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Add the CAD/BIM Centers USACE BIM Object Library (UBOL) to Component Center

This would make using generic components in Government designs easier to get to.
9 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

More IFC Manipulation tools

I really love the "ifcTransformReferenced" key-in. It's the easiest way I know of to relocate an IFC file, keeping all other information intact. It would be so nice to get some similar features for: Splitting IFC file: For example we often receive...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Needs review

Add option to include or not Pro Structure during installation

Can you add an option to include or not 'Pro Structures' during the installation process.
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 3 Will not implement

Penetrations: Overrides

Support for overrides would be a big productivity booster. Overlaps with Ideas / worflows for: 1. Penetration Object level rules / configs. Progressive refinement of low LOD rules into higher LOD rules via a 'parent - children' sub-classing workfl...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Penetrations: Managment of follow on associations / call backs.

The PM apparently records the call backs triggered by Mstn's tools that manipulate / modify the cutting / cut elements for each Penetration object. When the user triggers an Update, the PM dialog is updated and the PO is updated in the model. It w...
over 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Link access databases to datagroup other than mechanical

It would work the same way it already does for mechanical datagroup instances. To have the ability to link an Access database to datagroups from other specialties. It would be helpful if you have codes for specs or BOQs, organized in a database. O...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 4 Future consideration

Constrain elements to reference planes

Add constraint to elements (such as walls) to have their height or placement location to be defined relative to floor above, floor below, or other plane defined in Floor Manager. This would cause elements to change their element height and/or moun...
over 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Future consideration

Floor Manager and Grid tools should recognise Coordinate Systems and enable defined building locations

On large projects, with multiple (& repeated) buildings it is common to model the building around the file origin, and then reference/place into actual location. The current system does not recognise if the refernce is moved, so the floor mana...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Floor manager => Rotate floor/building by points

Similar as in the Grid manager we need the option for the floor manager to "Rotate by points" so that a building can be positioned and rotated properly.
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

Calculated parameters for OBD elements

In today's BIM world the "I" of information becomes more and more important. This information is driven mostly by the properties attached to an element, more than by it's geometry. OBD already has a lot of built-in properties, also when it comes t...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration