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Label Line is a neat little tool. However it always mark angels from X axis counter clockwise. Is it possible to have it showing angles 180>a>360 as -11,5 ? image Which would be more intuitive in many cases.

It will be much clearer for the recipients of my drawings. Faster to read and avoid misstakes!!
4 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Needs review

Curtain wall profile

Curtain Wall profile: Curtain Wall profiles are not parametrically editable. Hence, raising an enhancement request to allow changes to the curtain wall profile using direct parameters, with more standard sizes to be added to the library/catalogue,...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Will not implement

Staircase - Label Co-ordinates

Label Co-ordinates not working on the staircase Hence raising an enhancement request to address this missing detail in OBD
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Angular Grids

Angular Grids do not display in the sections. Currently, grids that are angled and not perpendicular to the slice do not show up in Sections or Elevations. This results in missing angular grids on the drawing sheets. Additionally, when elevations ...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Visibility States Range

Hi Bentley When OBD2026 is released we would love the option to use Visibility States to control the graphical outputs of BIM objects such as a wall We can set up a VS called Low Medium High within each we define how the wall will look in each sta...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Dataset cleanup tools

I have received a series of XML files and when I open OBD, I need to be able to clean up any duplicates, missing data, etc. ATM this is a painful exercise. Can we have a nice dialog that allows us to review the Dataset validation reports and actua...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Catalog Editor filter/search

Can we add an option within the catalog editor dialog to search for a part or instance. ATM if you are not 100% sure where the part or instance is defined it takes forever to locate it. Having a search option will make this process so much easier....
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Need sloped slab from compound slab option

Team needs it and creating sloped slab now is a challenge.
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Convert - Change a Solid into a Form

If you place a "dumb solid" that has no instance data, you can then add instance data to the solid. The issue is that when you create a schedule, the solid does not have the same information as the form, particularly for volume, mass, perimeter, a...
9 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Will not implement

Allow Geometry to be constrained by Floor

A heavily requested feature is to allow objects to be constrained by floor plane. If the floor level adjusts the geometry adjusts. Reference planes with object associations (Speedikon GAP analysis)
over 6 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Buildings Systems / Structural Future consideration