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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 4 hours ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Table Formatting

Need to be able to format the text separately from the table lines. We also need to be able to format or change the text as a bulk action. At the moment, you need to go into each cell, format the text and move to the next cell. The other thing is ...
about 4 hours ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 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,...
26 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

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...
26 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 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 ...
26 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

OBD / OBES Python API

Implement Python API for OBD and OpenBuilding Energy Simulator. Previous discussion here
11 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Room Ref and Room name lines when creating a new room

When tracing a new room, the window pops up to input the room reference. I want an additional line put in, so i can write the room name/description, as well as the room reference. Currently, i have to compelte tracing the room to create the room, ...
11 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Needs review

Room by Room Schedule Summary

I want a facility to quickly print a schedule that shows every room within the whole building and sumamrises the area of each room and the occupancy of that room. I do not want a total for the whole building. It needs to be on a room by room basis...
11 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Needs review

Write element information automatically and formatted in a property and export it to an IFC file

All information on elements such as color, length, inclinations or others can be automatically written to a property using a formula (similar to the Expression Builder) and exported to an IFC file. The values in the properties can also be combined...
25 days ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Titlebox for printouts

I am former Hevacomp user. There I had option to add a title box to layout printout, so client was presented with project number, building name, scale etc. It looked professional and helped to avoid mistakes. Not sure why it is not available on En...
about 1 month ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Needs review