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Annotation Tools Refresh

Some of OBD's Annotation tools date back to the 90s and need to be updated. A lot of OBD's functionality is also based on new Mstn tech like DV callouts (Place Section Callout, Place Detail Callout, Place Elevation Callout, Place Plan Callout, Pla...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

Data of Manufacturer

There are a lot of data on the internet from manufacturers. For the Building design system, it would be very nice to use real measurements of the manufacturers. For example, there is a data group of Victaulic implemented in Bentley Open Plant. htt...
6 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 3 Planned

Allow the defintion of Inclined Floor Planes

Many users (CrossRail, TFL) working on stations would like to be able to define a "floor" that is inclined for use cases such as tunnels and ramps between platforms etc.
about 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Planned

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

Match Element in Modify Properties panel - Always Active

The Match Element properties tool is currently available only while placing a new element. This restricts the type of elements it can match and forces the user to query the element to find out its kind, hop around to different tools. This is a lot...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Planned

Management UI for Dataset Content to Ease Migration and Backup

We have several utilities that are point solutions for specific dataset management tasks. To migrate users to a new version of a dataset or backup user generated content requires multiple steps involving use of these utilities and manual manipulat...
about 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Planned

One Click Dimension (with opening width)

If we can pick a wall and get an instant Dimension, maybe with Opening width as additional Information, it would accelerate the Plan Layout. Attached a GIF showing the idea in a sample macro created some years ago. Optional these dimensions could ...
about 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Planned

Parametric Cell Variations and Control

My understanding is that when assigning a parametric cell to a datagroup definiton, if that parametric cell contains a set of variations only one variation can be used or applied. Thus if I need to use all three variations I must create 3 datagrou...
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 1 Planned

Part O Overheating Assessment Tool

Addressing overheating due to solar gain is increasingly a big problem for building designers, and is now also a statutory requirement. OBD/OBES/Hevacomp is well placed to provide an analytical design tool that provides quick feedback to the facad...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 0 Planned

Convert an associative flooded space to a non-associative space

It would be good if a user could initially place spaces using the flood placement option as this is a quick and efficient way to add spaces and room data to a model in the early stages of design. Later in the process, he may need to be more exact ...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Planned