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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...
4 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 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
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Future consideration

Parametric Frame/Cell Builder

There is currently no effective means to generate and update Parametric / Compound Cells. Including the proxy view dependent geometry is key to reducing BV,DV generation times. Also needed to automate and coordinate detail drawing production. The ...
8 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

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 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 5 Needs review

Allow Updates to Cached Drawings with missing references

If a reference is removed from a composition model, then any cached drawings referencing Saved Views from that composition model will get an error message that prevents the cached DV from updating. There are several reasons that users may want to ...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Future consideration

Schedule export to XLSX

The format for Excel export from schedules should be to the modern Excel XLSX format rather than the legacy XLS one.
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Update compound slab so align hatch to form works

I want to be able to use "Align hatch to form" even with a Compound slab, which is not possible at the moment. If you have a pattern that is required to align with the slab, it's not possible to get it through the part and family system. Like the ...
3 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

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...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

IFC 4.3 Schema

IFC Export: IFC 4.3 Schema
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Planned

IFC entity mapping for subcomponents of Curtain Wall

The subcomponents Panels and Mullions of Curtain Wall now mapped to IfcBuildingElementProxy in IfcEntity when exported to IFC4 in OpenBuildings. Tried to modify the mapping options in the IFC Export dialog or edit the IFC_PartMapping_ifc4.set to a...
7 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration