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System ID Increment - Remove Leading zeros

When using the "System ID" tool to number pipes (I assume also for ducts), the ID can automatically be incremented. The starting value is "001", which made me believe the tool would be smart enough to remove the leading zeros as soon as the second...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 0 Needs review

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

Element level override for ifcBuilding and ifcBuildingStorey

Sometimes it would be nice to have the ability to override a specific element's ifcBuilding and ifcBuildingStorey. Now they can (only) be defined on model level in the IFC export - spatial mapping. It could mean creating a little less models/neste...
about 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Allow unfiers between parts

There is a need for unifiers work between parts
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

Set default wall connect type

Currently when drawing new walls, the default connection is mitred (called 'bi-sector' in the "Connect Forms" tool). This is very unconventional, so I'd rather set the default to 'Parallel'. Now I have to re-do all connections after drawing the wall.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review

Improve "Apply pipe slope"

My main work with the MEP modules in OBD is to create some sewer models. They are always with sloped pipes. Currently it is very difficult to add or change the pipe slopes after placement. For example, I would like to first model everything withou...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 0 Needs review

Support for phased construction/renovation

Many construction projects include work on existing buildings or working in phases, so each phase has items that are existing to remain, to be removed, to be patched, and to be added. While we have a data property for this, it would be more useful...
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 0 Future consideration

Implement bi direction links between the Datagroup System and External Databases

Make it simpler to connect to external databases, e.g. Building Smart data dictionary, SAP, user database, etc. The existing UDL technology has largely been underused and underdeveloped. Replacing it with something more robust and suitable for mod...
almost 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 2 Will not implement

Move Members to Defined RL

Something that would be very handy is a tool that would move elements to a preset rl. This would be a much easier option over using the move command in large models. Would also be great is there was an option to flatten raked members.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Structural 0 Needs review

Multi-selection and drag-drop option for Spaces in Program Manager

When we import the data from Excel to Program Manager all spaces are added as long list and to realize where they should be placed we have to group them. Right now we can just Cut and Paste one by one each Space to move them from the common list t...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Needs review