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Allow GC to work with Curtain wall tool

I would like to be able to use GC and drive a curtain wall. This would allow us to use GC to fit the CW to bespoke elements etc. Buildings are becoming more and more curved, GC would aid the design Ian
3 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

Modifying Forms applying cuts and chamfer to keep them as form not converting them to a solid.

In the Modify Forms there a tool labeled chamfer and others but not actually chamfering the form, converting to a solid and then losing all the data the form has. On the note adding a slab thickening the slab would also be good.
11 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 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,...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 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
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 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 ...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Convert - Change a Solid into a Form

If you place a "dumb solid" it has no instance data, you can then add instance data to the solid. The issue is that when you the schedule the solid has not got the same information as the form, manly in the volume, mass, perimeter and top and bott...
18 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

Need sloped slab from compound slab option

Team needs it and creating sloped slab now is a challenge.
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 4 Future consideration

fundamental element properties within the Schedules

The DataGroup System does not provide a direct, user-configurable method to report on fundamental MicroStation element properties (e.g., raw XYZ coordinates from Range Low/High, or the element's source file name) within the Schedules tool for all ...
about 2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

Level Of Graphical Detail - LOgD

When working thought the various phases of a project, we have to develop a series of BIM objects based on the Level of Graphic Detail (LOgD) per design stage As a guide .. Concept design (CD) (stage 2 would typically be LOgD 200 Scheme Design (SD)...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Future consideration

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 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Buildings Systems / Structural 4 Future consideration