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Structural Member Checking

If and when you load a different Shapes Database there is limited way to find if the placed structural member are in the active Shapes Database. You can you use the key-in ProStructure Reload References but this only displays them in the message c...
24 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Needs review

Slope of the staircase needs to be ajdusted

Currently, in OBD, the slope of the staircase is not adjustable. Length/slope is directly proportional to the stair tread depth. If we increase the depth of the tread than length/slope of the staircase also changes. There should be flexibility in ...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 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)
about 6 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural / Buildings Systems / Structural Future consideration

Double Angles and Channels as 2 Single Angles

The Combined shape option is too time consuming to create for this content. It also does not transfer to other applications (ProStructures, TEKLA, Etc.). These applications want to display them as two separate angles. The spacing is dictated by th...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Already exists

Associate structural elements to grid lines

Structural elements are associated to grids so changes to grid layout will propagate to associated elements, such as beams, columns, bearing walls, and footings.
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Future consideration

Elements created in particular floor level are not pinned with that level

Elements/Beams modelled in a particular floor level are not pinned with that level and need to move manually if there is any change in level through level manager
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Future consideration

Prostructures Ribbon

So, in OBD, you can activate a Prostructures license You are then able to place all the Prostructures items, but you need to know the key-in to get to all the Prostructures placements, It would be good if there were a way to get the Prostructures ...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 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...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Needs review

Association of the Mark in the structural Data with the member section

Association of the 'Mark' in the structural Data section with the section size, so that it changes automatically when member modified to another section. In addition, the changes should reflect automatically in the associated annotation with reloa...
12 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Needs review

Control structural drawing rule annotation angle

The following workflow results in upside-down text: - We have a 3D source model whose geometry displays non-orthogonal based on true real-world coordinates, which we attach to a container model as a reference.- We then rotate that reference attach...
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural Future consideration