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Structural Tool Open to Last Library Instead of Reset

Each time you go to place a structural member the tool resets to the base directory of the libraries. It would save a LOT of time is the tool remembered the last library list used and defaulted there instead of resetting to the beginning. It can b...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

SNDF Export to export everything including all non structural members.

Currently the sndf export just exports structural members and non structural members such as handrail, grating, concrete goes missing. This will help the sndf export to have the whole model without missing geometry.
9 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Will not implement

Export OBD Structural to Dlubal RFEM 6

For our structural analysis we are currently using the new RFEM 6 from Dlubal-Software and for the design part we are using Openbuildings Designer.In our BIM oriented projects we exchange our data between RFEM 6 and Openbuildings Designer mostly b...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Move Members to Defined RL

Something that would be very handy is a tool that would move elements to a preset rl. This would be a much easier option over using the move command in large models. Would also be great is there was an option to flatten raked members.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Penetrations: Config/Rule per Penetration Object

The new Penetrations tool introduced in U10 is pretty promising. But, the current assumption that there a large 'classes' of Penetrations is flawed. There also needs to be a way to support Penetration rules/ config at Penetration level. Each Penet...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Place PS Member Mirrored

Very handy option we had with OBD members was to place a member mirrored. Great for modelling channel sections.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Planned

Drawing rules: label offset centered

It could be useful to add a "Center" options for the label offset in (structural) rules. Now there is only "Above" and "Below", which makes sense in combination with single line resymbolization. However for eg. concrete beams that are wide enough ...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration

Structural rules based on DG Catalog

For Architectural and Mechanical drawing rules it is already possible to use the DG catalog to assign a rule to the elements it must be applied to. For Structural drawing rules only the Family/Part can be used. Please provide similar functionality...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 1 Future consideration

Move Placement Point to CAT and not Part

When setting up the OBD build, ideally, you would have the Part (beam, column, bracing etc.) and then use the Cat to set up Beam options by type, including the Placement Point (PP). eg. Part-Beam\Cat-Primary Beam with PP set to top-centre, Part-Be...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Creation of structural foundations in OBD

Currently it is not possible to create dedicated "Footing" / foundation elements in OBD. The workaround is to use Beams (for strip foundation) or Columns (for pad foundation). However it's not an ideal situation. Proconcrete of course does offer t...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 2 Future consideration