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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...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Quick access toolbar limitations should be removed

Seems the QAT has limitations on how long/how many tools can be included- Only one pull down menue?
16 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

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...
5 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.
5 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Open RVT files directly

It would be great to be able to open RVT files without having to use iTwins. Increasingly using BricsCAD BIM to open up RVT files to look at what is inside. Works great! A lot of manufacturers are providing their content as RVT files, instead of s...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Future consideration

In the floor manager, it should be possible to create multiple sites (ifcSite) and then select them. German: Im Geschossebenenmanager sollte es möglich sein mehrere Standorte (ifcSite) erstellen und danach auswählen zu können

In the floor manager, it should be possible to create multiple sites (ifcSite) and then select them. Currently, only one project (ifcProject) and one site (ifcSite) can be set per workset. Only multiple buildings (ifcBuilding) can be added. It is ...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Adding a property Item types to Catalog Items (the same way you add a family/part (new data type))

With the Item Type expression builder you can automate adding data to your object. You can add several dimensions, add categories under various conditions, but also add for instance the description of the model etc etc. It would be very valuable t...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Add Structural Types to structural framing lookups

Hi The StructuralFramingCommon_enumlookups.xml is found in the C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenBuildings 20XX\OpenBuildingsDesigner\DataGroupSystem\ This means that the Structural types are not able to be edited. need to move all the files in the C:\...
2 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Set Active Grids per selected building

current 'set active grids' function select all buildings defined in floor manager as default. It will be good to turn on only selected building in Floor Selector as default.
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Future consideration

Definition editor string property limited to 255

When a property is defined as string in definition editor despite there are fields where you can declare the maximum and minimun length, the program trunks the string at 255 characters instead the number you define as maximum length
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Future consideration