Hi Chris,
Those features can be moved from SS4 to ORD. We have training videos on how to do that located here: 
. These would be mesh feature definitions. A good introductory video would be the Mesh Feature Definition and Symbology Properties video located within the OpenRoads Designer Workspace Setup - Understanding Feature Definitions learning path.
Holly
1. Are these "extended descriptions" on the cogo points from the survey? When you export from the field book to geometry you can build an 'extended description'. What you may do is look in one of the reports that includes the extended description test (i.e. CogoPointsExtendedDescription.xsl) and pull out the portion for the extended description.
<xsl:if test="@extendedDescription">
<tr>
<th align="right" lang="en" valign="top">Extended Description:  </th>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@extendedDescription"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:if>
2. I am not aware of a way to pick out the first and last stations as reported in the XML Report to place it in the top of the report. There may be a way to do this so I will research but I don't know off the top of my head how this could be accomplished. When I run a geometry report, I can see that the raw-xml includes the POB and POE points, but I don't know if that information can be pulled out specifically. You may can look at those options and see if you can use the coding.
3. You should be able to add information under the Project Data option so it appears at the top of the reports. Different reports have different objects displaying at the top so depending on the type of information that is output to the raw-xml. What I typically do is find reports that have the information I want and use the coding in the xsl as a base when editing reports. Sort of like cutting out pieces of the reports and gluing them back into a formatted report with my desired output. But it all depends on if the type report you run populates the information in the raw-xml so that the stylesheets can format the information.
For a project delivery I am attempting to utilize OpenRoads Designer to export a model which has a model referenced in that was developed in Power Geopak SS4 with textures and material types defined. Obviouly, the materials and textures are not carrying over at all. So a workaround that I've been doing it copying in the old surface meshes and reassigning the materials that are those used in ORD. The issue I'm having is that not all of those same materials originally available in SS4 are available in ORD. My question is can those materials in SS4 be ported over in ORD when upgrading the feature definitions and symbolgies (I haven't done this conversion yet, but I am assuming that's an eventuality). Or do I really need to be working with regular 64 bit application of Microstation ?
I am using SS4, 08.11.09.878
I have been able to plot cross sections from my model and terrain correctly previously. Today I tried it, and everything is on layer "default" and I do not get my pavement/aggregate structure. I went back to my model file, and everything is on Default" there too. I have NOT made any changes to the model since the last time I looked at the model or cut the cross sections. Apparently I have a setting that is off ... thoughts? It almost looks like level overrides is on, but it is not. If I was in SS2, I would say that it looks like my .tin plotted instead of my .dtm.
On another note. I am able to plot pipes perpendicular to the roadway by using "solid by extrusion along". The parallel pipes are not plotting. Thoughts?
Thanks for the help.
Nico,
Name of chain is Chapin, and profiles are EG-CHAPIN.and HDD_CHAPIN. The gpk is attached.(Please visit the site to view this file)
I'm using openroads designer V10. When importing a .LAS lidar using the command terrain:from file which opens up the "Import Terrain Model(s)" box it doesn't import only the selected features. This particular .las is broken up into Ground, Unclassified, Low Point and a few others. I select the one I want to import (Ground) and it still imports everything else. Any thoughts?
The problem is with profile hdd_chapin. the stationing does not match the chain.
you can restation this profile, open Geopak > Road > Geometry > Coordinate Geometry and go to Element > Profile > restation
I am finding it difficult to annotate superelevation on a profile about 70 kilometers long using MXTip file. Whenever I add associated strings to the profile the software just doesn't respond. When i finally get the associated strings to show on the profile, superelevation doesn't get annotated in the profile boxes.
Is there a way i can do this without using linemode?
Currently we do not support upgrading project data from SS3/SS4. See some of the known limitations from the ReadMe below.
Dealing with legacy GEOPAK/InRoads/MX File
The upgrading of Civil Cells will be coming in the next Maintenance Release due out later this year.
You can access the product readme for other information.
I have a .dgn that is approximately 10 MB when it was created in SS2. When opened in SS4, however, the file size jumps up to 17 MB. It does not recognize the CLIP boundary I created for the exterior limits of the drawing, and I have yet to manipulate it; but I doubt that it would make such a significant difference. I tried compressing my files, and that didn't work. Any thoughts/ideas as to what is going on? Thanks.