoads Designer is one of the best BIM-compliant design packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would have been very beneficial if Bentley could provide comprehensive workspaces for each market. The workspace is essentially Bentley's way of managing the design standards and settings. Unfortunately, this is one of the main reasons that hold Openroads Designer back from being widely adopted. Another thing that the potential users need to keep in mind is that even though OpenRoads Designer does now include drawing production functionalities, these might be found a bit too rigid and inflexible, and they require a substantial effort to be set up properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to coordinate with multiple projects and disciplines streamlines design and minimizes errors due to both communication inefficiency, and presentation or visualization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While the capabilities of the program are vast some of the previous user interface used to create project record documents is more cumbersome and menu tree dependent in ORD. Changes created specific to drawings cannot be easily migrated t the workspace for universal use in other files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to work in real-time seamlessly with multiple disciplines across the country and/or world dramatically increases the quality of the resulting design. It creates an efficiency that can't be replicated. Excellent modeling software!!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find the frustrating thing about OpenRoads is the difficulty in developing functional workspaces. The software provides fantastic flexibility to leverage model/civil information in plan production, but in the US, having multiple workspace requirements is a considerable challenge as these workspaces are complex and can't easily be spun up for specific project requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tools which Bentley offering/develops in ORD is giving lot of efficiency improvements in day-to-day design jobs. The design Intent tool within ORD is excellent and this will be Highway Designer's favorite tool in the coming days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometime Model Crash and Slowness will lead to delay in submissions and causing efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

OpenRoads Designer is the leading 3D modeling software solution for civil infrastructure worldwide. The power of designing highways in 3D with such a robust scheme in a user-friendly fashion makes OpenRoads Designer an invaluable tool in every roadway engineer's toolbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are elements of the program when it comes to plan production that are still lacking and in need of further development. The other difficulty DOT's and transportation agencies face is formatting their workspace in such a way to extract the greatest value out of the product and leverage all the available potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part of OpenRoads Designer is the ability to see the 3d model develop on the fly. It gives you a clear picture of the design and allows the user to see and fix any potential issues as they arise. ORD also makes intersection modeling a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The sheet production is still a work in progress. The corruption of a corridor file requires the model to be rebuilt most of the time, so backups of all files are essential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have liked the design and code checks process since both took at most an hour. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have disliked the terrain file application and superelevation application , the reason is not caused by the programme application , it is caused by some bugs whie working on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is good and easy to learn, even for a new user. As a highway design engineer, I could easily track the methods of creating alignments etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to use with other industrial software is somewhat difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The professional way to design an accurate alignment and set its styles. Automatic drawing generation is also quite helpful for the professional use. Hopeint for better things in future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes when you are working on the designing of big alignments amd it's profiles. The software sometimes becomes too slow and sometimes file corrupts as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.