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2026 Tech Preview - 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 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Needs review

additional information in Speedikon References

Cross-file transfer that preserves the original component elevation layers from the source file would be a great solution to this issue. A checkbox to toggle the visibility of references for verifying the drawing transfer would be great.
10 days ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 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,...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Will not implement

Duplicated IFC properties when modifying default property value

When a default value is used in dg in the workspace and later you locally modify it in the file, Openbuilding shows the locally modified. (Expected) The issue is when you export to ifc, then both the default and the locally modify value are export...
9 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Staircase - Label Co-ordinates

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

Improve the latency in software

In OpenBuildings Designer, introducing an intermediate buffer layer between the client application and the backend server can significantly enhance responsiveness and reduce perceived latency. This buffer—implemented as a caching or intermediary s...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Will not implement

Extract the fonts of Notes by the Reports tool

I want to extract the fonts used in notes, whether they are used correctly or not, as per the client's requirements.
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

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....
28 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural Future consideration

Dark Theme

There are aa couple of dialog boxes that re not very nice to look at when you are in Dark Theme. 1. Cell Selector 2. Placing Structural Members 3. Change Type "Instance Data" THIS IS URGENT!!!!! This is the main one as you CANNOT see the Values th...
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Needs review