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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.
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 2 Future consideration

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...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Planned

Spot Elevations that work across nested Refs

Very old request! Pretty much every other BIM app handles this without any fuss. Not sure why Bentley seems to struggle with this. We need to be able to extract and report height elevation info based on a user defined coordinate system (usually th...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Rounded Corners for Handrails

OBD tool should have parameter to round the corners (and ends) of the handrails? This is very common and required by the UK Bldg Regs. Also a big no-no for public stairs in stations for safety reasons. Dropping the handrail and trying to use the M...
about 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Future consideration

Penetration manager/configuration

Individual openings should be deletable after utilizing the penetration manager tool. Individual openings should be manually adjustable in size after using the penetration manager tool.
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 1 Future consideration

Automatic DataGroup upgrade after schema changes

When DG schema is changed some tools (incl. Edit Properties, IFC Export) do no work proper until user manually run DG Upgrade tool.Same time user has no indication he needs to upgrade. It may happen when user opens old dgn with newer OBD version o...
almost 5 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 0 Future consideration

Change multiple catalog items

When I want to change multiple catalog items, itable, hidden, and parametric name data, I can only do it one by one. Changing this data for all items or groups of items is not possible. It would be a good idea to be able to select all, a gro...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 4 Already exists

Create Full Wall in Model that is the Full Wall Section - LOD

The current wall is fine as is but NOT complete. Works ok for interior walls but ignores what the true section looks like in section, No Blocking, Flashing etc. Honestly it is A+ for floor plans, it is the section that is pour. Plans never need th...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Future consideration

Individuell erzeugte Bauteile mit dem Zeichnungsfilter bearbeiten

Individuell erzeugte Bauteile mit dem Zeichnungsfilter bearbeiten. Individuell erzeugte Bauteile werden für den Unternehmensstandard benötigt. Die nachträgliche Anpassung im Zeichnungsfilter ist erforderlich und erleichtert die tägliche Arbeit er...
10 months ago in OpenBuildings Speedikon 0 Future consideration

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...
almost 2 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Systems 3 Planned