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

Photo Voltaic Panel tool

Seems like PVs are getting very popular. Energy Simulator does allow this to be incorporated somewhat. It would be great to have a design tool to allow the user to place the panel in 3d. Mstn is getting quite good at referencing context info like ...
21 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services Needs review

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

Energy Sim - Views

When using energy simulator to only run heat gain and loss calculations, it is unclear where the drawn rooms on any floor are looking at the plan view as the ceilings/floors above show up over the top. Can there be a way to see the drawn rooms wit...
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

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

Removing or reassigning instance data does not work after placing OBD elements. German: Instanzdaten entfernen bzw. neu zuordnen funktioniert nach dem Platzieren von OBD-Elementen nicht

Removing or reassigning instance data no longer works after placing OBD elements (walls, railings, steel beams, profiles, etc.). German: Instanzdaten entfernen bzw. neu zuordnen funktioniert nach dem Platzieren von OBD-Elementen (Wänden, Geländer,...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

Creating native Revit files

Native Revit file Here in Holland the Architect, contructions, mechanical and Electric firms demand to use Revit. In their BIM protocols they demand to collaborate with RVT and IFC files. They demand me to collaborate this way. I don't have any so...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General Needs review

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