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Create datagroup for elbows wih male-male/male-female connections

There are a lot of elbows and tees with wire connections. And when modifying excisting datagroup, OBD have a limitation to create these fittings. And Revit can do all fittings and also with the right image and dimensions. When will OBD do this, be...
about 14 hours ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 0 Needs review

Material alignment

If you have a building that contain a series of walls, if the building is rotated away from the horizontal and apply materials via the family and parts. when the building is cut the materials are never aligned with building ie a wall (see image) I...
about 14 hours ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

Data of RFA files

Data of RFA files, OBD doesn't read correctly to create schedules automaticly
about 14 hours ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 0 Needs review

room ref numbers on the layout cannot be relocated

Sometimes we do not have room references from architects and we need to create them ourselves. We need to be able to show clearly the location of particular room on the layout - it can be done in wireframe top view. Unfortunately sometimes room nu...
8 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Needs review

room are not in alphabetical order

Room appears in the project tree in order of tracing it not in alphabetical order. The trouble is it cannot be changed and it is being replicated in all the results and reports. Numbers are often a part of room names, so I often end up with room n...
8 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Needs review

New tool: Perimeter Fence Tool

a large Bentley account (Big Ticket Project) is asking for a new Feature/Tool in creating a parametric Perimeter Fence. this feature shall; it behaves and be placed like a Railing tool or a Curtain Wall Tool. it follows the profile: linear Type &a...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Add ability to cut a curtain wall with a shape

Hi Support. I have been trying to offset the top front face of a mullion of the top row of a CW and set it back by 20mm. Sadly this is not possible, the profile tool will not allow it. I then thought maybe I can use the cut tool and achieve the sa...
about 2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

Open RVT files directly

It would be great to be able to open RVT files without having to use iTwins. Increasingly using BricsCAD BIM to open up RVT files to look at what is inside. Works great! A lot of manufacturers are providing their content as RVT files, instead of s...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Need sloped slab from compound slab option

Team needs it and creating sloped slab now is a challenge.
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Being able to input a ceiling plenum after an exposed ceiling design change

Currently there is no way to change from an exposed ceiling design to now a ceiling plenum without starting again once created. Designs change so this should be an easy change also
22 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review